Old Freddy Walker
(has 2 batches)

Somewhat aged 50 cl bottle from Drankencentrale De Moor. Pale beige, creamy, lightly lacing head settling into a moussy rim over a very dark bronze beer, close to blackish in general appearance, but with hazy mahogany-hued, translucent edges. Aroma of toasted walnuts, fondant chocolate, dried blueberries, sweet red wine, toffee, cold tea, toasted bread, old brownies, raisins, dry tree leaves. Dried fruits in the mouth, hints of fig and dried banana slices, restrained sweetishness with a very soft dried berry-ish sourish touch, softish carbonation, smooth and lightly oily mouthfeel. Nutty and toffeeish malt sweet body with toasted bittering edges but softly so, leafy and herbal, almost tea-ish hop bitterish finish with ongoing nutty malts and a dash of sherry-ish, warming alcohol. Very nice example of this old style, among the best I had so far, this is English ale tradition at its best.

660ml Bottle - Black with a tan head. Raisins, dates, treacle and some faint smoky notes in the aroma. Smooth taste with roasted malt, coffee, vanilla and treacle detected. Rich and complex yet easy to drink.

Tap: Almost black with a medium-sized tanned head; robust sweet-bitter nose of roasted malt, dried fruits and chocolate, traces of vanilla and wood detectable; full bodied, silky MF; solid sweet-bitter flavour; lingering finish of roasted malt and dried fruits, accompanied by a nice balancing bitterness. A liquid x-mas pudding, true...

Draft @ Tilquin English Fest ’16, courtesy of and shared with the fine Belgian RB crew. Brune brumeuse, col fin brun; blanc-cassé. Arôme au nez assez English surtout niveau Old Ale, le tout rappelant un peu une Scotch Ale, pointe de fleuri - bleuet? Sucre cara et malt cara toffee. Palais est malté, cara, pointe amertume anglaise, petit douceur résiduelle, toffee suremetn du crystal malt. Bramling houblon pour ce profil typiquemetn adapté au cask anglais.