Old Stock Ale
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.53
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Like a fine port, Old Stock Ale is intended to be laid down. With an original gravity of over 1.100 and a generous hopping rate, Old Stock Ale is well-designed to round out and mellow with age. It’s brewed with classic Maris Otter malt and Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops, all imported from England.
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8/10
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Tried
on 05 Sep 2018
at 11:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml bottle. 2018 vintage. (12.0% ABV) Pours a hazy gold-brown with a medium, creamy, short lived, beige head that fully dissipates. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, brown sugar, plum and light spice. Sweet, complex flavour of bready malt, caramel, toffee, raisin, date, plum and brown sugar with a warming booze finish. Medium to full body with a smooth, thick, chewy texture and soft carbonation. More of a Barley Wine, but what evs, it's still a very nice sipper. ABV is well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2018
at 04:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
15-08-18 // bottle from Biervana Onlneshop. 2017 version. Shared. Almost clear dark amber golden. Small white head. Sweet raisin toffee nose. Strong alcoholic sweet malty body. Dried fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2018
at 22:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. 2018 vintage, 12.0%. Color: Brownish red, thin beige head. Aroma: Malty, caramel, hints of red fruit. Taste: Medium sweet, malt, notes of caramel, Sugar, raisins and hints of dark red fruit and figs. Moderate bitterness, mostly at finish. Creamy. Slightly boozy finish. Medium to above medium body, below average carbonation. Pretty complex. Very nice old ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2018
at 19:27
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2018
at 19:17
5/10
Lukt: handsprit, smak: sprit
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2018
at 19:15
6/10
Not rally nu typ of beer, to sweet in wrong way
Tried
on 22 Jun 2018
at 22:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A new style to me, Old Stock Ale comes to me from the Cellar in Odessa, TX a couple of months ago. Let’s go. The 12 oz bottle pours into my New Belgium snifter. A smell, grain, yellow fruit and brown sugar. The payoff drink, hmm, unusual. I cannot slot this into my tasting experience. Wheat bread, peach, malt and yeast. Perhaps some Imperial Stout and a Belgian ale of some sort combo. Glad to locate, happy to sample, doubt I pursue next year’s version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2018
at 02:26
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
2017 bottle from Midtown. Pours a clear amber toffee color with a finger of foam that dissipates. Deep prune, currant and dried fig nose with toffee, oak and tobacco as it warms. Blueberry jam, slight warming finish. Alcohol is hidden fairly well. Looking forward to aging some.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2018
at 18:37
7/10
Hazy amb bod sml tan head. Spicy fruit toffee arma. Spicy toffee floral flav. Med full bod mod. 7/4/7/4/15 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2018
at 22:50