Old 76 Strong Ale
Madison Brewing Company in Bennington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.38
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Taster at brewery. Dark brown, flat. Sweet, malty aroma. Taste is sweet, woody, medicinal.
Tried
on 23 May 2022
at 15:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Not bad but watery, and not a lot to it. Only light tobacco, with some caramel. Pours clear maroon without much head. Light sweet end. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2019
at 22:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy brown with a small brown head. Aroma is roasted malty, slight breadish. Bitter, toasted malty and slight caramelish. Dry amd breadish finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2017
at 14:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewpub.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking transparent burnt red color. Carbonation could be seen rising to fill a thin bar pour’s kind of head. Lacing was stringy and spotty.
The smell starts off with some cherry to apple - like sweet fruitiness. Light tobacco rounds it out. Dried woodiness here and there.
The taste was mainly sweet through the fruits. Tobacco and woody edges lead into the background. Dry sweet fruity aftertaste leads into a quick dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation runs light.
Overall, this was a pretty good English Strong ale that I would have again.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking transparent burnt red color. Carbonation could be seen rising to fill a thin bar pour’s kind of head. Lacing was stringy and spotty.
The smell starts off with some cherry to apple - like sweet fruitiness. Light tobacco rounds it out. Dried woodiness here and there.
The taste was mainly sweet through the fruits. Tobacco and woody edges lead into the background. Dry sweet fruity aftertaste leads into a quick dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation runs light.
Overall, this was a pretty good English Strong ale that I would have again.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Dec 2015
at 07:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
burnt oaky red. esthery with fruit and banana cloves on the nose. This is quite nice. lots of fruity creamy and a strange funk at the finish.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2014
at 15:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewpub. Pours clear, rich caramel-gold with a foamy, tan head. The nose has some bready malts, ripe fruits. Medium sweet flavor with bitter grain husks, old ripe fruits, fruitcake, creamy toffee. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. There is a slightly incongruous bitter edge to finish, a little grassy, plus further ripe fruits, berries, and creamy toffee. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jun 2014
at 10:35
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at the brewpub Pours a clear reddish brown color with a smallish tan head that dissipates almost instantly. Smells of cherries and other dark pitted fruits, alcohol and a plastic phenolic in there as well. Taste is a mix of cherry syrup and alcohol on top of a malty backbone. Medium to thick body, light carbonation, sweet sticky mouthfeel. I had high hopes for this one, but as has been my experience with Madison brewing thus far this beer is OK but nothing special.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 17:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear deep amber with a light brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was full of sweet malts with bread and caramel present and just a bit of backing grapefruit. Flavor started with the same sweet notes, had a bit of fruit come in and some grapefruit in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2011
at 07:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
on tap-pours a tan head and cloudy deep copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, cherry, some spice/earthy hops. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, cherry/raisin, some spice/earthy hops. Soft carbonation. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2009
at 17:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A dark clear reddish amber ale with a thin off white head. A light caramel aroma, light British aroma. In mouth, a rather weird nutty roasted malt, a bit light. Not bad, but not outstanding. On tap at brewpub, August 2 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2009
at 00:46