Prize Old Ale (1997)
(Batch of Prize Old Ale (1920s - 2006))
Gales in Horndean, Hampshire, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
6.71
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Ingredients: Maris Otter and minute amounts of black malt and brewing sugar; Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger.
Matured for 12 months in wooden casks.
It is reddish in color with hops and apple fruit on the nose, spicy and malty in the mouth, and a dry, even tart fruity finish with hints of raisins and apple.
The slow work of the yeast in the bottle may increase the alcohol content to 12% or even more. After several years of aging Prize Old Ale gains a more complex palate with Calvados like character. It is said that Prize Old Ale is at its best after 20 years of maturing.
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Reubs (35480) ticked Prize Old Ale (1997) from Gales 11 months ago
JK (8181) ticked Prize Old Ale (1997) from Gales 7 years ago
Tdtm82 (4807) ticked Prize Old Ale (1997) from Gales 9 years ago
Incredibly oily. Soy source. Thick and meaty. Port. Tar. Balanced. Brilliant.
Jow (8309) reviewed Prize Old Ale (1997) from Gales 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 7.5
1997 random grab. Pours brownish plum with fine nose of dried fruits and some wood. Tastes of plums, wood, vinous, leaves, raisins, and medicinal. A bit oxidized and flat. Old beer tastes for sure but interesting none the less.
Bitterbill (4330) ticked Prize Old Ale (1997) from Gales 10 years ago
Tart, soy
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Prize Old Ale (1997) from Gales 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
1997 vintage bottle. Pours a amber color. Aroma is sweet, and to note almost too sweet. The flavor is about the same, not a lot of alcohol burn (go figure) but what alcohol there was is replaced by sweetness. I mean, for a 10 year old bottle it wasn’t bad, but it definitely wasn’t something to call home about.