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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Bottle Conditioned. 275ml bottle. Corked.
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.
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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7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 08:02
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2019
at 18:05
10/10
Incredibly oily. Soy source. Thick and meaty. Port. Tar. Balanced. Brilliant.
Tried
at
Absolut Liquors
on 25 Aug 2016
at 18:41
5.9/10
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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.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2015
at 22:45
4/10
Tart, soy
Tried
on 11 Apr 2015
at 13:38
6.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2008
at 03:31