Old Ale
(has 3 batches)
Harvey's Brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Winter|
Score
6.68
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Old Ale is a firm favourite during the autumn and winter months. A dark, warming brew. Burnt sugars and roasted malts compliment the premium Maris Otter barley, supplanting the light bitterness of aroma hops. With hints of dried fruit and dates, this rich ale has been likened to the oak: steadfast throughout the year, regardless of the season.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Harvey’s online. Appearance - Nose - tar, light herbs, malt. Taste - more tar and herbs. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy middle section and a fairly balanced finish. Overall - decent ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 11:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up at Harvey’s. It pours deep brown with a decent beige head. The nose is toasty, earth, burnt wood, caramel and dried fruits. The taste is bitter-sweet, treacle, caramel, cola, wood, candy, wood, earth and dried fruits with a dry finish. Light-medium body and fine carbonation. No real depth to it. Simple and easy-going.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2014
at 06:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg, Denmark
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread and raisin. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with along caramel, bready and raisin finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is flat.
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread and raisin. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with along caramel, bready and raisin finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2014
at 02:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, at the Wharf. A dark reddish brown beer with a small beige head. Quite weak nose with some roasted malts and dried fruits. Caramel and a touch of bread. There’s a nice bitterness in the flavor, with bready, roasted, caramel malts and raisins. Medium body, soft carbonation, quite dry. Malty finish. Rather boring this one, and i was expecting more. 141026
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2014
at 17:31
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Royal Oak, Borough, London. Clear dark brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and a little dried fruit. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 051013
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2013
at 07:50