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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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Royal Oak. It pours darkest brown, with ruby highlights and a decent beige head. The nose is dark fruit, caramel and malt vinegar. The taste is caramel, toffee, treacle, smoke, dark fruit, tobacco and leather, with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Well balanced and tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2011
at 04:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Lord Nelson, Brighton. Pours dark brown with a light, tan head. Aroma has some faint toast and caramelized dark fruits. Dark mlts, ripened fruits, mild doughy bread and light, herbal hops in the flavor. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Has a sweet finish with some tea-like bitterness and more dark fruits. Alright overall. (3.6)
Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear, ruby-brown with a creamy, off-white head. Lovely semi-dark fruit nose, some berries and grapes. Light to medium sweet flavor with smooth sugars, light brown sugar, faint leaves, lots of berries and semi-dark, ripening fruits. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Optimal condition. Moderately sweet finish with very light dryness, plenty of semi-dark fruits, light hints of chocolate and very, very faint leather. great stuff. I could drink this all day. (4.0)
Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear, ruby-brown with a creamy, off-white head. Lovely semi-dark fruit nose, some berries and grapes. Light to medium sweet flavor with smooth sugars, light brown sugar, faint leaves, lots of berries and semi-dark, ripening fruits. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Optimal condition. Moderately sweet finish with very light dryness, plenty of semi-dark fruits, light hints of chocolate and very, very faint leather. great stuff. I could drink this all day. (4.0)
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2011
at 12:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Charlies Bar, Pilestraede 33, Copenhagen, Denmark. [ As Harveys Old Ale ].Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, choclate malt, toffee. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101112]
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2010
at 08:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brownish with red glimts and a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel, dark fruits and mild hops. Flavour was sweet with roasted malt, caramel and chocolate and hoppy notes towards the end. Finished dry.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2010
at 02:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
cask at charlies bar dark brown, light brown head. aroma is fresh, grapes, cucumber. watery. mild. flavor is grapes, watery, faint yellow fruits, dryness. mild and very wellblended. faint malts, flowery, ends strangely enough very slighlty roasted and malty.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2010
at 17:44