OTT (Old Tongham Tasty)
Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, Surrey, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
6.89
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A strong black beer with rich, complex aromas and taste. Smooth on the palate with powerful roasted malt flavours. We use 4 different malt styles - pale, crystal, chocolate and malted wheat - each of which has a unique character. Local Fuggles hops added at various stages during the boil enhance the beer's depth.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home, from Waitrose Sunningdale, 31/08/13. Dark mahogony brown with slightly reddish hues and a good sized light tan head. Nose is bready malts, dark fruit tones, light cocoa, dates, sticky toffee pudding. Taste comprises cake mix, bready malts, treacle toffee, dates, muscavado sugars. Medium bodied with a little bite, fine carbonation, sweet fruity tang in the finish. A most decent old ale, I’d happily return to a bottle of this as a winter warmer ... IF ONLY I COULD DRINK A BEER I’VE ALREADY HAD BEFORE WHICH I CAN’T BRING MYSELF TO DO ANYMORE ... AAAAAAAArrrrrrrrghhhhhhhh
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2013
at 06:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle shared by Dutchdrebus. Very dark brown, almost black color, small to medium sized beige to light brown head. Smell malts, leaves, raisin, plums. Taste malts, plums, raisins, lightly bitter. Long fruity and lightly bitter finish. Medium body, medium carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2012
at 12:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ home. Quite black, some redness shining through, head quickly gone. Smells sirup, sweet, malts, plum. Tastes coffee, malts, sweetish, slightly roasty, some chocolate. Low carbo, quite a full body for its abv.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2012
at 12:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(bottle) Dark brown colour with a ruby shine and a beige and short foamy head. Moderately roasty malty aroma with notes of chocolate, caramel, liquorice-spice and a whiff of dried fruits. Roasty bitter flavour, medium bodied with a modest carbonation. Hearty roasty malty base with hints of molasses, caramel and dark chocolate, accompanied by subtle fruity notes towards the moderately dry and bitter hoppy and roasty finish. Very tasty indeed. 04.VI.07 & 11.III.12
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2012
at 13:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Bree Louise, Euston NW1. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit and caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty dark fruit finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2011
at 03:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours black with a small tan head.Nose shows chocolate, caramel, roasted malt, prunes, golden syrup, brown sugar and bready malt. Pretty nice stuff.Similar flavours with lots more roasted malt, chocolate, golden syrup and sweet, sugary dried fruit. A bit cloying, and there’s an off-putting chalky/doughy note.Body feels a little watery.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2011
at 02:20