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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at Bree Louise. Pours dark brown to black with a small to no lasting head. Aroma is dark malty and roasted. Roasted dark malty, liqourice and breadish. Sweet and toffee malty to caramelsh. Ends dry and bitter with a slight spiced dark malty note. Ends Bitter and distinct malty into the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2011
at 07:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle. Deep brown with a coat of beige head that disappears. Aroma of singed toffee, nuts, stewed fruits, a meadow. Taste has stewed fruit, toffee, chocolate, some floral/ herbal note. Rather flat and thin - bottle says brewery conditioned, not bottle conditioned - and not quite mouthfilling. Nice spiced chocolate finish. Suspect that bottling has ruined this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2011
at 06:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Gravity cask at Wandsworth Halloween Beer Festival, 2010. Pours dark brown, semi-clear, with a light head. Dark, lightly tart fruits, including plum and cherry, and malts in the nose. Fairly sweet, with more fruits such as plum and dark cherry and lightly toasted malts. Medium bodied with soft carbonation and a vinous texture. Finishes sweet, a tad tart, with light roast and mild brown sugar. Overall pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2010
at 06:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Cask at Bricklayer Arms, London) This beer was dominated by berries. It wasn’t really unpleasant thing but it made me wonder whether something had gone wrong either in brewing or during conditioning. In any case: alcohol was quite hidden and sweetness was bit too much present. Bitterness was quite low and could have been stronger so that it would have cut the sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2010
at 08:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium brown head. Barely translucent dark red body. Fruity mealy roasty aroma with earthy metallic notes. Dry-sweetish earthy wild berry taste with roasty chocolatey notes. Mid-bodied. Mild mouthfeel. Dryish soy and roasty malts aftertaste with chocolatey herbal notes. very nice. Like a craft beer, but beautifully balanced. (0.5l bottle, RealAle.com.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2010
at 04:12