Old Ale - Amontillado BA
Marble Beers in Salford, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.53
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This Old Ale was aged in sherry cask for one year with a house microflora. Bottled conditioned for a full 45 weeks. The result is a warm complexity with a tingling sweetness on the lips.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
bottled november 2019 - aged eversince in my cellar, because when the hell do you solo dome a bomber of 12,4% ? Well, today, it seems.
Pours quite dark ambercopper, medium small white, medium-low stability slightly off-white head. Scent is raw, grainy, reminding me of a flemish red in a way, mild oak, but no specific sherry (or even more specific, amontilldo) character. taste is quite harsh, rubbery, not acidic, but surely very flanders red like appart from that, meaty, oak, bit funky, red fruit touches, malty. Medium thick body, low carbo. very 'filling' beer. Again, oak recognizable. Sherry is a far stretch, amontillado? Name me 1 person who has been able to blindly recognize amontillado specifically in this, I would be impressed XXL edition. Which is OK, it doesn't make it a bar beer, but given the name I would have hoped for it to be much, much more recognizable and amontillado forward. Not a bad beer, but barely surpasses the average mark.
Pours quite dark ambercopper, medium small white, medium-low stability slightly off-white head. Scent is raw, grainy, reminding me of a flemish red in a way, mild oak, but no specific sherry (or even more specific, amontilldo) character. taste is quite harsh, rubbery, not acidic, but surely very flanders red like appart from that, meaty, oak, bit funky, red fruit touches, malty. Medium thick body, low carbo. very 'filling' beer. Again, oak recognizable. Sherry is a far stretch, amontillado? Name me 1 person who has been able to blindly recognize amontillado specifically in this, I would be impressed XXL edition. Which is OK, it doesn't make it a bar beer, but given the name I would have hoped for it to be much, much more recognizable and amontillado forward. Not a bad beer, but barely surpasses the average mark.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2026
at 21:45
8/10
On tap @Fob, Rimini, 19/04/2024. Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores caramelo, dulces, madera, cuerpo medio.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2024
at 05:42
2/10
Tried
on 12 Dec 2022
at 08:01
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Aus der Flasche (Vintage 2021) im 2022-04 getrunken. Dieses dunkelbraune Ale kommt neben dem Maluaroma mit einer deutlichen leicht nussigen Sherry-Aroma daher. Ein wunderbares, harmonisches Bier mit kräftigen Körper! Besonders das Barrel Aging ist hier sehr gelungen.
Tried
on 03 May 2022
at 18:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 2021 edition which is aged in sherry casks for one year with a house microflora and then further aged in bottle for 45 weeks. Packaged nov 2019. Alcohol 12.5% according to the label. Color: Reddish copper, mocha head. Aroma: Sweetish and tart at the same time, dark fruit and grape, caramel, Sherry, almond. Taste: Medium sweet and light bitterness, malty, fruit cake, dried fruit (dark and yellow, like date, plum and apricot), dried concentrated grapes, sweetish Sherry, almond notes, hints of red fruit. A little boozy. Bit creamy and lightly warming mouthfeel. Brett notes, leathery hints. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Moderate to over moderate bitterness at fruity, lightly sirupy and dry-ish finish. Typical English, with a nice Sherry BA twist. Nice complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2022
at 18:51
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Nose is sherry, apple, hint of smoke, almonds, fruit cake, spice, vinious, funk, brett. Taste is light funk leading to sherry, fruit, sugar, sour note, malt, apple and redcurrant, touch of leather, hint of pastry, spice, brown sugar. The funk and tartness (which must be brett, I'd imagine) cut through what was presumably a very rich base beer wonderfully. Unexpectedly fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2022
at 20:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Dynamo, Bruxelles. Brown with off white head. Caramel, malty, dried fruit, quote sweet, barrel. Medium+ bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dynamo - Bar de Soif
on 14 Oct 2021
at 18:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
660ml bottle, thanks to Finn for sharing. Clingy lacing from a tan-coloured head. Amber-reddish body, near-clear. Smell of almond and ripe fruits. Dried fruity flavours, joined by almond promoting a sherry-like impression. Mid-dry malt-fruity ending, distant notes of tartness. Slow sipper qualities. Rating session with lmojoh and Finn. (Tromsø 08.09.2021).
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2021
at 12:01
8/10
Sløret rød brun med lyst beige skum som legger seg som ett slør. Aroma malt plomme karamell. Smak plomme malt sjokolade. Saftig og kraftig øl med fin fylde og lett bitterhet
Tried
on 08 Sep 2021
at 20:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sløret rød brun med lyst beige skum som legger seg som ett slør. Aroma malt plomme karamell. Smak plomme malt sjokolade. Saftig og kraftig øl med fin fylde og lett bitterhet. Flaske delt med Rune og Finn
Tried
on 08 Sep 2021
at 19:12