Old Man Ale
(has 2 batches)
Coniston Brewing Co. in Coniston, Cumbria, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
6.54
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A radically different beer... it has roast barley added to the pale and crystal malts. It has a deep burnished copper colour, a rich port wine aroma, a big chocolate and creamy malt palate and a dry, grainy, roasty finish balanced by hop bitterness and tart fruit. It is a remarkably complex beer that deepens and changes as you sup it.
Malt - Roasted Barley, Crystal & Pale Ale Malts
Hops - Challenger/Mount Hood
Malt - Roasted Barley, Crystal & Pale Ale Malts
Hops - Challenger/Mount Hood
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle, home. Pours a hazy light amber color with a decent sudsy white head. The aroma is bready malt, apples, mild English hops, light yeast and a touch of caramel - not great. The flavor is out of whack. Itโs sweet with a somewhat off-putting fruity malt flavor. Thereโs almost a bad Belgian phenolic quality to the beer. The finish is mildly grassy. Mouthfeel is fine but the finish is a bit chalky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2010
at 21:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Rubyish amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, earth, some herbs and mild caramelly and bready notes as well. Flavour is very similar, but the maltyness is quite much stronger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2010
at 21:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a coppery amber with a medium sized head and lots of little bubbles on the side of the glass. Aromas are weak... a bit of malty sweetness, a little bit of an apple juice edge, and some grassiness. Flavor is similar... a fairly malty center with a bit of bitter hops around the edges and a thin palate. Itโs fine enough, but just not very interesting, especially for an old ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2009
at 01:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Mild peachy and citrus fruity hops aroma. Bitter and citrusy hops flavoured, towards orange fruity, with a rather vague malt base. Light peachy and citrusy clean and crisp hops flavour and bitterness. Lasting fruity hops flavour into the far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2009
at 17:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50cl. @ home.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (140808)
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2008
at 10:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Draught at Kaisla, Helsinki, on 2008-09-19) Amber. Clear. Medium sized quickly disappearing white head. Fruity grassy and malty nose. Full bodied dryish palate with quite a lot of carbonation. Hops, grass, salty liquorice, malts and some vegetable flavours in taste. Long lasting surprisingly soft and bitter aftertaste. Not bad at all.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2008
at 03:47