Old Man Ale
(has 2 batches)
Coniston Brewing Co. in Coniston, Cumbria, England 🏴
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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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a nice copper with a large white head. Aroma is very citrusy with some sweet malts. Flavor is a bit musty with some caramel malts and dry hops. More of a bitter than a old ale. The old ale in the Sam Adams longshot was a much better rep of the style but this is still decent not just great.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2007
at 19:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This beer is nothing like the style description. For me, it exhibits more yeast and hops than malts, or at least as much. And in all this is a complex beer. The appearance is enticing — a big, frothy off-white head atop a hazy dark amber body. The aroma presents notes of bready malts and funky yeast, especially barnyard. Light hops of orange are overwhelmed by a spicy aroma of clove. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. The finishing flavor is tangy and spicy — clove and lacquerish, somewhat Orvalesque. Medium body and smooth texture. Lively carbonation.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2007
at 18:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
50 cL bottle. Smells like ripe stone fruit. Orange tinted/copper colour with a white head that sort of filmed, but left tatters of lace. It is full bodied, and the carbonation is quite mild (appropriate for a bottle conditioned ale). The flavor is something like dilute ripe apricot backed by caramel malt and bitter. The finish is sort of fruit and bitter. It’s a wonderful match, but the subtle complexities strain my sensory faculties. The fruit aspects develop with warming. The bitter is satisfactory, but not extreme. Does this brewery have a less than wonderful ale? Amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2007
at 22:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours bright amber into an English pint. Crisp white micro head with excellent retention. English hop and malt aromas. Soft with upfront caramel and a slight metallic flavor that really detracts. Lasting bitter hop finish.
Tried
on 03 May 2007
at 16:46
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a huge bubbly orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and hints of dusty hops. The flavor is sweet with a boring malt profile as well as light fruity notes, before a dry metallic end sets in.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2007
at 14:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Bottle conditioned. Pours a clear, pale amber with a small, creamy, off-white head. Fresh, citrusy nose. Medium-bodied with accents of nuts and citrus with a fairly hoppy finish. Very clean and lovely. 240706
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2006
at 13:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled at From The Vine monthly beer tasting Oct 13th, 2003: Rich amber color with a medium beige head. Quick lacing. Aroma of malt and caramel, along with a very faint skunkyness. Medium-bodied and kind of slick with equal parts sweet malt and hops. The finish is fairly dry with a hint of roasted malt. This beer never really asserts itself in any way.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2003
at 09:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Chestnut beer; slim, brownish head, fast gone. Nose with caramel/crystal malts, some hops, nutty, walnut oil, buttery even. Taste quite bittery, walnut peel, chicory, hopoil. Malt underneath gives no sweetness (what on earth is hopsweetness?). Slick, oily, rich mouthfeel. Long aftertaste that is more metallic bitter, though not excessively so. The bottle says 5.0% ABV. Difference between cask and bottled? This fits a little better with 'Strong Ale' classification anyway, as 4.4% - that's best bitter at most.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2003
at 03:40