Old Ale
(has 2 batches)
Highgate in Smethwick, West Midlands, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.63
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A firm favourite with the customers who have fond memories of the days when this beer would be “mulled” using a red hot poker, to enhance it’s aroma. It is brewed using pale, crystal and black malts with a little high maltose syrup. The beer’s natural sweetness is balanced using Progress, Fuggle and Golding hops.
A warming aroma with hints of chocolate, fruit and malt gives way to a complex full palate of chocolate, fruit and liquorice. The finish is long and the overall impression is of a superbly crafted, smooth and well-balanced beer, which many will testify is deceptively strong.
A warming aroma with hints of chocolate, fruit and malt gives way to a complex full palate of chocolate, fruit and liquorice. The finish is long and the overall impression is of a superbly crafted, smooth and well-balanced beer, which many will testify is deceptively strong.
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5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at The Bulls Head, Birmingham. Dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of overripe dark fruits, caramel, hairspray, mold, medicinal notes. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with very soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2016
at 14:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Bulls Head, Birmingham. Poured a reddish brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is malt, toffee caramel, dry floral hop, some yeast notes. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a light smooth malty, floral hop, red berry fruit palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2016
at 14:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 12.02.2009
Aroma has riupe fruits, malty notes, some caramel and toffee. Flavour is malty and somewhat sweet with fruity notes, toffee, caramel and hints of licorice. Good.
Aroma has riupe fruits, malty notes, some caramel and toffee. Flavour is malty and somewhat sweet with fruity notes, toffee, caramel and hints of licorice. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2013
at 08:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ NWAF 2012, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet dark malt - fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a long duration, dark berry sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120119]
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2013
at 07:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Oct 2006 from BA: I enjoyed this bottle, poured into a Gordon’s Thistle glass (twice because of the bottle size). It looked great, dark, very dark brown, with a thick light brown foaming head. Sadly the head shrank away very swiftly. Burnt caramel and chocolate aroma, which carried on into the taste and mouthfeel. Tasted just like a good quality, strong brown ale, but without the sweetness often found in browns. At £1.09 for the 500ml bottle, it is well worth seeking out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2012
at 14:50
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Brotiger Antrunk, weich, mild. Danach unscheinbarer, nicht unbedingt harmonisch, langweilig malzig, später auch muffig. Erst im Abgang wieder frischer durch Getreidenoten, etwas röstig. Insgesamt trinkbar aber unspektakulär. 7/7/7/8/11/7
Tried
on 21 May 2011
at 00:35