Colossal Anniversary Ale
Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Special|
Score
7.32
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft pour at the brewery. Poured a dark ruby red color with a small white head. Aroma was big malt, sweet raisins, light bready dough. Flavor was molasses, grain, toffee, plums. I liked it, but I think this would be amazing with age on it - would love to have what they brewed in 2024 in years down the road.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Half Time provided this 12 oz bottle recently. Not a favorite style but the essentials seem to be here. A snifter in place, I make the pour. Brown-amber colored body finished with a moderate amount of brown-going-to-tan foam. The nose is dark fruit, grain and some medicine. The taste is well, it is all right within the style. I taste molasses, scorched grain, tobacco, dark plums, a caramel sweetness, paper, berries and malt. Slightly bitter. The nuances are better appreciated by others I am sure.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle from Eugene (Beastiefan2k), cheers mate. Bottled on 29th January 2024 and poured into an old 'Corsendonk' stemmed tulip glass at my daughters place in Laguna Hills on Saturday 13th July 2024. Red hue to the body, mahogany in colour, neat tanned foaming head. This is my kind of beer, feet up and sitting on a comfortable chair with the fire on (not today though, there's a heat wave in California and it's bloody hot!). This is a very fine 'Old Ale' with a sweet caramel and fruity nature, impressed. Best beer I've had on this trip and most likely this year.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
6-10-24, high sprits
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark amber red with a smallish white head. Aroma is sweet molasses and dark fruit. Flavor is toffee, dark fruit and sweet sticky malt and a bit of alcohol. This is a full and heavy malty mouth feel. Sticky and rich with a lot of alcohol legs. Awesome beer.