Deep Color
Skookum Brewery in Arlington, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.51
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Old ale brewed with cherry wood smoke malt and aged in whiskey barrels. Deep notes and aromas of dark fruit, tobacco, oak, and mild smoke.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours out amber cola color topped with a tan head. Nose is rich malts some leather bourbon barrel a little smoke and some earthy notes. Taste is more of the nice rich malts burnt toast leather smoke barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2023
at 19:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours flat, dark brown. Aroma of alcohol, dates, tobacco, fairly strong barrel influence, even bringing heat into the finish. Big bodied finish, too, lots of sugars and dark fruits. I don't actually get much smoke. Solid work, more bw than old ale, but still, I like it.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2023
at 05:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 12 fl oz bottle. Hazed medium dark brown with very minimal off white head. Leather and tobacco with dark fruits and a bit of barrel quality. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2022
at 05:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark brown, maybe a bit of mahogany tinge in there, with a small off-white head. Nose is luscious and complex, with lots of whiskey barrel, smoked malt, leather, and tobacco. Flavour reveals a lot of the cherry wood, with moderate sweetness, bready toffee, leather, and a hint of smoke. All malt-driven, with a delicate barrel presence that aids the oily palate. Complex, balanced and integrated beautifully. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2021
at 04:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz waxed. 11.5% ABV. Aroma has notes of toffee, barrel, caramel, cashew brittle, vanilla, earth, whiskey, light raisin, light sherry. Pours root beer brown with an immediately collapsing beige head. Taste is highly sweet, a little savory, and lightly smoky with toffee sweet barrel-aged flavors. Soft carbonation and an oily mouthfeel. A pleasant fireside sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2021
at 03:10
8/10
Red brown pour. Thin foam. Sweet nose of fruit and brown sugar. Taste is figs, dates, and vanilla. Vanilla palate.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2020
at 01:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from my cousin Mike. Thanks! Whiskey and nougat aroma. Cloudy brown, thin yellow head. Dates and figs. Full body, easy carbonation, boozy. All dark fruit and whiskey, but tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2020
at 01:28
8/10
04/12/19, I was afraid of the smoked part, expected thin and smokey like a rauchbier, but damn this is a delicious old ale. 12oz barrel aged beers hmu. 3 for 3 killer ba beers thanks Andy K. ! Sweet caramel whiskey syrup. Slight cherry smoke finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2020
at 19:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle from ES shared with Andrey. Appearance: hazy brown with a beige head. Aroma: tons of bourbon, dark fruits notes. Taste: along the same lines with creamy notes from oak. Not sure where is the smoke, though, hehe. Overall: nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2019
at 03:55