Coniston Brewing Co. Old Man Ale (Cask)

Old Man Ale (Cask)
(Batch of Old Man Ale)

 

Coniston Brewing Co. in Coniston, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular
Score
6.36
ABV: 4.4% IBU: - Ticks: 84
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
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Finishes with light sweetness, like caramel. Not super interesting but decent enough for the style. Maroon pour with decent head and lacing. Tap at Snally.

Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2024 at 17:31


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draft at Snallygaster 2024. Poured a kind of light cola color with a small, creamy head. Aroma was big sweet malts, some chocolate, light barley grain. Tasty stuff.

Tried from Draft on 17 Oct 2024 at 06:09


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

British pint at Shelter is a crystal clear caramel brown with a big cap of eggshell head. Caramel, brown sugar and treacle nose. Malt. Sweet tea. Flavor is sweet but also lots of tannins and tea and soggy bread. Off dry, tannic finish. Bang on for the style.

Tried on 21 Jun 2024 at 22:45


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Churchkey: pours clear brown with a cask head. Aroma is slightly nutty and toffee. Taste is light and earthy. Slight toffee. Kind of thin. Pleasant.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2022 at 03:06


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the brewpub. Aroma is very subdued, little nutty, some dried fruits mid copper coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Flavour is composed if light nutty grains, dried fruit, light berry. Palate is light and a little watery . Low carbonation. Not much to it really. OK but dull.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2015 at 07:10


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

On cask at Black Bull, Coniston - Nothing like the bottled version I’d had not an hour earlier, and nowhere near as good. Deep brown body, thick brilliant white head. Nose is more flowery than the bottle, taste is more floury. Thinner too. Looks better mind you.

Tried from Cask on 09 Jun 2015 at 15:04


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On cask at the Black Bull. Appearance - very dark brown and pretty much opaque. Decent head. Nose - very gentle toffee and nuts. Very elusive and almost not there at all. Taste - very light and lacking in the flavours expected from the nose. A delicate amount if toffee there. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a finish that pretty much disappears. Overall - the least inspiring ale of the day.

Tried from Cask on 31 Jul 2014 at 13:53


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Churchkey. Hazy amber color. Aroma of dried apples and rising bread dough. Taste is sublte fruit, biscuit, dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jul 2013 at 17:33


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Bishops Arms Savoy, Malmö. Pours a clear dark amber reddish color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with hoppy hints.

Tried from Cask on 01 Feb 2012 at 05:06


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask. A brown beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has strong notes of caramel as well as medium notes of malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel.

Tried from Cask on 12 Feb 2011 at 04:46