Old Ale
Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
6.58
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Tasting notes and ingredients: This is a mild ale style beer brewed with East Anglian pale ale and Crystal malted barley and Boadicea hops. It’s dark red/brown in colour with an aroma of caramel and nutty chocolate. The toffee and chocolate also come through on the palate along with hints of red fruits, all balanced by a smooth bitterness. A traditional speciality winter warmer with flavours of fruit, malt, roast grain, and a hint of caramel.
What’s the story?: Old Ale is based on one of Adnams’ oldest beer recipes which dates back to 1890. It was crowned Champion Beer of East Anglia 2013 by CAMRA.
What’s the story?: Old Ale is based on one of Adnams’ oldest beer recipes which dates back to 1890. It was crowned Champion Beer of East Anglia 2013 by CAMRA.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Waterloo Tap. Vague caramel and veg aroma. Dark cola brown. Frothy beige head. Light sweet. Some low key bitterness on the periphery. Malty chocolate and fruit. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long finish. Nice enough if a couple of pints could get sickly.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2019
at 16:49
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half pint, cask ale at Piccadilly Tap. Shared with Finn. Stable off-white head to a coal black body. Spotty lacing down the glass. Malty nose, a bit creamy and mid-sweet. Mild caramel malts to the taste character, hints of bread. Mid-sweet malty tail. Just alright without greater excitements. (Manchester 05.02.2019).
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2019
at 10:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @Rake, Londres 30/11/2018
Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca,espuma blanca escasa, aromas caramelo, sabor malta, toffe cuerpo sedoso.
Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca,espuma blanca escasa, aromas caramelo, sabor malta, toffe cuerpo sedoso.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Dec 2018
at 12:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, at The Wharf. A clear, brown beer with little to none carbonation or head. Dried fruits chocolate and toffee on the nose. There's bready hints in the flavor, with the same toffee, dark dried fruits and chocolate found in the aroma. It's medium bodied and soft, far from effervescent, and with a lasting finish where also some bitterness show up. Decent, boring. 180224
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2018
at 15:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask by gravity at White Horse, Parson's Green, London, 25 Nov 2017) Dark reddish brown colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark fruit, caramel and roasted nuts. Malty taste with caramel, dark fruit, liquorice, raisins, dark bread and a mild roasty bitterness. Medium body with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2018
at 17:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours a reddish brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma is malty with some vine fruit and an earthy nuttiness. A malty taste, dry in the mouth with a nutty flavour and more dryness in a fruity finish. One pint is enough for me.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2017
at 13:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear red-brown with a thin beige head. Light fruity aromas, dark berries and faint chocolate. Taste is more on the chocolate side. Faintly nutty. Can't beat a good cask mild! Wish I had time for another.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2017
at 07:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask. Sole Bay Inn, Southwold. Clear, deep, ruby red. Foamy, beige head. Nose has vine fruits. Some toffee and treacle notes. Hint of dried stone fruit. Taste is light, toffee sweet. Some dryness. Light body. Some stickiness. Dry, vinous finish. Fantastic condition, as you’d expect, next to the brewery. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2017
at 09:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask@Charlies Bar, Copenhagen - dark amber to brown with a beige head. Sweet and toasted malty with notes of dried fruit, sweet caramel and toffee sweetness, cocoa, sweet malty into the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2016
at 17:10
6/10
Tried
on 19 Jan 2016
at 16:10