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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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpump at The Eels Foot Inn, East Bridge, Suffolk. Friday Christmas Day 25th December 2015 Pours a chestnut colour, some bubbles skittering across the top. Not sure of the style but tastes like a mild to me those typical mild flavours come through, so caramel lightly malty and a bit thin. It’s ok. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Dec 2015
at 22:16
6/10
Tried
on 21 Nov 2015
at 15:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading. Chestnut-brown with a thick, smooth beige head and a light fizz. Chocolate up front and a some red wine. Growing oakiness and a lovely smooth mouthfeel. A little lighter than some old ales, which means that it goes down very easily- I could drink a lot of this. A little leathery dryness in the finish. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2015
at 14:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the bridge house. Ruby red caramel coloured pour with a lasting cream head. Atoms is Apple vinegar, caramel. Flavour is composed of apple, caramel, toffee, Apple, vinegar, tart apple. Palate is caramel semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Pretty fucked.
Mini Keg. A nutty brown coloured pour with a lasting loose mid tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, brown sugars, brown bread, jam of toast, raspberry. Flavour is composed of nutty malts, jammy fruits, little chalk, toasted malts. Palate is medium sweet, moderate to low carbonation. Semi drying finish.
Mini Keg. A nutty brown coloured pour with a lasting loose mid tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, brown sugars, brown bread, jam of toast, raspberry. Flavour is composed of nutty malts, jammy fruits, little chalk, toasted malts. Palate is medium sweet, moderate to low carbonation. Semi drying finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jan 2015
at 11:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Hanging Bat. Pours deep ruby, nose is toffee, caramel, taste is rich, light, berry fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2014
at 06:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On pump tap at the Tree Folk's pub in Rome-ITALY. Pours reddish black, creamy ivory compact head which remains. Nose: velvet, wood pellets, macerated cherries. Mouth: under spirit cherries. Very surprising. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2014
at 14:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark red amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Raisin notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2014
at 07:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask. Appearance is dark brown/mahogany. One finger off-white, slightly creamy head. Malty, raisiny aroma. Dark fruits in the taste, raisin, lots of dark malt, some bitterness at the end. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2014
at 10:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Pint Shop, Cambridge. Chestnut brown, clear and flat. Smell of caramel, figs, some smoke, some wood. Taste is a bland sour/sweet with a bitter finish. Surprisingly slight palette, and flat and flat can be. Not overenamoured of this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2014
at 04:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ C4, Odense. Pours dark brown with a small creamy head. Rich malty. Dark dried fruit and caramel. Vinous and smooth.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2014
at 04:58