Old Ale
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.32
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Old Ale is a nod to brewing heritage. A full bodied, velvety texture with a hefty aroma of treacle and candied fruit. On the palate, find a light roasted bitterness to offset the malty, almost molasses like sweetness and you have everything you need to sit back and taste tradition brewed with a modern approach
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
440ml can sold to me by djoeye. A beige, bubbly head leaving rings of lace down the glass, close-to-clear copper coloured body. Attractive aromas of dark bread, caramel and herbal hops. Well mixed taste of caramel, dark and dried fruits, earth, and a backdrop of leafy hops. Drying close, bittersweet. Medium bodied. Good drinking. (Tromsø, 19.03.2026)
Tried
from Can
from
Systembolaget Luleå - Storheden
on 19 Mar 2026
at 13:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Copper colour with no head.Aroma of toffee caramel and berries nice toasted and sweet taste good note of hops and caramel malt mild sweet and roasted finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Væskebalancen Bar & Bottleshop - Copenhagen
on 05 Dec 2025
at 14:17
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks. A clear reddy amber coloured pour with a a lasting beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, dusty grains, white raisin, nutty malts light vanilla. Flavour is composed of burnt caramel, dried fruits apple, burnt toast, harsh bitter in the finish palate is harsh grainy, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 27 May 2025
at 21:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. HOTM. Light haze on a coppery amber. Decent sticky pale beige foam. Nose has toffee and caramel malts. Earthy leafy hop. Bit of a well brewed tea thing. Taste is pretty sweet with a nicely leafy hop and vinous bitterness. Good body with fine carbonation. Tangy bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2025
at 19:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A dark brown beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has dried fruits, figs, apricot, light dark breadyness. Taste has dried fruitness, breadyness, figs, slightly harsh bitterness. Medium bodied. Complex and balanced, natural. Great beer.
Tried
from Can
on 18 May 2025
at 18:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours brown, with very fine cream foam. Aroma is a little malty and herbaceous, earthy. Body is somehow above average, with moderate carbonation. Taste is medium sweet. Final is average.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2025
at 17:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can split at CBJ tasting, thanks to Fergus, 07/05/2025.
Deep mahogany brown with a lasting beige head.
Nose is a touch thin, brown bread, toffee, stewed fruits.
Taste comprises fruit slice, toffee, herb, biscuit, spice, grains.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Okay but expected a bit more from this one ... lacking any real depth.
Deep mahogany brown with a lasting beige head.
Nose is a touch thin, brown bread, toffee, stewed fruits.
Taste comprises fruit slice, toffee, herb, biscuit, spice, grains.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Okay but expected a bit more from this one ... lacking any real depth.
Tried
on 06 May 2025
at 23:00