Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
quasi chiara non molta schima sentori piacevoli di luppolo poco corposa sapore di lupolo rinfrescante non eccessivamente persistente
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught @ YNWA, Kolding. Clear amber color with a small creamy good lacing mostly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, pine, flowers, grass, citrus, light malty, caramel, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet, moderate to h bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. ;o))
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pour is a copper with a white head. Aroma is some light sweet malts and not much else. Flavor is a lighter versoin of the old ale. Some dust and barnyard with some yeast but overall this is very watery and flat.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pour is a nice copper with a large white head. Aroma is very citrusy with some sweet malts. Flavor is a bit musty with some caramel malts and dry hops. More of a bitter than a old ale. The old ale in the Sam Adams longshot was a much better rep of the style but this is still decent not just great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity at Kingston BF 2007. It seems almost amazing that I’ve not had this on cask before. Gold, lasting off white head. Looks in good condition. Slightly farty yeast aroma with lemon/grapefruit hop. Spritzy in mouth. Very drinkable, very bitter. Good citrus fruits, and good green hop on finish. Tasty, better than average, but not excellent.
jcr (3164) reviewed Old Man Ale (Bottle) from Coniston Brewing Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13
This beer is nothing like the style description. For me, it exhibits more yeast and hops than malts, or at least as much. And in all this is a complex beer. The appearance is enticing — a big, frothy off-white head atop a hazy dark amber body. The aroma presents notes of bready malts and funky yeast, especially barnyard. Light hops of orange are overwhelmed by a spicy aroma of clove. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. The finishing flavor is tangy and spicy — clove and lacquerish, somewhat Orvalesque. Medium body and smooth texture. Lively carbonation.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Old Man Ale (Bottle) from Coniston Brewing Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
50 cL bottle. Smells like ripe stone fruit. Orange tinted/copper colour with a white head that sort of filmed, but left tatters of lace. It is full bodied, and the carbonation is quite mild (appropriate for a bottle conditioned ale). The flavor is something like dilute ripe apricot backed by caramel malt and bitter. The finish is sort of fruit and bitter. It’s a wonderful match, but the subtle complexities strain my sensory faculties. The fruit aspects develop with warming. The bitter is satisfactory, but not extreme. Does this brewery have a less than wonderful ale? Amazing.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
50 cL bottle. Great malty aroma, supported by floral hop. Shiny copper color with a frothy head that laces. Medium bodied. Moderately carbonated. Starts with not too sweet malt, accompanied by floral notes, and a balancing amount of bitter. The sweet is something like ripe stone fruit. The long finish is bitter in the mouth. It probably does not get better than this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
50 cL bottle. Ripe stone fruit aroma (seems apricot) and floral/citrus seems to accompany it. Orange tinged golden color, and a white head that quickly films. Medium bodied, slightly fizzy, but no bite. Starts with sweet fruits, like apricot jam flavor, though not that sweet, and the bitter is marvelous. Extremely well balanced by me. It’s just a fantastic ale, and it’s bottle conditioned.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at City Pub, Göteborg, on May 18, 2012Clear golden to honey color, fluffy white head. Malty, bitter, fresh, somewhat fruity, hints of butter, caramel, toffee, floral hoppy taste. Sproitzy mouthfeel, medium high lingeing bitterness. Somewhat berry and fruity fresh aftertaste. Fresh, fruity, floral, caramel, toffee scent. A touch of butterscotch in both scent and taste.