Delicate red-orange-hued malt-sweetened fruit-spiced medium body. Very watery and lacking character. Brewery defunct: 2001.
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GREENE KING OLDE SUFFOLK ENGLISH ALE
Wonderful oak-aged English ale gains superb sweet-candied sherry-burgundy resonation, overriding tartly vinous grape tannins and sturdy coffee-mocha insistence. Frothy cascading head and bristling carbolic hop thrust perk up plum-raisin-grape conflux for lusty dried fruited undertow.
(HEATHER) GROZET LAGERED CELTIC ALE
HARVEY’S ELIZABETHAN ALE
HUDSON VALLEY OLD MAN ALE
THIRD COAST OLD ALE
KUHNHENN FOURTH DEMENTIA OLDE ALE
Luxurious alcohol-soaked ruby-chestnut slow sipper provides massive barleywine influence to dry sherry-bourbon medicinal warmth and ripe fruited template. Prune, fig, and rum raisin encounter rewarding brandy-soaked orange-bruised apple-candied cherry, peach, and tangerine zest embedding chewy molasses bed. Busy backdrop finds anise stickiness thickening peat-smoked tobacco-dried oaken woodiness. Aggressive cognac finish increases depth.
MIDDLE AGES WAILING WENCH ALE
Expressively daring translucent auburn ale with surfacing cascading tan bubbles leaves brusque roasted hop darkness and chocolate malt trace inside embittered citrus linger as red fruited undercurrent fades to vegetative bottom. Perfumed spicing, dry tobacco inkling, and minor barleywine dawdle fortify piney finish.
MOLSON EXTRA OLD STOCK
NORTH COAST OLD STOCK ALE (2001)
OTTER CREEK WORLD TOUR DOUBLE DECKER OLDE ENGLISH-STYLE HOLIDAY ALE
Straight-ahead moderate-bodied holiday ale lacks expectant seasonal spicing, instead prodding brown ale or weak barleywine comparisons. Lovely barley-roasted almond-hazelnut tautness scurries through ample brown chocolate-y sweetness. Impending phenol metallic drudgery nearly depletes casual vanilla, toffee, kettle corn, gingerbread, and Graham cracker illusions.