Fort Bragg, California
Old Stock Ale
Style: Old Ale
Availability: Limited
Format: 12oz - 4pk
ABV: 11.5%
Malt: Maris Otter
Hops: Fuggles, East Kent Goldings
Bottle text & Info:
Like a fine port, Old Stock Ale is intended to be laid down. With an original gravity of over 1.100 and a generous hopping rate, Old Stock Ale is well-designed to round-out and mellow with age. It's brewed with classic Maris Otter malt and Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops, all imported from England.
Tasting Notes:
Pours as advertised, chestnut amber to brown with a thin off white head that shows good retention and clings to the glass. Smells like sweet malts, candied walnuts and some subtle bananas and butter like notes. Everything follows the nose with a continuous onslaught of different notes appearing and fading as this warms. Added toffee notes, cherry, ginger, brown sugar with real subtle molasses and raisins. Surely a sweet one and a heavy hitter, I believe that this is one of the best American entries into the Old Ale category and legend has it that this will age up to 10 years, mellow and become epically delicious.
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