Julio's Fashionably Old Ale
Smuttynose Brewing Company

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From:
Smuttynose Brewing Company
 
New Hampshire, United States
Style:
American Strong Ale
ABV:
11.4%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.61 | pDev: 14.13%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
37
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 12, 2022
Added:
Aug 02, 2013
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  4
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Ratings by WoostaBia:
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Rated by WoostaBia from Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -3%

Aug 15, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.83 by liquorpig from Massachusetts

Feb 12, 2022
 
Rated: 3.8 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

Jan 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.6 by Mersh from Connecticut

Jul 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.67 by PEIhop from Massachusetts

Dec 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by fossage78 from Massachusetts

Sep 29, 2014
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Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts

3.6/5  rDev -0.3%
3.5 3.5 3.75 4.0 3.5

The bottle comes with a small vial of orange bitters. There's a frothy head on the initial pour, but it settles to a set of rim bubbles. Dark amber color and cloudy. Little lace.

Creamy and buttery aroma. Plenty of alcohol to the nose with a touch of hop bitterness at the end of the smell. Slightly sweet.

Very rich body with an equally low carbonation level. With the orange bitters, I think this beer is awful--it's orangey, oily and strongly alcoholic. Without the bitters, it's a much better beer (and the basis of this rating). The only commonality is the powerful warming alcohol. Not overly sweet, but there is a good dollop of hop spice.
Aug 22, 2014
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Reviewed by Pahn from New York

4.03/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
22oz bottle into a red wine glass.

Appearance: Dark reddish brown. Long lasting frothy light tan head, thick lace wall in its wake.

Smell: Whoa, just straight oak and bourbon. Reminds me of the batch of Sebago Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine I reviewed (the next batch smelled more like birdseed, but was still amazing). Straightforward, but what's wrong with that?

Taste: Whoa again, is this a strange beer or what? They must have used quite a bit of orange peel, because it's heavy in the taste. Creamy body lifts up the big American oak aftertaste. The malt is unassuming (and the hops absent), just acting as a conduit for the thick oak and orange peel.

A weird one, but I like it.

Mouthfeel: Full bodied. Creamy. Moderate carbonation, but enough. Not dry but not at all sugary either. Very very nice; probably was good going into the barrels, and even better afterward.

Overall: Creative beer, and very tasty. Definitely worth picking up if you go to Julio's and like malty, oaky beers. Smuttynose remains underrated by most beer geeks.
Jul 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by HuskyHawk from Massachusetts

Jun 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by BGsWo22 from Texas

Jun 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by petermethot from New Jersey

Jun 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by hoppymcgee from Maine

May 24, 2014
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Reviewed by ryan1788a5 from Massachusetts

3.85/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
22o bottle poured into a globe.

A: Red-orange color. Awesome clarity. Pillowy off-white head retains well at a half an inch. Small dots of lacing.

S: Barrel aromas of bourbon, vanilla, and oak are forward on the nose. Sweet malt notes of caramel and perhaps some candy apple shell. Fruity whiffs of marmalade and juicy red berries are tight and subtle. More distinct orange scents come out as the beer warms.

T: Sweet malt base of caramel with hints of crust and toast. Oily and zesty orange flavors cut through the heavy malt base. Oak and bourbon pick up steam on the back end and become more prominent in general as the beer warms. Mild spicy alcohol. Finishes with caramel,toasted grain, and drying oak and bourbon.

M: Big, thick body. Chewy. Citrus oils. Carbonation feels forced, but works well to provide a firm but gentle scrubbing action. This seems to play up the citrus flavors.

O: Feels like an experimental one-off bottling of Smutty barleywine. A pretty decent beer though. The orange peel takes over perhaps a bit more than it should, but a pretty solid offering all around for a more spur of the moment, account-special release.
May 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jim_carignan from Massachusetts

Apr 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by TripelMark from North Carolina

Apr 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by REVZEB from Illinois

Feb 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by vonnegut21 from New York

Jan 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by scotv from New York

Jan 20, 2014
 
Rated: 1.5 by Rekrule from Massachusetts

Nov 26, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Chugs13 from New Jersey

Nov 24, 2013
Julio's Fashionably Old Ale from Smuttynose Brewing Company
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 37 ratings