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Old Scrooge Christmas Ale
Silver City Brewery & Taproom
- From:
- Silver City Brewery & Taproom
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Old Ale
Ranked #30 - ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #11,574 - Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 10.78%
- Reviews:
- 28
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 24, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 15, 2009
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 13
Intriguing notes of apple, cherry and apricot abound from the long boil time, cool fermentation and extended aging of this dark, malty ale. Celebrate this year’s release & save some for next, as this beer matures wonderfully when cellared.
HOPS: Columbus, Willamette
MALTS: NW Pale, British Pale, Caramel, Munich
IBU: 60
ABV: 8.5%
HOPS: Columbus, Willamette
MALTS: NW Pale, British Pale, Caramel, Munich
IBU: 60
ABV: 8.5%
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Reviewed by RJLarse from Washington
4.08/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a red mahogany color,clear with a bubbly tan head. Smells of dark sugars and roasted fruit. Tastes sweet like a spiced cider or mulled wine. A bit of a bourbon flavor and some heat on the finish.
Dec 11, 2022Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
4.42/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a rich ruby color, perfectly clear, with a sudsy light tan head. It LOOKS like Christmas in my glass. The nose has some toffee, lots of cherries, apples, and a bit of apricot. Wow, I’m salivating.
The concern I had in the taste was that the cherries would have that medicinal taste that cherries present at times in beer, but that concern was unwarranted, because the cherries wrap themselves around that toffee flavor and give the apple and apricot a ride along as well. If this had a touch of cinnamon added, I’d probably spontaneously combust.
As it is, this is a magnificent winter warmer. If it improves with age, as the can states, it’s probably best I don’t have more because my wife would probably smack me in the melon after listening to me wax eloquently about the merits of this magnificent beer.
Dec 10, 2022The concern I had in the taste was that the cherries would have that medicinal taste that cherries present at times in beer, but that concern was unwarranted, because the cherries wrap themselves around that toffee flavor and give the apple and apricot a ride along as well. If this had a touch of cinnamon added, I’d probably spontaneously combust.
As it is, this is a magnificent winter warmer. If it improves with age, as the can states, it’s probably best I don’t have more because my wife would probably smack me in the melon after listening to me wax eloquently about the merits of this magnificent beer.
Reviewed by Iamaskier from Idaho
3.97/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On tap
L: Ruby body with a white head
S: Sweet and fruity. Cherry syrup, figs, plum, a hint of banana
T: Follows the nose. Fruit syrup sweetness upfront, with plum, grape, cherry, and banana. The body is a little bit toastier, with a hint of caramel, and then a nice touch of spicy heat finishes things
F: Quite warm, with a burst of spice on the tongue that makes the ABV stand out
even more.
O: The syrupy feel is a bit… artificial(?) tasting, but plenty bearable with a small pour. I like the kick on the finish quite a bit. Sort of a style bender that’s a plenty good fireplace sipper
Dec 04, 2022L: Ruby body with a white head
S: Sweet and fruity. Cherry syrup, figs, plum, a hint of banana
T: Follows the nose. Fruit syrup sweetness upfront, with plum, grape, cherry, and banana. The body is a little bit toastier, with a hint of caramel, and then a nice touch of spicy heat finishes things
F: Quite warm, with a burst of spice on the tongue that makes the ABV stand out
even more.
O: The syrupy feel is a bit… artificial(?) tasting, but plenty bearable with a small pour. I like the kick on the finish quite a bit. Sort of a style bender that’s a plenty good fireplace sipper
Reviewed by Dave_1997
3.48/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
3.48/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
22 Oz bottle poured into 12 oz stein glass.
Look is dark amber with light tan head
Smell is malty with light dried fruit
Slightly sweeter than average for an ale, but tolerable if consumed in smaller quantities.
Strong ABV lends to a taste almost of red wine or dry mead.
Overall fits the idea of what I had in mind when purchasing as a "Christmas Ale". Worth a try!
Nov 16, 2021Look is dark amber with light tan head
Smell is malty with light dried fruit
Slightly sweeter than average for an ale, but tolerable if consumed in smaller quantities.
Strong ABV lends to a taste almost of red wine or dry mead.
Overall fits the idea of what I had in mind when purchasing as a "Christmas Ale". Worth a try!
Reviewed by Eamonn-Cummings3 from New York
4.12/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 22oz into a high sided tulip glass.
Look is a clear amber brown with a tan head.
Aroma is fruity malt not much from the spice.
Much more spice in the taste with a strong malt body.
Excellent Christmas Eve beer.
Dec 25, 2018Look is a clear amber brown with a tan head.
Aroma is fruity malt not much from the spice.
Much more spice in the taste with a strong malt body.
Excellent Christmas Eve beer.
Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington
4.15/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a dark reddish orange with a thin ivory head that dissipates to patches with slight lacing. Aroma of candi malt, plums, apple, light stone fruit, a little vanilla. Flavor is mild caramel and biscuit malt, plums, raisins, light cherry, a hint of red wine with suggestions of seasonal spicing in the finish. Medium bodied with light creaminess. A fine winter seasonal ale that leans in style to a Scotch ale, but without the smokiness. The malt and fruit flavors are much like that style, but also appropriate for a winter warmer. Great dried and fresh dark fruit flavors and a little bit of fruitcake. Happy holidays, Silver City.
Dec 20, 2018Reviewed by brenn79 from Idaho
4.19/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
22 oz bottle, thanks for sharing bro- Pours dark brown with a nice frothy light tan head. Aroma is bready, malt, peat, touch of campfire. The flavor is again peaty, malt, caramel, everything is real mellow, decadent without being too overboard. Delicious
Dec 19, 2018Rated by NicktheBeerlock from Washington
2.84/5 rDev -28.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
2.84/5 rDev -28.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
Tasted and smelled pretty boozy. Also minimal carbonation. Tasted like it went flat.
Dec 16, 2018Reviewed by rarigney from Washington
4.34/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a deep red mahogany with perfect clarity. The generous beige head has good retention, receding to a stable ring and thin cap. A nearly solid sheet of lacing slides quickly back into the body after each sip. Aroma is malty with notes of toffee and dried cherries. Taste is mildly sweet caramel malt and very pronounced dried fruit, especially cherries. Medium bodied, with a hint of alcohol warming.
Dec 04, 2018
Old Scrooge Christmas Ale from Silver City Brewery & Taproom
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
72 ratings
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