Old Stock Ale
North Coast Brewing Co.

 

Pours dark amber with thin head.
Smoky or possibly woody aromas.
Sweet with a touch of acidity, lovely caramel like notes. Really nice tasting and very easy drinking. The tastes changes as it warms up; I believe it improves in tastes as it gets warmer.
Feels very thick in the mouth and smooth drinking.

Overall, just an excellent tasting beer.

Light amber brown color with a 2F head in a Stone RIS glass.

Initial smoked wood, later more cherry.

Very smooth, light MF.

The taste changes with warming. Initially, fruity cherrywood, later at higher temps almost like a liqueur.

The brewer suggests 60°. Start at 48° and taste the changes.

 

12 ounce 2022 bottle poured cold into a snifter. It’s an amber color with reddish flecks in the light. Mini foam stays on the edges.
Aroma is earthy, malty.
Flavor is up-front hop, balanced well with cereal grain. Middle opens up the European ingredients very nicely. I appreciate the balance of sweet and bitter. Nice long dry finish and an alcohol kick.
Medium body, low carbonation, probably from it having a year to rest.
Overall, something exotic and different. Good stuff.

 

 

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a snifter glass.
L - Pours a reddish brown color with a slight white head that dissipates quickly leaving a thin ring around the glass.
S - Smells of caramel and candied sugar, with a little raisin.
T - Taste matches the smell, rain, burnt sugar with a nice booziness. Getting some tobacco on the finish.
F - Medium bodied and lightly carbonated.
O - This beer was really interesting. I feel every time I smelled it, and every sip I took, I experienced a different smell and taste.

 

 

After two years it was still booze-forward on the nose and about the same in the tongue. Even so, it was still a great sipping beer. Mouthfeel was solid and it had a nice copper look with light to dark and back to light hues up and down the glass.

2022 edition
Pours a dark amber color with a thin but retentive

Smells like wheat and grains.

Taste is very hoppy with some roasted notes. Mild bitter finish. Finishes dry.

Very good brew. Been tired of the latest trend and needed something original and strong.

 

Not exactly vibing on this one, my peeps. It’s like when I was 8 and wanted a can of Coke, but instead all that was available was that .25 cent a can stuff from Be Rite or Alpha Romero or whatever. And as you know, like the magician at the end of the birthday party who had a few too many belts with dad - it did not do the trick. It’s just a bit flat. Like Taylor Swift trying to sing with a cold. And then to even be a bit blunt: like Taylor before she got fake juggies. Either way, I’m out of here.

Adieu! Adieu! Auf Wiedersehen! Adieu!

 

Pours the color of translucent apple cider. Not much of a head.
Smell and taste strong on the malt, slightly sweet up front with a lingering bitter finish that's not unpleasant.
I find it quite od that it feels somewhat seltzery but lacks a head. Go figure!?
I've had it before and decided to have this one tin order to rate it. That being said, I think I'll have another.

 

 

Bevis Maun
Old Stock Ale (2014) by North Coast Brewing Company
Bevis Maun is drinking an Old Stock Ale (2014) by North Coast Brewing Company at Untappd at Home

Butterscotch aroma flavour lots if subdued sherry

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