Old Silenus Amber
Migration Brewing Company
- From:
- Migration Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Old Ale
- ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 9.51%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 21, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 31, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
"A unique twist to an Old English recipe, the Silenus is deep mahogany in color and fills the palette with a rich malt body and faint cherry & cocoa undertones. Dominated by fuggles hops and 5 different malts this is a beer that Old Silenus can be proud of!"
abv: 6.3% ibu's: 75
abv: 6.3% ibu's: 75
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.01/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Onnitro- tap at the brewpub in Portland.
Appearance: clear, deep, ruby-brown color with a bone colored head that has excellent retention and leaves a nice coat of lacing upon tipping.
Aroma: Dark fruits and dark roasted grains with a hint of toffee and alcohol esters.
Flavor: Sweet up front but mildly bitter (IBU = 75) in the aftertaste. Very ripe dark fruits and bitter hops. Has a lingering, odd, spicy aftertaste.
Feel: Medium body seems too thin; near medium carbonation.
O: OK version of a style that I seldom find highly pleasing.
Jul 19, 2014Appearance: clear, deep, ruby-brown color with a bone colored head that has excellent retention and leaves a nice coat of lacing upon tipping.
Aroma: Dark fruits and dark roasted grains with a hint of toffee and alcohol esters.
Flavor: Sweet up front but mildly bitter (IBU = 75) in the aftertaste. Very ripe dark fruits and bitter hops. Has a lingering, odd, spicy aftertaste.
Feel: Medium body seems too thin; near medium carbonation.
O: OK version of a style that I seldom find highly pleasing.
Reviewed by msubulldog25 from Oregon
3.29/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.29/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I've tried this a couple times before, but today at the brewpub (= FRESH!) was a good time for a review. A pint glass ($4) on an overcast Easter Sunday. At 75 IBU, it's close to the hoppiest thing on the beer menu; yes, that's an awful Easter bunny pun I just laid... wait, 'laid'? As in, an egg? It's contagious. Jesus...
A: Deep 'maple syrup' or 'bourbon' brown, a silty, unfilered murkiness that forms a base for a lovely finger+ of softly-tinted whiteness. Nice-looking lace, too - stacked rings of foamy speckledness.
S: A nutty, grain-sweet sniffer that really doesn't reveal a whole lot. Has a slight chemical 'cleaner' floralness that isn't so appealing.
T: Big toasted malts, grainy huskiness but with plenty of backing spice and bitterness hit right away. A little fruitiness (apple or appleskins), dusty cocoa powder, a trace of smoke and dose of nuttiness round out the flavors. It all works rather well.
M: Body is a little skimpy, a mild carbonation, with a cleaner and drier finish. Crispness due to spice rather than effervescence. Lasting bitterness. Looong lasting.
O: Called an 'Amber' on the menu, but brewed with a number of English malts and tagged an 'Old Ale' on more than one occasion...so a coin toss as to how to catagorize this one. As such, it's a decent but lacking version of either style, well-hopped but reasonably well-balanced, too. Ok for a taste, but nothing that compels a return visit.
Apr 24, 2011A: Deep 'maple syrup' or 'bourbon' brown, a silty, unfilered murkiness that forms a base for a lovely finger+ of softly-tinted whiteness. Nice-looking lace, too - stacked rings of foamy speckledness.
S: A nutty, grain-sweet sniffer that really doesn't reveal a whole lot. Has a slight chemical 'cleaner' floralness that isn't so appealing.
T: Big toasted malts, grainy huskiness but with plenty of backing spice and bitterness hit right away. A little fruitiness (apple or appleskins), dusty cocoa powder, a trace of smoke and dose of nuttiness round out the flavors. It all works rather well.
M: Body is a little skimpy, a mild carbonation, with a cleaner and drier finish. Crispness due to spice rather than effervescence. Lasting bitterness. Looong lasting.
O: Called an 'Amber' on the menu, but brewed with a number of English malts and tagged an 'Old Ale' on more than one occasion...so a coin toss as to how to catagorize this one. As such, it's a decent but lacking version of either style, well-hopped but reasonably well-balanced, too. Ok for a taste, but nothing that compels a return visit.
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