Oak-Aged Stock Ale
Adams Street Brewery

Released spring 2014; drank 7/6/14 @ the Yarchives.

Murky plum appearance.

Cream head; almost no lace.

Banana, plum, candle wax & caramel nose. Unique!

Thick mouthfeel.

Banana notes up front, with a plum, oak & slight booze finish. As it warms, a garbage water finish asserts itself; started nice but took a turn.

Too bad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This beer absolutely took me by surprise. It has a depth and complexity that makes this an interesting beer at each sip and turn. Sweet but not too much so, there is a dark fruit undertone and a little oakiness that gives this a good rounded finish.

 

Pours a nice dark brown with a slight amber hue

nice light head on top

initial taste is a little burnt toffee, you can taste the high abv

aging was well done as it masks the 10% into a fairly smooth, almost session-able ale

finishes with a coffee taste

quite smooth for the abv, malty and decently smooth, rich - would drink again for the buzz

 

 

Pours a murky auburn with no head. Nose starts with sweet syrupy malts, notes of molasses, followed by solvent/boozy notes. Some raisin and dark fruit character are intermixed. Taste is very sweet and knocks this beer way out of balance. Some odd metallic notes paired with caramel and dark fruit come through. The toasted oak is not detectable. The finish has heavy solvent notes much like the nose. Mouthfeel is eerily thin considering the abv. Overall, this beer is not worth trying.