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Old HLT
Allagash Brewing Company
- From:
- Allagash Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.07 | pDev: 9.83%
- Reviews:
- 64
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2020
- Added:
- May 13, 2010
- Wants:
- 43
- Gots:
- 38
llagash Old HLT is an ale three years in the making. We started by brewing an amber colored beer consisting of Pilsner, Wheat and Munich malts and Belgian candi syrup. We then fermented the beer with our house yeast. After primary fermentation, it was transferred to our old hot liquor (water) tank to age on 2,000 lbs of fresh, tart Montmorency cherries from Michigan for two years. Old HLT was dosed with fresh yeast and sugar at packaging to ensure further complexity and a lively carbonation. The finished beer is a reddish copper hue with an aroma of ripened cherries, spice and a slight nuttiness. The tart cherry flavor is complimented by vanilla and the presence of malt. A sour, dry finish makes this beer refreshing and incredibly drinkable.
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Reviewed by maddogruss from New Jersey
3.49/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Based on notes from 2012. Had on draft.
A: pours dark amber body with small white head with nice retention and lacing
S: sour smelling beer; band-aid?
T: tastes like prosciutto; somewhat salty and definitely and spit aftertaste
M: medium bodied and somewhat smooth; decent
D: ok mouthfeel and taste combo; pretty sour beer, but pretty mellow beer overall
Feb 28, 2020A: pours dark amber body with small white head with nice retention and lacing
S: sour smelling beer; band-aid?
T: tastes like prosciutto; somewhat salty and definitely and spit aftertaste
M: medium bodied and somewhat smooth; decent
D: ok mouthfeel and taste combo; pretty sour beer, but pretty mellow beer overall
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
4.02/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Another gem brought by james. Pours red and light brown. Compared to the balaton coolship, this was a more candied cherry aroma, more sweet, less tart, sour, bitter and bright respectively but with an earthy funk that the other did not.
Taste is also similar to the nose in that this leaned a little sweeter variety or medley of cherries. A light brett with it. Oak isn't as dry. The sweetness again taking away from that. I don't mean to make it sound like this is a sweet beer, it isn't, its just sweeter than the balaton, in terms of the cherries used. The base seems a tad bit soft, they used a deft touch. Hid alcohol pretty good.
Mar 11, 2018Taste is also similar to the nose in that this leaned a little sweeter variety or medley of cherries. A light brett with it. Oak isn't as dry. The sweetness again taking away from that. I don't mean to make it sound like this is a sweet beer, it isn't, its just sweeter than the balaton, in terms of the cherries used. The base seems a tad bit soft, they used a deft touch. Hid alcohol pretty good.
Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
4.07/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
375ml brown bottle, sample from the brewery.
Tawny hue, very clear. Minimal lacing. Smells of ripe cherries, fermented candi sugar, toasted grain, alcoholic esters, and a bit of clean phenols. Dry and crisp with a little bit of body, lots of tart cherry flavor that goes jammy in the finish. Warming alcohol, complex toasted and cracker-like graininess. Flavors seem to go back and forth and with each sip another level of complexity opens. Another winner from Allagash, lets hope this brew it again.
Aug 10, 2016Tawny hue, very clear. Minimal lacing. Smells of ripe cherries, fermented candi sugar, toasted grain, alcoholic esters, and a bit of clean phenols. Dry and crisp with a little bit of body, lots of tart cherry flavor that goes jammy in the finish. Warming alcohol, complex toasted and cracker-like graininess. Flavors seem to go back and forth and with each sip another level of complexity opens. Another winner from Allagash, lets hope this brew it again.
Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts
4.21/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Picked this up on my first trip to Allagash back in 2011. Sour cherries, oak, lacto and brett. Smells much more sour than it is. Very restrained, but has a great cherry flavor. Super short finish. Lots of carb, great mouthfeel. Not too bad.
Sep 14, 2015Reviewed by gcamparone from Rhode Island
4.49/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a 12.7oz bottle into an Allagash stemmed glass. Acquired in a trade with ChrisInRI, thank you!
Pours a deep, hazy, brick red body with a small fizzy white head that reduces quickly to leave little lacing and no retention. Very nice color.
Aromas are potent and inviting - lots of cherries coming through, very Kriek-like, tart fruityness, lactic sourness.
On the tongue, the first notes to come through are a light cherry, tart fruitskins, funky barnyard, saisony yeast, musty basement, lemon juice, light banana, with an acidic astringency left on the tongue on the finish. Medium-high carbonation, medium body. No alcohol detected for 8%.
Very nice, complex and flavorful, nicely balanced and tart.
Mar 02, 2015Pours a deep, hazy, brick red body with a small fizzy white head that reduces quickly to leave little lacing and no retention. Very nice color.
Aromas are potent and inviting - lots of cherries coming through, very Kriek-like, tart fruityness, lactic sourness.
On the tongue, the first notes to come through are a light cherry, tart fruitskins, funky barnyard, saisony yeast, musty basement, lemon juice, light banana, with an acidic astringency left on the tongue on the finish. Medium-high carbonation, medium body. No alcohol detected for 8%.
Very nice, complex and flavorful, nicely balanced and tart.
Old HLT from Allagash Brewing Company
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
213 ratings
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