Bygone
Counter Weight Brewing Company
- From:
- Counter Weight Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Old Ale
- ABV:
- 9.4%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 19, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 17, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Bygone is our Woodford Reserve English style barrel aged Old Ale. Brimming with complex malt and barrel character, deep burgundy in color, notes of brown sugar. Fig, marzipan, English toffee and caramel throughout.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AElfwine_Nerevar from North Dakota
4.14/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: A pour into a Counterweight snifter reveals a ruby brown beer with an off white finger of head. After a few minutes the head has shrunk to a small 2 mm ring around the circumference of the glass which is retained. As the beer recedes in the glass it leaves minimal lacing, i.e. small splotches here and there but not much.
S: Caramel, toffee, maple syrup, and vanilla.
T: On the front end I get a strong hit of caramel malt and toffee. This transitions into maple syrup with just a hint of oak coming through (as the beer warms the oak disappears). On the back end I get vanilla and raisins. The finish has low bitterness and is more sweet than anything. To say this is a malt bomb is an understatement.
F: Medium body with low carbonation. The alcohol burn is almost imperceptible for 9.4% abv.
O: This is my first old ale and I have to say I like it. Reminds me of something in between a barleywine and a porter. I am aging a few of these and am excited to see how they develop.
01/30/22 update
Pretty much the same as the bottle I opened on 12/19/20. One difference I noted is that there are now light notes of chocolate on the back end and finish complementing the vanilla and raisin. This one is aging nicely. I have two left and will have to go a couple of years before the next one is cracked.
3/14/24 update
The nose is now dark fruit dominant presenting big notes of raisins and lighter notes of fig. I also get lots of chocolate mixing with a hint of caramel malt character and maple syrup. Light notes of earthy dark cured tobacco. As the beer opens up in the glass I also begin to get notes of toffee.
The palate follows the nose pretty closely. I get chocolate, raisins, fig, caramel malt, sweet maple syrup, toffee, vanilla, and a subtle impression of dark tobacco. This one has sweetened up quite a bit with not bitterness left on the palate.
Still drinking like a champ, but the carbonation has went down noticeably with a low carbonation. Still not detecting any alcohol on the backend or finish.
Dec 19, 2020S: Caramel, toffee, maple syrup, and vanilla.
T: On the front end I get a strong hit of caramel malt and toffee. This transitions into maple syrup with just a hint of oak coming through (as the beer warms the oak disappears). On the back end I get vanilla and raisins. The finish has low bitterness and is more sweet than anything. To say this is a malt bomb is an understatement.
F: Medium body with low carbonation. The alcohol burn is almost imperceptible for 9.4% abv.
O: This is my first old ale and I have to say I like it. Reminds me of something in between a barleywine and a porter. I am aging a few of these and am excited to see how they develop.
01/30/22 update
Pretty much the same as the bottle I opened on 12/19/20. One difference I noted is that there are now light notes of chocolate on the back end and finish complementing the vanilla and raisin. This one is aging nicely. I have two left and will have to go a couple of years before the next one is cracked.
3/14/24 update
The nose is now dark fruit dominant presenting big notes of raisins and lighter notes of fig. I also get lots of chocolate mixing with a hint of caramel malt character and maple syrup. Light notes of earthy dark cured tobacco. As the beer opens up in the glass I also begin to get notes of toffee.
The palate follows the nose pretty closely. I get chocolate, raisins, fig, caramel malt, sweet maple syrup, toffee, vanilla, and a subtle impression of dark tobacco. This one has sweetened up quite a bit with not bitterness left on the palate.
Still drinking like a champ, but the carbonation has went down noticeably with a low carbonation. Still not detecting any alcohol on the backend or finish.
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