Old Guard Mild Ale
Annex Ale Project
- From:
- Annex Ale Project
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- English Dark Mild Ale
- ABV:
- 3.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 2.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2017
- Added:
- Nov 22, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.74/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
1L howler from my local Liquor Depot outlet, who never seem to fail to amaze me, for what they are. The Annex Ale Project, on the other hand...
This beer pours a clear, dark red-brick amber colour, with two flabby fingers of puffy, rocky, and somewhat bubbly tan head, which leaves a few instances of wanly streaky lace around the glass as things quickly progress.
It smells of toasted, and sort of meaty caramel malt, a mixed black stone fruitiness, some further free-range ashiness, and plain earthy, weedy, and musky floral green hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, wet tobacco, a subtle earthy nuttiness, faint domestic fruit salad, and more understated leafy, musty, and dead floral hoppiness.
The carbonation is adequate in its palate-supporting frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and mostly smooth, with a touch of the ol' smokiness perhaps making a minor dent in the proceedings. It finishes trending dry, the malt sort of bottoming out, and the roasted character amping things up.
Overall - this is a rather well-rendered version of the style, but take that with a soupcon of salt, as I really have little experience in parsing this sort of thing. At any rate, a tasty and engaging brew exists here - too bad they've limited its distribution to the hegemony of Liquor Stores N.A., or whatever the hell they're called.
Dec 07, 2017This beer pours a clear, dark red-brick amber colour, with two flabby fingers of puffy, rocky, and somewhat bubbly tan head, which leaves a few instances of wanly streaky lace around the glass as things quickly progress.
It smells of toasted, and sort of meaty caramel malt, a mixed black stone fruitiness, some further free-range ashiness, and plain earthy, weedy, and musky floral green hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, wet tobacco, a subtle earthy nuttiness, faint domestic fruit salad, and more understated leafy, musty, and dead floral hoppiness.
The carbonation is adequate in its palate-supporting frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and mostly smooth, with a touch of the ol' smokiness perhaps making a minor dent in the proceedings. It finishes trending dry, the malt sort of bottoming out, and the roasted character amping things up.
Overall - this is a rather well-rendered version of the style, but take that with a soupcon of salt, as I really have little experience in parsing this sort of thing. At any rate, a tasty and engaging brew exists here - too bad they've limited its distribution to the hegemony of Liquor Stores N.A., or whatever the hell they're called.
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