Old Stormy - Wine Barrel Aged
Free State Brewing Co.
- From:
- Free State Brewing Co.
- Kansas, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 6.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 14, 2010
- Added:
- Jan 10, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Groenebeor from California
4.32/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.32/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I love Free State. These beers are so amazing.
Old Stormy is an aged version of their strong IPA, Stormwatch Ale. It's aged for a yearish in wine barrels, with some versions aged in whiskey barrels.
Poured from the tap into a 5 oz sample glass. This beer was a dark burgundy, almost like red wine. Has a moderate head that leaves little lacing down the glass.
Smells amazing - deep dark sugars, old aged hops - could be the best smelling IPA I've come across.
Taste is full of typical IPA malts with almost a roasted character. Very strong hints of caramel. The maltiness is somewhat reminiscent of a barleywine. The bitterness of this brew is significantly lower than Stormwatch, with a very sweet resiny aftertaste like hoppiness present.
Feb 14, 2010Old Stormy is an aged version of their strong IPA, Stormwatch Ale. It's aged for a yearish in wine barrels, with some versions aged in whiskey barrels.
Poured from the tap into a 5 oz sample glass. This beer was a dark burgundy, almost like red wine. Has a moderate head that leaves little lacing down the glass.
Smells amazing - deep dark sugars, old aged hops - could be the best smelling IPA I've come across.
Taste is full of typical IPA malts with almost a roasted character. Very strong hints of caramel. The maltiness is somewhat reminiscent of a barleywine. The bitterness of this brew is significantly lower than Stormwatch, with a very sweet resiny aftertaste like hoppiness present.
Reviewed by Mebuzzard from Colorado
3.8/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This is the Stormwatch aged in oak barrels for about 4 months.
Pours a cloudy off ruby/brown body with a pretty good, creamy head. A bit splotchy and patchy, the head reveals good lacing all the way down.
Not much of a strong aroma. Some piney hops and wet wood. Very faint vanilla
Usually I don't like oaked beer as the woodiness tends to overwhelm the beer, in my opinion. This one is just about right. A slight hint of wood up front and in the back. The pine hops blend nicely with it to present a crisp, clean bite. Not too strong. Caramel comes and goes, but is never very strong and keeps the hops/oak from running away.
Easy drinking. Not harsh. Still, would like to see more IPA-ness in this brew.
Jan 10, 2010Pours a cloudy off ruby/brown body with a pretty good, creamy head. A bit splotchy and patchy, the head reveals good lacing all the way down.
Not much of a strong aroma. Some piney hops and wet wood. Very faint vanilla
Usually I don't like oaked beer as the woodiness tends to overwhelm the beer, in my opinion. This one is just about right. A slight hint of wood up front and in the back. The pine hops blend nicely with it to present a crisp, clean bite. Not too strong. Caramel comes and goes, but is never very strong and keeps the hops/oak from running away.
Easy drinking. Not harsh. Still, would like to see more IPA-ness in this brew.
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