Olde Johnnie Ale
Cold Spring Brewing Co.

Olde Johnnie AleOlde Johnnie Ale
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From:
Cold Spring Brewing Co.
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Ale
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
77
Avg:
3.23 | pDev: 17.03%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
42
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 11, 2015
Added:
Aug 02, 2007
Wants:
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Gots:
  1
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Ratings by flavoursaviour:
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Reviewed by flavoursaviour from Pennsylvania

3.81/5  rDev +18%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
At home. From the bottle, into a pint, and then into my mouth.

Pours a rich amber with pillowy cream-colored head that could float a dime.

Aroma of wood-roasted nuts, licorice and candied fruit.

Tastes of creamy malt with notes of butterscotch, toast, and nuts.

Mouth feels full-bodied and malty with only a slight bitterness.

Overall the look of this ale matches its malt character, but the hops never offset the richness of that very same malt. Great for malt fanatics, not so much for hop heads.
Aug 01, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.33 by dcmchew from Romania

May 11, 2015
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Reviewed by Mike_Aguirre from Mexico

2.91/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Very sweet beer I didn´t like it at all. Pours more like a brown ale. Aroma is mild, sweet malt notes and almost no hops. Taste is overwhelmingly sweet.
Mar 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by zestar from California

Oct 10, 2014
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Reviewed by HalfFull from California

3.25/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Screw top aluminum pint can poured into a shaker pint glass. Pour is fairly clear and more of a reddish brown than what I'd call amber in color. A light cap of off white foam doesn't stick around very long.

Aroma of muddled caramel notes with some dark fruits with some warming. No notable hop presence or complex malt structure particularly given the 'Abbey Amber' moniker on the label. Does offer some interesting mint like spice notes with continued warming.

Taste follows expectations with a light carbonation, some sweet caramel cherry apple in the middle and a touch of coarse brown sugar on the finish. The brown sugar and a touch of cocoa on the finish yields a better feel than the light carbonation might oterwise imply.

Overall better than my expectations had in store. And rated a bit higher than true experience given the can is just over a year old and presumably better fresh. Still a decent inexpensive offering.
Jun 16, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Pillowburn from Michigan

Apr 01, 2014
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Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand

3.35/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A: Medium to dark brown, clear filtered, huge whopping 4 finger beige head with large and small bubbles, chunky lacing. No visible carbonation.

S: Much like their ‘Moonlight Ale,’ probably from which this is derived. Phenols, coconut, lemon peel, dark fruits, somewhat sweet, a little like a Belgian dubbel but much lighter. Some light fruitiness.

T: I get some of their ‘John Henry 3 L’ck Spiker Ale’
in this, resembles some of their ‘Moonlight Ale’ possibly from which its derived, a metallic aftertaste. Some toffee, banana, coffee bitterness near the end, some sweet margerine.

M: Medium body, medium low fine bubbled carbonation.

O: What else can I say. A well crafted beer, more pure than ‘Moonlight Ale’ therefore perhaps exposing some of the beer’s purer, original qualities. Nice though, great style design on the can. Will pair well with steak.
Oct 25, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by Can_if_you_can from Minnesota

Oct 05, 2013
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

3.37/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle from Sicilianos (MI) served in a snifter.

Despite a rather vigorous pour, I didn't get enough head to completely cover the clear amber body. Moments later, even this is gone with only a bubbly ring left.

Light and simple but pleasant bready aroma has a hint of hops.
Light flavor more clearly reveals some herbal/floral hops in addition to the malts.

Body: light a bit watery; semi-dry finish.

O: An amber "lawnmower beer" that improved with warming.
Sep 24, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by Azpittil57 from Arizona

Sep 21, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Jun 29, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by leprechaunandfatman from Ohio

May 12, 2013
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Reviewed by dhannes from Wisconsin

3.76/5  rDev +16.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
I let the can warm up to about 45 degrees and poured into a standard pint.

A=Nice, rich brownish red, with creamy, eggshell head...first pour was mostly head, hopefully capturing aroma and flavor.

S=Molasses, hint of brown sugar...also fresh baked bread.

T=Rather sweet, with some malt and a bit of hops. Seems a bit sweeter than most other amber ales, and probably not as much hops as others.

M=A bit lighter in body than other red ales, but rich/full enough to make it hard to consider as a session beer.

O=I forgot the price, but I recall it was only about $3 per 32 oz. can, making it a decent value for students, etc.... I would buy this if I wanted a richer beer for tailgaiting and space was limited in the cooler. A better alternative than most AAL's.
Apr 20, 2013
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Reviewed by biggred1 from Indiana

2.73/5  rDev -15.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Clear, dark amber with ruby highlights when backlit and a sudsy tan head. The aroma reminds me of Extract beers I made fifteen years ago with caramel, mild floral hops and a kind of "scorched kettle" kind of smell I had forgotten about until now. Caramel with a touch of diacetyl buttery popcorn flavor and dimethyl sulfide canned vegetable off flavor with some Euro bittering hops in the finish. Thin bodied with mild carbonation. This beer is not very good, I wil avoid it in the future, hopefully I just got a bad can, but the date on the bottom of the can is less than sixty days out.
Apr 03, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by cofeeguru from Minnesota

Mar 28, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by Huffs from New York

Jan 26, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by NickSMpls from Washington

Dec 23, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by NilocRellim from Minnesota

Sep 17, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by t0rin0 from California

Sep 16, 2012
 
Olde Johnnie Ale from Cold Spring Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 77 out of 100 with 42 ratings