Old Man Winter
Cape Cod Beer
- From:
- Cape Cod Beer
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Old Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 10.18%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 03, 2009
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Ratings by DJoe:
Rated by DJoe from Massachusetts
3.65/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Dec 30, 2015
3.65/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Dec 30, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire
3.97/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
From the 2017 can. Sampled well after winter on May 27, 2017.
It pours dark brown with a foamy, tan head that lingers and laces.
The aroma has a pungent and rich dark malt and dark bread character along with licorice, sweetness, cellar, and a low to no hop profile.
The body is medium to full but maybe a little astringent.
The taste has a definite malt sweetness with that same licorice character and a mild to moderate earthy bitterness that lasts for a short time.
May 28, 2017It pours dark brown with a foamy, tan head that lingers and laces.
The aroma has a pungent and rich dark malt and dark bread character along with licorice, sweetness, cellar, and a low to no hop profile.
The body is medium to full but maybe a little astringent.
The taste has a definite malt sweetness with that same licorice character and a mild to moderate earthy bitterness that lasts for a short time.
Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)
3.56/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to Greg for this obscure tick. Served in a snifter.
A - Dark tan foam settles to a collar, wisps, and minimal lacework. Transparent ruby-amber body.
S - Loads of toasted malts, with notes of treacle, bread, fruity ale yeast, and earthy English flavors. Is there oak in this? There's a very intense toastiness to this that I attributed to wood, but I can't find any listed in the description.
T - The taste is quite similar; extremely toasty, with notes of bread, fruity yeast, some faint toffee and more of that nebulous wood character. No alcohol, but seems a bit less complex than the summer version.
M - Medium body, low carbonation, quite dry, with no alcohol presence. Sufficient heft for 7%.
D - Drinkable, but not really what I like from this style; lacks the darker and sweeter flavors I enjoyed from "Christmas in July". That being said, I think some of the 'oak' character I picked up in that beer was probably just the heavily toasty malt, as that flavor dominates here.
Aug 20, 2013A - Dark tan foam settles to a collar, wisps, and minimal lacework. Transparent ruby-amber body.
S - Loads of toasted malts, with notes of treacle, bread, fruity ale yeast, and earthy English flavors. Is there oak in this? There's a very intense toastiness to this that I attributed to wood, but I can't find any listed in the description.
T - The taste is quite similar; extremely toasty, with notes of bread, fruity yeast, some faint toffee and more of that nebulous wood character. No alcohol, but seems a bit less complex than the summer version.
M - Medium body, low carbonation, quite dry, with no alcohol presence. Sufficient heft for 7%.
D - Drinkable, but not really what I like from this style; lacks the darker and sweeter flavors I enjoyed from "Christmas in July". That being said, I think some of the 'oak' character I picked up in that beer was probably just the heavily toasty malt, as that flavor dominates here.
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