{"id":3096,"date":"2020-01-15T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T01:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=3096"},"modified":"2021-07-07T12:12:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:12:24","slug":"beyond-the-bottle-old-ales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/beyond-the-bottle-old-ales\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Bottle: Old Ales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Righteousson<\/a>One of the two featured beers this month is Lost Abbey\u2019s Righteous Son, a barrel-aged old ale made exclusively for The Rare Beer Club. Old ales are a dark and maltier subset of beers tracing their origins back to England, and they typically emphasize a generosity of notes like caramel, toffee, nuttiness, and\/or molasses (even a bit of roast)\u2014essentially hitting some of the same malt spectrum as barleywine, though without the same intensity of hops or alcohol impact. The Rare Beer Club\u2019s founder Michael Jackson wrote old ales \u201cshould be a warming beer of the type that is best drunk in half pints by a warm fire on a cold winter\u2019s night.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the above provides a basic sense of expectation for beers labeled as \u201cold ale\u201d today\u2014higher in alcohol, darker malts, modest hops, often some sherry-like oxidative notes\u2014there\u2019s a lot more nuance to what \u201cold ale\u201d referred to historically. Martyn Cornell\u2019s article \u201cSo what is the difference between Barley Wine and Old Ale?\u201d is a great resource for any deeper dive.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re digging Lost Abbey\u2019s Righteous Son (or old ales in general), tracking more of these down can sometimes be a bit of a hunt. English examples making it stateside are pretty few and far between, while many of the old-ale examples made stateside are more barley wine-y. Great Divide\u2019s longstanding winter seasonal Hibernation Ale (brewed annually since 1995) is one promising option that\u2019s easier to track down, and North Coast\u2019s potent Old Stock Ale is made year round. Got old-ale recommendations? Hit us up on Twitter via @RareBeerClub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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