old ale

Obviously, there's a lot more enduring left in this old ale house.

In some cases old ale was a blend of young and old.

Its name comes from a fashionable slang word of the 18th century for strong or old ale.

Some brewers will make a strong old ale for bottling.

"And now must feel a rough old ale against my tender palate.

The new entity got its name from the old Ale Hundred, which had approximately the same territory.

So he gave the clerk the third hundred dollars for books, and a cask of good old ale for Peter.

His voice was mellow as old ale.

English beer styles include bitter, mild, brown ale and old ale.

The term is now applied to medium-strong dark beers, some of which are treated to resemble the traditional old ales.

Sour old ales fermented with the brettanomyces yeast were popular in 19th century Britain.

In England, old ale was strong beer traditionally kept for about a year, gaining sharp, acetic flavours as it did so.

Maybe it's the Old Ale House in the name that made us gravitate to such pub fare.

Some old ales blended older vintages with fresh beer in vats, on the solera system.

Ten winners of a sweepstakes sailed here on a separate ship this month to watch as old ale bottles were recovered from the debris field.

"Thou hast told me old ale is better, betimes," Magnus reminded him.

Stingo or spingo was strong or old ale.

The beer was formerly known as Tooheys Hunter Old Ale.

English Porters and stouts are generally as dark or darker than old ales, and significantly more bitter.

MacKenzie's Old Ale House was the most recent.

Examples of old ales include:

Martyn Cornell has been quoted as saying "no historically meaningful difference exists between barley wines and old ales".

Old Ales (see note below)

Old ale is a term applied to dark, malty beers above 4.5% abv, also sometimes called Winter Warmers.

The Old Ales & Barley Wines category has been renamed over the years.