Name: Old Tom Strong Ale
Origin: England, UK
Style: Old Ale, English Brown (8.5%)
Appearance: Pours with a minimal head, this strong English ale is dark red-brown in colour.
Taste: The aroma is strong, with fruity notes of apples and melons. The palette is very rich, with flavours of apples and sweet toffee malts. It finishes with a citrus bitterness. The rich flavours do a very good job of masking any of this ales high ABV taste.
Mouth Feel: Heavy bodied. Old Tom is still very sharp on the tongue, mostly due to its high ABV. Its also quite carbonated, though not as filling as I would have guessed.
Final Thoughts (4 out of 5): This was a great strong ale. Its very rich flavours do a great job masking its high ABV, though it is still present in the mouth feel of the drink.
This is the last beer from my Ireland/England trip the I reviewed. So many good memories. So many good beers.
#1 by yoshinori on August 20, 2010 - 1:58 pm
あたらしいPC買いました。
windows 7 です。
今set up したところです！