12
ounce can poured into a tulip. 8.7%
ABV. Stored and served at 55F. Bottom of the can stamped with “Canned On:
Oct27 2016 10:18”.
Appearance:
In this light this beer almost looks like liquid red velvet. It’s a dark ruby with deep plum shadows. Absolutely brilliantly clear. The beige head pours thick and coats the side
of the glass as it dissipates. Beautiful
beer (5/5).
Aroma: Wow… it smells unbelievably green and fresh
for a beer that was assembled over a year ago.
Caramel and slightly astringent grain husk. There isn’t a great deal of depth to the
aroma, but it comes off very inviting (4.25/5).
Taste: Fresh brown sugar, peaches, and plumbs. Maybe a little toasted marshmallows. Sweet, but not cloying. All the flavors have rounded edges with a
slight astringency on the back end. Like
the aroma, there’s just not a ton of complexity (4/5).
Mouthfeel: Medium body, light carbonation. Velvety and smooth (5/5).
Overall: This perhaps the easiest to drink of all the
Old Ales I’ve consumed. Like Great
Divide took an Old Ale and dialed it back 40%.
And it comes in a can! This may
be the only Old Ale that could spark a “less filling… tastes great” debate. I imagine myself immerging from a backyard pool
in slow motion and catching an airborne can of Hibernation Ale. All the hot girls are there dancing in their
bikinis and the muscular dudes are high-fiving each other. At the end of the commercial I pop the top
and start chugging, only to have the frame freeze on my over-enthusiastic
face. No other Old Ale fits this scene,
except maybe this one. It’s good, but
maybe Old Ale on training wheels (4.25/5).
-Matt
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