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Old Stock Ale
Like a fine port, Old Stock Ale is intended to be laid down.
With an original gravity of over 1.100 and a generous hopping
rate, Old Stock Ale is well-designed to round-out and mellow
with age. It's brewed with classic Maris  Otter
malt and Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops, all imported
from England.
Vital Statistics
Style: Old Ale
Color: Mahogany
ABV: 12.5% (2008)
Bitterness: 36 IBUs
96 Points, Rated 
"Superlative"
Beverage Testing Institute, Chicago
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"Dark
chestnut-amber hue.... Exotic winey aromas.... Shockingly vinous
fruit....
Superlative."
-BTI. Chicago.
"The first sip of Old Stock is a wow moment. ...Old Stock demands respect and deserves every ounce of it."
-Brew Chief
This came from our friend Wade...it's a love story.
"I wanted to tell you of an unexpected delight I had recently. I visited my sisters house, a few weeks ago, where I used to live and brew. I journeyed down to the cellar after she reminded me I had some old bottles there.
As I blew the dust off the bottles of old root beer and cider, I found a single bottle with an NCB Old Stock label on it — from 2001. I had laid it up 8 years ago and forgotten it. I didn't think it would still be good. So I opened it and tasted it cautiously. WOW!, is all I could think of. It was superb! So mellow and full of flavor.
Thank you. I need to procure a few more and forget them again."
Wade
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