Old Ale

All Beverage Styles
Old Ale

BJCP 17B

Strong British Ale

Overall Impression:

An ale of moderate to fairly significant alcoholic strength, bigger than standard beers, though usually not as strong or rich as barleywine. Often tilted towards a maltier balance. “It should be a warming beer of the type that is best drunk in half pints by a warm fire on a cold winter’s night” – Michael Jackson.

Commercial Examples:
Burton Bridge Olde Expensive, Gale’s Prize Old Ale, Greene King Strong Suffolk Ale, Marston Owd Roger, Theakston Old Peculier

*The Style Name, Overall Impression, and Commercial Examples are borrowed with permission from the BJCP.

Yeast strains to use: