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Richmond Opening Hours: Monday CLOSED, Tuesday-Thursday MIDDAY - 7PM, Friday & Saturday 11AM-8PM, Sunday MIDDAY-7PM. Parcels dispatched Tues-Friday.

Old Ale

Old Ale is a simple enough style to figure out. At least, once you understand that there are three or four beer styles called Old Ale. The first is the best known - the strong dark Old Peculier style. The second type of Old Ale is a blended dark ale. At least one of the beers comprising the blend will be aged for a couple of years in wood casks. The third version of Old Ale is a form of mild – a low-gravity dark ale. Another version of Old Ale is closely related to the first. For me, these are robustly malty beers, akin to a top-fermented version of a doppelbock.

  • Theakston Old Peculier 500ml
    Theakston
    from $11.99

    Old Peculier is possibly one of the country's most well-known and loved ales. This unique, beautiful brew is often imitated but never matched and i...

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  • Harviestoun Ola Dubh 14 Special Reserve Porter 330ml
    Harviestoun
    $16.50

    Aged in selected oak casks, formerly used to mature Highland Park's beautifully balanced Loyalty of the Wolf Single Malt Scotch Whisky (14 years old).

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  • Founders Curmudgeon's Better Half 355ml
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    Founders Brewing Co.
    from $15.99

    Old Ale brewed with molasses and aged in Maple Syrup Bourbon Barrels. What tames an old ale like Curmudgeon? The tender embrace of oak and sweet ...

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  • Orkney Dark Island 500ml
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    Orkney
    $11.99

    Dark Island is an iconic beer. A gold standard-bearer for crafted premium Scottish Ales. It almost needs no introduction.  It offers ripe, fruity a...

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  • Robinsons Old Tom Original 330ml
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    Robinsons Family Brewery
    $8.99

    Named after Robinsons' brewery cat, Old Tom is almost as old as the brewery itself. It is recognised, both nationally and internationally, as one o...

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  • Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12 Year Old 330ml
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    Harviestoun
    $16.99

    Ola Dubh (or �Black Oil�) is a collaboration between Harviestoun Brewery and Highland Park, Distiller of the Year*. It is based on Harviestoun�s aw...

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  • Coniston Old Man 500ml
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    Coniston
    $10.99

    Bottle conditioned. Contract brewed by Beer Counter at Hepworths for Coniston. Was brewed at Brakspear from 1998 to 2002 @ 5%. "A rich classic ale,...

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    $10.99
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  • Orkney Dark Island Reserve 750ml
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    Orkney
    $69.99

    Dark Island reserve is a rich strong Orcadian Ale. After a gentle fermentation at our brewery in Quoyloo, the beer is finished in old oak casks for...

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    $69.99
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  • Founders Curmudgeon Old Ale 355ml - Purvis Beer
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    Founders Brewing Co.
    from $9.99

    This Old Ale conjures up thoughts of classic sea fairing ports, there local pubs and the weathered fisherman that frequent them. In traditional sty...

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  • Fuller's Vintage Ale 2016 500ml
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    Fuller's Brewery
    $18.99

    Every year since 1997, we’ve picked out the year's finest hops and malts to make a special Vintage Ale. In 2016, alongside classic British hops, we...

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  • Harviestoun Old Engine Oil Engineers Reserve 330ml
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    Harviestoun
    from $9.99

    The intensely flavoured but incredibly smooth Engineer�s Reserve is our fabulous Old Engine Oil brewed up to 9% ABV. Three hop varieties - grassy F...

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  • Harviestoun Ola Dubh 16 Special Reserve Porter 330ml
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    Harviestoun
    $16.99

    Ola Dubh (pronounced ‘ola-doo’ and Gaelic for ‘black oil’) was conceived in 2007. It was the first ale to be matured in whisky barrels from a named...

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  • Fuller's Vintage Ale 2015 500ml
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    Fuller's Brewery
    $18.99

    To mark the 50th anniversary of famous British malt variety Maris Otter, we've brewed our 19th vintage ale with all British ingredients. Home-grown...

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  • Durham Redemption Whisky Cask Aged 500ml
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    Durham Brewery
    $29.99

    Ultimate sophistication. A limited edition rich tawny ale fermented with Belgian yeast. Layers of flavour emerge from a year of maturation in oak w...

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    $29.99
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  • Fuller's Winter Brew 500ml
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    Fuller's Brewery
    $9.99

    Wonderfully comforting in colder weather. Winter Brew is a Strong, Rich & Fruity ale. This is a bottle conditioned beer with a warmth & dep...

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  • Amager Patrizio The Persuasive Peacemaker 500ml
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    Amager Bryghus
    $23.99

    As a boy growing up in small-town Saugatuck, Michigan, Patrizio Paccioretti always dreamt of bigger things and bigger places. Chicago � just across...

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    $23.99
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  • The Lost Abbey Righteous Son 750ml
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    The Lost Abbey
    $31.99

    Rare Beer Club exclusive, a blended barrel-aged old ale. Righteous Son is a brilliantly presented blended beer overall—bringing forward complex she...

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    $31.99
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  • Philter Old Ale 375ml Can
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    Philter
    from $5.50

    This is our take on a classic Aussie old. It’s a brewery ale crafted using roasted malts for a rich flavour full of chocolate and coffee notes with...

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  • Daleside Morocco Ale 500ml Bottle
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    Daleside Brewery
    $10.50

    An award winning ale that’s great with food! Strong, dark spiced and mysterious. Rich and warm coppery colour. An ideal dinner beer - especially wi...

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  • Fuller's Vintage Ale 2014 500ml
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    Fuller's Brewery
    $18.99

    Our 18th Vintage Ale uses three of the year's finest hop varieties from both sides of the Atlantic. Goldings from England give subtle bitterness, w...

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  • Amager Cody the Crooked Cop Old Ale 500ml
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    Amager Bryghus
    $18.99

    Amager 10 year anniversary beer - The Mobster Series Cody Kane had not always been a crooked, dirty cop. Far from it. When he started in law enforc...

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    $18.99
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  • Orkney Dark Island Reserve 330ml
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    Orkney
    $34.95

    Dark Island reserve is a rich strong Orcadian Ale. After a gentle fermentation at our brewery in Quoyloo, the beer is finished in old oak casks for...

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    $34.95
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