A friend of mine has commissioned me with the task of helping him create a winter brew for his kegerator. He's not the home-brew/beer geek type and when describing what beer examples he would like to mimic he said, "Guiness, Hobgoblin, Highland Gaelic ale, highland cold mountain, and black lagers, because they are all kinda similar".........(right!).....So I think he wants something pretty dark and malty and under 7% abv. I was thinking along the lines of a low gravity Old Ale. I was thinking ale cause I don't really have time to do a lager (a bock would probably fit his desires). Any thoughts?