Atlantic Bar Harbor Real Ale

12oz bottle, purchased at the brewery. Pours brown-amber, with a small layer of off-white bubbles. Enticing aroma, with toasted malt and notes of cocoa, hazelnuts and caramel. Fairly thin bodied. Roasted malt is the primary flavor, with some cocoa, grain, coffee, and hops coming in towards the finish. Overall, the flavor is a bit of a letdown after the appealing aroma, but its still satisfying and very drinkable.

Pours a ruby brown with a thin tan head. The nose is nutty, sweet, some toffee, earthy. The flavor was lightly sweet, nutty, earthy, some anise, crisp. Doesn’t taste or smell bad by any means. Very drinkable and sessionable. I would register this as underwhelming as opposed to bad.

This isn’t what I would consider a brown ale but very different and tasty. Aroma was pretty weak. Light caramel malt and ginger. Pour was a nice medium brown with a 3 finger near tan head. Taste was very different. I tasted ginger, light fruit and just a hint of malt. I was suprised to see this classified as a brown ale. The carbonation is strong and makes the finish crisp and dry. Nice.

Tap at Barcade. Light roasty, eggplant, peanut, spoiled milk aroma. Ugly pour, little head. Flavor is chewy and milk with a mild fuggles finish. Overall very dull.

(Bottle). Deep red brown color, light tan head. Malty aroma, as is the taste, with a bit of caramel and coffee. An ok brown ale.