Barley Creek Antler Brown Ale

Brewed by Barley Creek Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale
Tannersville, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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tap in Poconos: New Years eve: nothing special about this beer at all. Clear brown pour, muddy flavor of basic beer ingredients that are indiscernable. Weak.

Nice malt sweetness on the nose. Pours lehigh brown. A hint of caramel on the tongue but fades quickly. All things being equal, I prefer my brown ale from Newcastle.

On draught at the brewery. Poured a dark copper color with thin white head, very light lacing. Aroma is real weak with maple syrup and nuttyness. The carbonation was light and the mouth feel was very watery, lacking any kind of real body. Very one dimensional.

Clear brownish amber pour caramel malty aroma ... taste of sweet caramel and light chocolate little toasted .... light bitter malty finish ... a thinner and sessionable simple brown ale not offensive at all

Had on draft at the brewery. Pours a clear light brown with minimal head. Aroma is sweet but a bit stale. Flavor very watery and sweet. Straw/hay taste present. Reminds me of an extract homebrew clone of newcastle, though some of my homebrews have been much better.

On draught at the brewery: Poured a clear copper colour with not a whole lot of fizz. thin off white head. aroma is somewhere between maple syrup and butterscotch. Sweet smell, but taste comes across a little dull. Nice taste, but a little boring.

Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of sweet malt and earthy. Taste is much of the same with some spicy hints. Good for what it is.

12oz. Bottle: Fain, slightly tart aroma of malts, tart fruit, cherries, and medicine. Poured deep amber/copper in color with a medium-sized tan head that diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling to very sparkling. Many tiny, small, and medium-sized particles throughout. Flavor is lightly tart and slightly sweet. Tastes of tart fruit, cherries, malts, malted milk, and some cocoa. Medium body. Thin, lightly dry texture. Average carbonation. Tart, cherry, malt, and malted milk finish. Much more a sour than a brown ale.

Tea brown, with a fizzy and short lived head. A little trimming of lace left behind. Sweet maltiness, a nice toasting, a slight nuttiness that makes for a pleasant aroma Taste is unfortunately not as pleasant. Quite a watered down maltiness - mouthfeel is rather watery, as well. Slight roasted nut flavour, but almost ignorable, really. If it were a little richer, it would be a decent session brew. If looking for a swigger, it could be a candidate, but there are better out there.

Pours out amber in color with no real head. Aroma is of some malts, slight bitterness and some caramel. Taste is some caramel, sweet malts and hops, mouthfeel is a bit watery. Overall alright, but forgettable.