Bear Republic Pete Brown Tribute Ale

Brewed by Bear Republic Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Healdsburg, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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22 oz. bottle from Keller’s IGA. Pours dark brown with an average-sized tan head that leaves some sloppy lacing in the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, toast, nuts, coffee, brown sugar, hops, earthy notes. The flavor is a somewhat muted version of the aroma, with more hops apparent than in the nose, and also has notes of dirt. Medium-bodied, with a more watery mouthfeel than I’d like from a brown ale. Moderate carbonation and roasty finish. Based on my previous experiences with Bear Republic and the fact that I enjoy brown ales a lot, this was a bit of a letdown. Still, not a bad beer.

Clear darkest amber, creamy light brown head fades. Sweet roasted malt aroma. Burnt brown sugar, toasty malt taste, caramel and vanilla. Softly carbed, medium bodied, low hopped. Thins out a bit. Finishes short and sweet. LBW (Lagerboys Be Wary)

Bottle. Great malt aromas. Sweet malt flavours and a subtle malt profile. A very good brown ale. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks beerandbeyond. Dark brown, almost opaque, beige head. Soy sauce, chocolate plum aroma. Sweet, lingering taste. Medium body, soft carbonation, sweet finish. Good.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks beerandbeyond. Dark brown color with a beige head. Aroma of somewhat roasted malt, nuts and a bit of chocolate. Sweetish roasty flavor with light malt acidity, some chocolate and nuts. Medium-bodied.

Medium brown head. Clear deep brown body with lazy carbonation. Deep nougat chocolate and marzipan aroma with roasty butterscotch and resin notes. Lovely harmony, balance, and vividness to this aroma. Dry-sweet roasty marzipan and butterscotch taste with salty resiny notes. Mid-to-light body. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dry resiny burnt aftertaste with caramelly metallic notes. Nice and highly drinkable. Appears to have been cellared too long (almost one year), but has benefited from it, too. (0.65l bottle, from City Beer, San Francisco.)

Bottle. Light brown with a solid tan head. Get some malt and nuts on the nose, bit of cherry. Taste of nuts, malt, little bitter and just way too much molasses. Was looking forward to this one, but it is a pretty blah brown. Don’t need to ever have again.

smooth brown caramel vanilla and cocoa. sweet and beery with a nice malt intro and sneaky pine and grapefruit hop character. brown sugar sweetness adds depth. great for a dull date or a business meeting of bullshit thanx bear!

Bottle. Pours brown with a medium tan head. Smells of brown sugar, molasses, nuts, and malt. Tastes of a medium sweetness, medium-light bitterness. Medium-light body, soft carbonation, oily texture. Finishes semisweet, but bitter with a long duration.

Bottle purchased at Siciliano’s Market in Grand Rapids, MI in December, 2011 and rated on 2-22-2012. Label shows the ABV being 6.3%. Poured a medium sized semi-fizzy beige head. The body was transparent, fizzy carbonation and a reddish-brown hue. The Aroma was malty, roasty and pine hops. The Flavor was sweet, malty, roasty and lightly hoppy. The Mouthfeel was tingly and this is a light-medium bodied Brown Ale. Overall, the Aromas and Flavors came together very nicely and this beer was easy to drink. There was a lingering roasty aftertaste which was nothing offensive. This beer is worthy of a try and one that I would definitely drink again.

Pours a dark reddish brown with minimal head. Smells of roasted malt and syrupy sugar. Tastes like a good brown ale, minimal hop flavour, maximum malt flavour