Belle Isle American Brown

Brewed by Belle Isle Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Dark copper pour, nice head, lots of lace. Woody alcohol aroma. Nice carb, strange strawberry soda flavor, with some weak chocolatey caramel. A little sour at the end. Forgettable and pretty weak.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear dark brown with a thin white head. Aroma of roasted malt, sweet malt, lactose. Flavor is quite sweet, almost sickly, and I do get strawberry notes. Odd. It’s just way too sweet. 6/4/5/3/11 (2.9/5)

Date: February 24, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear light brown, wispy beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet caramel malt aroma, earthy touch
Flavor: dryrich malt flavor, caramel is kept dry by a big earthy presence that leaves a long bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Sampled on draft at Belle Isle. Pours clear brown with an ample off-white head and nice lacing. Aroma is too clean - no yeast, malt or hops. Clean is better than bad, though! Flavor is clean and balanced with toasted malt dominating the profile. Medium-light body and moderately carbonated. Drinkable, but too simple.