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Big Boss Bad Penny Brown Ale

Big Boss Bad Penny Brown Ale

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33
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A Brown Ale brewed by
Big Boss Brewing Company (ex Edenton Brewery)

Raleigh, North Carolina USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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1022.88/5.02.87/5.05.2%22.9Dimpled mug P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This dark brown ale is slightly sweet with a caramel and dark fruit finish. A show case of fine English malts, floor malted the old way. We use pale, chocolate, and crystal malts to produce a complex, but easy drinking dark ale. Very reminescent of northern English ales.

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 arventresca (203), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20

Jun 8, 2008  
Draft. Pours brownish black with thick head. Smell of chocholate and coffee. Interesting beer due to the aftertaste. Overall good but not great.

 jhliesen (377), West Melbourne, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/102/59/20
Jan 2, 2009  
Bottle-First of all, I’ve got to say that it’s a silly looking label. Solid brown color with a medium tand head with the pour. Mostly malts in the aroma maybe some caramel. The flavor follow along, but was thin all over, nothing stuck out, the malts or the caramel. There wasn’t much sweetness and the finish was a bit metallic. Brusin ales.


 OldGrowth (1309), the Contaiment Area, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Dec 8, 2008  
pint at Village Draft house back on march 10th by the note I found. Sweet aroma, lite citrusy notes about it, nutty malts. Dark orangy brown color, Good head and lace. Bittersweet flavor chocolate, caramel, nutty, Thin body, lite creamy mouthfeel, bittersweet finish. Tasty brown, easy to drink. A good local I can find around in alot of non beer geek restaurants and bars. I like the aroma a little more overall, but not significantly. Session beer for sure.


 chandler0201 (153), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 6, 2008  
Brown pour with large head that quickly dissipates. Flavor of nuts and malts and taste of nuts and molasses with a somewhat irritating metallic aftertaste. Not bad, but most of their smaller craft brews are better.


 NachlamSie (1444), Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 27, 2008  
[November 4, 2008] <br /> Bottle born in august 2008. Well, true to its style, this pours brown and also sports a good sized head. The aroma is nutty, bitter, toasty, and slightly metallic. Pretty uneventful in the flavor. I don’t get strong pulls in any direction. It’s remarkably mild even for a brown. Some toasted nuts, soy sauce, and brown sugar show up. The finish is slightly seltzer like. There isn’t much here. I was really excited to see the Big Boss bottles at first, I’ve now changed my mind.


brewski519 (84), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Pours a mahogany with a creamy head that doesn’t linger - a slightly nutty aroma with a hint of molasses and chocolate. Taste is fairly mild with some maltiness to it. Not a bad brown ale - I would drink it again for sure.



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