Big Rock Traditional Ale

Brewed by Big Rock Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Calgary, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Tap at Charcut. Pours clear brown with a small, frothy off-white head, short retention with good lacing. Aroma is toast, caramel, and nutty malt with dates and earthy hops. Flavor is malt with light hops and bitterness, dark fruits and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.

0.33 l can at whistler. Nothing special, normal supermarket beer...

Bouteille. Nez de caramel doux très légèrement rôti avec des notes de houblon floral, de noix et de fruits (agrumes). Rondeur mince-moyenne en bouche. Goût vaguement fruité (agrumes et traces de pêches) lors de l’entrée en bouche rapidement éclipsé par un goût assez malté de caramel assez doux avec de faibles traces de sucre brun aux petites notes rôtiespuis finalement, une très douce amertume de houblon floral aux notes herbeuses se développe et est appuyé par des notes de noix. Post-goût moyen-court, très légèrement amère de houblon floral avec des notes de noix et quelques traces rôties.

bread, cereal, nuts, roasty, citrus, earthy, woody, orange, red, clear, minimal head, white foam, light sweetness, medium bitterness, average carbonation, thin feel, slick feel, light body, astringent Was my go to beer at the Pub for years. Decent copper pour with light white foam that falls quickly. Darker aromas of nuts, toast against some citrus. Taste is nutty too with a medium bitterness. Mouth feel is a bit thin, but has good carbonation to help cut greasy pub bites. Lightly astringent with lingering mild bitterness.

Pours a clear light brown with a little white ring around the glass. Mild malty, nutty aromas. Taste is sweet, malty and nutty.

A good average beer. Pours clean amber brown. Light bodied, smells of hay and mild alcohol. Tastes better than most large scale beers.

I think by "mellow balance between malt and hops" they mean not all that much of either. Said a friend, "I’ve had worse."

Bottle. Pours clear reddish amber with a medium of white head that dissipates with nice lacing. aroma is grain, hay, caramel, urinal, chemicals. Flavor is much the same, light sweet, no bitterness. Light bodied and watery. Unpleasant.

Color is darker yellow with decent white foamy foam head. Aroma is malty with some fruity tones. Taste is nice bittersweet, aftertaste is quite long lasting bittersweet. (Montreal 201210)

Pours a ear amber color with a big creamy off white head. Smells very faintly of malts. Taste is a nice smooth malty taste with a mild hop finish. Overall a very easy drinking amber ale.