Big Rock Traditional Ale

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

bottle: This amber ale tilts towards the dark malt side of things. Very smooth - the hops won’t overwhelm here. Dark copper, thin head. Sweet ale with dark fruit or sugar notes. Not a bitter beer by any stretch. OK for the drinkers frightened by true ales but why would a real ale drinker choose this? Good beer but don’t see the point of this stylle as not many levels of taste here.

Bottle.

Mild aroma of fruit with roasted nut overtones. Flavor is reasonable enough, some gentle fruity tones, caramel, very restrained aftertaste. Fairly prickly mouthfeel

Perfectly drinkable and perfectly enjoyable but not necessarily one to seek out again.

Bottled. Poured a clear, medium orangey-caramel with a short cap of off-white head... some rising carbonation. Nose was of spicy and nutty malts, caramel, and more dark sweetness... a bit airy and tough to reach. Sticky caramel and nutty malts for the most part in the flavor department... diacetyl notes detracting at the back end... woodsy/herbal hops emerge at the back, too. Carbonation was a tad too high. The sharp diacetyl notes hurt the feel, too... but the middle was smooth.

Aroma of sweet (roasted) fruit - plums, apples, etc. Deep copper brown with minimal head. Fairly sweet taste - brown sugar, maybe. No bitterness unless ice cold. Not much aftertaste. Likeable. Another one I’d like to try on tap.

A personal favourite. Great pub style pint. Sweeter than the average dark ale.

An overall good pale ale. Fairly priced, too. Been an old stand-by for many years.

On tap. Verly little aroma, from this clear dark brown beer. Sweet and medium in body, with almost no hops present. Tastes a bit like a german dark lager.

12oz bottle via trade with BeerMountie! - Thanks Tony - Pours dark amber with a short offwhite head that faded quick. Aromas of light caramel. Flavors of caramel, a touch of toffee, and some roasted malts. Medium bodied and not much carbonation. Pretty average all the way around.