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Big Rock Traditional Ale

Percentile
40
overall
Brewed by Big Rock Brewery
Style: Amber Ale

Calgary, Canada

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1712.95/5.02.94/5.05%46.8English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Noted for the smooth and mellow balance between malt and hops, its dark copper color flashes garnet when held to the light.
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 dirtymike (2018), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 12, 2005  
Copper in color with a small off-white head. Sweet malt and fruity aroma. Mild malt flavor.


 Fiend (104), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Mar 15, 2005    Updated: Sep 1, 2005
A beautiful aroma with a light hop tone and creamy head. Smooth flavor and noticable maltyness. Nice clean finish. Another great beer from Big Rock!


Beerguys (50), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
Mar 14, 2005  
Beer poured with a creamy off white head that quickly disappeared. Copper color with a hint of red. Light malty taste & aroma. Smooth taste that did not leave alot of after taste


 Beer Snob (382), Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 13, 2005  
Sort of a baseline for what is acceptable - decent aroma, tinge of hops, sweet but not overpowering... But unexceptional in every way.


BobBarley (12), Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Feb 9, 2005  
This is not a great beer, and it is not a lousy beer. What it is is the best cheapish domestic I have found in my search for a decent house beer. I love Sam Smith, Fuller’s, Aventinus, Blanche de Chambly and many more. But I am a broke college kid. A college kid needs beer with some regularity, but I don’t often want to go much cheaper than this.


 pintbypint (1004), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 28, 2004  
341ml brown bottle. Amber coloured, mild malt aroma. Sweet malt, caramel and some faint roasted malt character.


 mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 16, 2004  
bottle. copper colour with a small white head. sweet, malty, caramel aroma. It’s actually quite good, though it is quite one-dimensional. sweet flavour.


 JoeMcPhee (5000), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 23, 2004  
Probably one of the best beers I’ve had from Big Rock. Nothing complicated. Dark amber colour, thick off-white head fading to a thin lace. Caramel malty aroma, a trace of nuttiness, brown sugar, and chocolate. Flavour is of malty sweet caramel. Not bad.



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