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Big Rock Traditional Ale

Big Rock Traditional Ale - Amber Ale

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

Calgary, Canada

bottled
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1692.95/5.02.94/5.05%47.1English pint, Shaker
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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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 patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Jun 22, 2008  
tap at Big Rock in Seoul - Pours amber with a very thin white head. It has a nutty caramel malt aroma. The flavor is mostly of lightly toasted malt with some mild hops. It’s medium bodied and pretty enjoyable.


hiphop (84), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/510/20
Jun 16, 2008  
This was one of my first in my quest to drink all that the LCBO had to offer that was out of my ordinary. It was alright. I rate it because I am trying to keep count, over time. Fogive me.


 patricks110 (276), Alberta, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/102/513/20
May 7, 2008  
Dark amber pour. Nutty and dirty aroma. Mild hops and nutty flavour. Slightly unpleassant aftertaste. The run of the mill Calgarian micro ale.


 JesseM (661), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/102/56/20
Feb 25, 2008    Updated: Jan 4, 2009
341ml bottle. Pours an amber colour with a small white surface film. Aroma: Nuttiness, maybe too much of it, or maybe I’m not huge into nuttiness. Taste: Better than I thought it would be, ok malts followed by tin, followed by caramel and then a nutty flavour that I tend to hate in beers. Weird and unpleasant alcoholic flavour is way too evident. At least I only had to pay $2.00 for this one bottle. Really unremarkable, sorry.


 glennmastrange (809), hobe sound, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/512/20
Jan 25, 2008  
Can. Malts smelled of moderate cookie and nutty, hops of light grass, light dough for the yeast, and toffee and a faint hint of red wine. Head was frothy/fizzy, off-white, with virtually no lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color was sparkling clear brown. Flavor starts moderately acidic and the short finishes is lightly acidic and bitter. Palate is light to medium, watery with a slight creaminess to it, and the carbonation was a little too fizzy. It finishes metalic and lightly astringent. Nice aroma but not much to the flavor, and the can left it’s mark on the finish


 mullet2007 (198), St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/515/20
Dec 20, 2007  
Pours a deep red too amber color with a nice offwhite head that doesn’t last too long. Aroma is slighty hoppy and has a nice malty backing, very pleasant. Flavor is very much citrus or grapefruit hops, with a detectable malt backing. Very low carbonation, but not too thin. A nice beer.


 matt7215 (943), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 19, 2007  
341 ml bottle. pours amber with a small white head. toasty roasted malt aromas with some fruitiness as well. flavours are palatable but a little mudled. everything starts off sweet but then there is a very weird dry finish. overall this was ok.


grasshopper19 (6), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Dec 3, 2007  
Purchased a 6 pack in Halifax. Only purchased this beer because there was Grasshopper was sold out. I was not dissapointed - full flavored and delicious - very impressed with big rock.



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