Big Rock Traditional Ale

Nice dark amber color. sweet malt, and a little bit of hops in the aroma. Flavour is pretty weak, and thin. slight fruity notes, aftertaste for some odd reason is grassy. not very pleasant beer.

This is a fantastic beer for those interested in something a little darker than your usual pale ales and such. Great reddish colour and tempting aroma. Relaxed and easy-drinking beer.

Great old standby for me. Very good session beer - can drink this one repetitively! One of Big Rock’s best.

medium malt smell with sweetness. Dark red colour with medium head that disapates quickly. Tastes of medium malt and caramel, and hops. A little watery in the mouth for an English Brown perhaps (likely deceptive marketting?). Some tweaking and this could be a great ale, but does well for sessions at places that tap it. Its the office watering hole #1 choice.

Pours a clear amber color with no head. The aroma is a strong malt smell, pleasant. Flavor is light caramel at start, strong malts in the middle, and very very mild hops at the end. Not balanced, but still very enjoyable. The carbonation is decent, but it doesn’t prevent the texture from being a little watery. Still a decent beer.

For me, flavor is everything in Big Rock’s products. Nothing fancy about the smell, or apperence. No dreamy aroma’s or magical colour layers. The experience starts once its in my mouth. Rich, full, complex and deep flavors that over various paths to take. Traditonal is earthy goodness that pleases my palate!

This one pours a reddish-brown with a slight head of tan. This is an extremely clear beer--there’s your filtering, I suppose. The head doesn’t stick around, and it doesn’t really lace either. The aroma is immediately raspberry to me, with some definite English hops (maybe Kent, maybe not), and... well, then the musty malt n’ grain charges forth. This is the smell I will remember Big Rock by. The mouthfeel is crisp and light, which I didn’t expect for something being marketed as traditional ale. Doesn’t exactly seem like English Brown Ale, which is what the box promotes. At first, the taste gives me bitter hops, lime peel, and burnt malt. As it warms, the taste is conquered solely by the more astringent and aspirin-like qualities of Big Rock’s malt. The aftertaste is bitterness and citrus tang. At first, I wasn’t unhappy, but over the course of a glass I became disappointed with what should be, well, just ’more.’ As a whole, this beer doesn’t have any characteristics to recommend it to others, but I wouldn’t turn it down if I was offered one. Last note--I find this beer to be a bit too watery.

Bottled. Pours with a dark brownish copper hue and a small quickly disappearing head. Aroma is brown sugar and toffee. Sweet toffee flavour with hints of bitterness and a lot of sweetness in the finish. A great ale.