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Big Rock Traditional Ale

Big Rock Traditional Ale

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An Amber Ale brewed by
Big Rock Brewery

Calgary, Canada

bottled
common

on tap
common

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1382.95/5.02.95/5.05%44 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

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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 sinkhole (117), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/511/20

Sep 5, 2007  
Poured brown-amber with average head and carbonation. Sweet malts and caramels are offset with a slight bitter hop finish. A nice selection but not outstanding.

 probstk (622), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/53/103/59/20
Jun 26, 2008  
341 ml bottle as arandom single from LCBO, served cold in a tulip glass.

App.: Clear deep amber with a moderate tan head. Aroma: Nuts and caramel, brown sugar, raisins, an odd vegetal note, a bit of meaty broth, Palate: Medium+ body, moderate carbonation. Flav.: A let down, cardboard a bit of ashen, austere malt, a touch of hops (I’m really digging here...), little else; dry finish with a touch of malt.

Maybe an old bottle, maybe a lousy beer.


 patrick767 (1373), 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.


hip_hop (61), 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 (84), 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 (330), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/102/56/20
Feb 25, 2008  
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 in 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 to evident. At least I only had to pay $2.00 for this one bottle. Really unremarkable, sorry.




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