1.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Bottle. Pours a pretty average amber, with a foamy head and next to no lacing. Nose is butterscotch, malt, and little else. Palate shows some crystal malt, but very little else. Hollow, disappointing, and a shameful effort from what used to be a pretty decent brwery. Why must you hurt me so BigRock? I loved you so well. Your Maibock (for the whole 3 years you made it) introduced me to microbrewed beer, and I have watched your downward spiral ever since. Sigh... You really can’t ever go home again.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
341 mL Bottle. Copper body with an off-white foamy head that settles to wispy ring and film leaving some lacing. Aroma is grains, malt, and earthy hops with a hint of treacle. The flavor is very much there without being imposing: sweet malt with a hint of brown sugar, a mild expression of tangy hops in the aftertaste followed by a butter biscuit linger. A brownie point for the original label design.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Light and smooth brown ale with a decent amount of malt. I’ve never been a brown ale guy, but this is certainly passable.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
The smell and general flavour really do it for this beer, but that is about all it has going for it. The aftertaste is a bit sour and reminds me of an apple that is a bit past reipeness, a bit starchy. It makes you want to have another smell and a sip to remind you of the good parts of it.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
FRom 330ml can. Tall white head. Smells a little nutty. Flavor is sweet, and malty. A little grassy. Light brown colour. This beer is okay, kind of boring over all.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Pours a reddish-coppery colour with a tiny white head that runs to the walls very quickly. Very translucent for a brown ale. Aroma is of malt, a hint of something metallic, and sourness. Taste is of brown sugar, sour fruits and a slight nuttyness on the end. It’s sweet, sour and bitter. Lacks comcentration, not a good example of a brown ale.
2.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Purchased in Ganges BC in a 12 oz can. Amber color, not very distinctive. So-so, really. Agree that there’s not much ’there’ there.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Draught at Ship and Anchor, Calgary
Light amber color. Light and dry caramel flavor. Correctly bitter. Too simple and boring.
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