3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
This beer’s got a nice clear brown body, with a ruby-red glow to it. Light brown foamy head. Some lacing, some carbonation, and a pretty decent head retention. This sure looks like a proper Brown Ale.
The aroma is very malty, with notes of roastiness, bitter chocolate, and brown sugar. However there is also a decent hop smell, with a floral and grassy feel to it. Hints of dark fruits...
The taste starts out quite roasty and chocolatey, with some bitterness from the roasted malts. Then a decent hop flavour comes through, lingering all the way to the end. Fairly sweet, a little sour, with hints of prunes or raisins. Tastes like a good Brown ale, but I’ve had better AMERICAN brown ales.
Light-to-medium body to it. A little disappointing, because it feels a bit thin. Some crisp carbonation at first.
Good drinkability’ this could easily make a session brown ale. Goes down smoothly, since neither the flavour nor the body is too strong.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Part of my Oktoberfest/Autumn/Pumpkin party. Pours a cola colored brown with small head. taste is of chocolate, vanilla, some bitterness, coffee maybe a hint of bubblegum. Really decent brown ale. very easy to drink without being flimsy
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Shared bottle at Cardinal 29.9.2010. Clear amber with a light brown creamy head. Roasted malts, dried fruits, caramel and hops on the nose. Sweet and acidic flavors with a short roasted finish. Light to medium body. Dry mouth.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Flavorful (darker malts, including a touch of chocolate), but also dry. More heavily hopped than its British forbears, perhaps, but the hops are mainly to cut any sweetness and to add a touch of floral flavor. It doesn’t come across as thin or weak. This once won a medal in the GABF Strong Ale category? It’s a sessions beer now, and I don’t mean that as a criticism.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours brown with 2 finger foamy off-white head. Aroma si chocolate, nuts, and sweet vanilla or dried fruit? Flavor is roastiness and nuts, with a sticky sweet finish. Mouthfeel is creamy and chewy.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a murky, swamp brown with a tan head that fades down to a rimmer. It has a malty, caramel and grain aroma. It is very smooth in the mouth at the start bringing along a malt, cereal flavor. It has an almost bubblegum middle before the hops and carbonation pierce through and leave a little zip on the tongue. It improves as it warms in the glass.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle. Pours a brown with moderate, quickly diminishing tan head. Sweet caremel/chocolate malt aroma, with hint of licorice? Taste is pretty nice. Initially a bit sour moving to moderate sweetness and then with a light bitterness towards the end. Comes across as reasonably light tasting for a brown ale, but not in bad way. Overall pretty good.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle served in a tulip. Pour is deep cola with three fingers beige head. Nose is roasted malt, light caramel, and rain water. Taste is roasted malts and caramel that ends with a dry toffee finish. This one is kind of week in a few categories, but it’s easy to drink and not bad over all. I could easily enjoy a few growlers.
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