2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Date: 12/19/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
clear brown, wispy beige head, lightly hopped chocolate aroma, dry chocolate flavor, nice nutty character, a bit of sweet caramel brings out the chocolate
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at my buddy’s wedding. Hard to tell since it wasn’t clearly labeled if it was a brown or an amber. Sort of a nondescript dark ale. Amber-brown in color and a small beige head. Relatively hoppy and bitter. Not very malty for a brown ale.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap at the brewpub. Brown in color with a small off-white head and good lacing. The aroma is on the better side of average, with nuts and caramel but maybe a slight oxidative note. The flavor is on the worse side of average. Nice caramel and nuts but mild cardboard, which keeps showing up in this brewery’s beers for some reason. Medium-bodied with average carbonation and standard mouthfeel. This is almost a good beer, but just barely misses the mark with whatever that cardboard flavor is.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sampled at Durham WBF - poured a brown color with a thin tan head. Aroma of malt and nuts - taste is a roasted malt, with nuts, caramel and very faint hops - a middle of the road beer that doesn’t take any chances.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft sample at the brewpub. Pours a brown color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel and nuts. The taste is dominated by green apple with some faint nutty malt notes. Medium bodied. Seems off.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Deep amber-brown hue. Nose is faint nuts and roast. Flavor is also on the lighter side of nutty roasty malts, finishes crisp. Thin and watery texture. A clean middle of the road brown ale well in the easy-drinking session range.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Copper/brown with a light white head and lace. Nothing on the nose detracted from this beer nor stood out. Toasted malt with a sour finish. Over carbonated. Not my favorite beer from them but a drinkable beer none the less.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
on tap-pours a tan head and amber color. Aroma is herbal/copper, light/medium malt. Taste is herbal/copper/lemon hops, light/medium malt-nutty. Light side of medium body.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A pretty run of the mill brown. Pours a nice tawny brown with a lightly toasted malt aroma. Hops are all but undetectable. Mouthfeel is pillowy and round. Certainly unoffensive, but little here to make this an enjoyable sessioner.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle courtesy of durhambeer. Pours a dark clear brown with a white head. Smells vegetal and earthy. Tastes of caramel and some sweet malt. Average.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sort of a ruby brown type color with a nice and thick tan head. Sweet toffee and caramel aroma. Flavor is malty and a bit nutty but mostly just plain and thin. Not offensive and not great. Just a plain brown ale. Seems more like a slightly improved Newcastle and not so much like a hoppier American brown.
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