Church Brew Bell Tower Brown Ale

Brewed by Church Brew Works
Style: Brown Ale
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Pours dark brown from tap without much aroma. It tastes line burned popcorn and the finish is a bit watery. My least favorite beer so far that I’ve had here.

This was one of the best Brown Ales that i have had in a while. The color was a deep brown and the aroma was very malty and sweet. The taste was sweet with a nice mouthfeel. Great beer.

2/18/2010: Church Brew Bell Tower Brown Ale... Aroma: Roasty, milk chocolate; slightly lacking... Appearance: Very deep amber brown; beige head; decent lacing. Flavor: Roasty, milk chocolate; roasted malt finish; coffee-ish. Palate: Medium-light body; slightly watery. Overall: Flavorful brown; satisfying.

Draught (12.5°P, 1.054 OG, 30 IBU, 5.3% ABV) at Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh, PA. Rating #29 for this beer.

Poured a clear dark amber color with slight fizzy head. Aroma was pretty plain though a bit sweet and cola like. Flavor is malty, molases, and a tad bit of nut undertone. Overall, not bad, but not great. Would skip in the future.

On tap at the brewery. Dark deep amber with lots of malt, licorice, grapes and fruit, sweet but drinkable.Has a nice clean bitter finish.

From a growler purchased on 10.19.08. The price was right, $10.73 including all taxes. Aroma is smoke, molasses, some faint spicing. Flavor is smoky with anise and thin malt body with balanced hops bitterness and something else I can’t put my finger on. I think that this beer is pretty refreshing with a nostalgic feel. I love cheapdark’s description, kind of sums up this nostalgic autumn feeling: "Reminds me of a candy I had as a child, bought it at Mary’s on Monaca road."

Oh yes oh yes oh yes, just had it today on tap at the works...... Looks like root beer with a tea froth head. Interesting aroma like no other and this aroma carries on thru to the flavor. Woodsy and damp if you know what I mean, like waking up on a cold autum night in a damp forrest. Quite indescribable. Reminds me of a candy I had as a child, bought it at Mary’s on Monaca road. Woody character. Interestingly offensive without being over the top. Not bad for a different kind of brew. Bitterness which lasts for a while on the finish. Way too expensive, $3 for a 4 oz sample. Chew on some dead damp branches which you grab on yer way thru the grove.

On-Tap @ Church Brew Works

Poured medium brown. Frothy, creamy off-white head. Aroma of faint malts. Flavor very roasty, smokey malts. Sweet caramel aftertones. There were flavors present that I couldn’t figure out what they were. Complex brew. Medium bodied. Good carbonation, fizzy, tingly, mouthfeel.

Crystal clear, dark caramel ale with a small, quickly diminishing head. No lacing. Funky aroma is a mix of rootbeer, ginger ale, cola and chocolate. The flavor pretty much matches the aroma. Kind of funky, but not totally unpleasant. Medium-bodied with a silky mouthfeel and pillow-soft carbonation. Lengthy, lightly pungent, chocolatey finish.

Dull brown rootbeer clear color, no head. Light malt character with some tanginess, not a lot of hops. Pretty watery and unremarkable, though not the worst brown ale I’ve had.