Dicks Danger Ale

Brewed by Dicks Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Centralia, Washington USA

12 oz bottle from Capones. Either this was infected or this is just one lousy beer. One the initial pour my straight from the fridge bottle poured into my Hennepin glass produced about an inch of deep brown liquid body and four inches of tight foamy light beige head. After twenty minutes of allowing the head to settle and pouring little by little what remained was aa deep brown body and some large foamy sections of light beige head that looked like a glass of root beer. The aroma had just a slight hint of infection with some medicinial aromas but was mostly dominated by dry dusty grains. My first few initial sips were met with a pop rocks fullness on the mouthfeel that subsided into a simply overcarbonated watery body. the flavor too had a hint of medicine about it and some chocolate malts. I’m fairly confident that this was’t what the brewer was shooting for as a brown ale but I’m not about to drive an hour and a half back to Capones and drop another $3.50 on a bottle to find out for sure.

Tap- rated from memory: (Thanks to Mike/Eyedrinkale who supplied a jockey box at my 2009 Halloween party... A very generous man!) Pours a deep brown with a ruby hue and a dense tan head of film. Has a richly malty aroma with toffeeish soft sweetness and apparent nutty crystal malt character. Rounded body/mouthfeel. Has a rich dark caramel sweetness accompanied by a very light earthy roast. As it warms and the carbonation settles down there’s a subtle fruity Northwest U.S. hop character that goes well with the malty body. Not a bad brown ale.

Deep chestnut pour with a white head. Aroma is nutty but i also detect some peat. Reminds me of a scotch ale. Peat carries into the flavor along with some light roasted nuts and hops.

Deep brown with thin white head. No real aroma to speak of. Flavor has some roastiness but lightly astringent as well. Very ho hum.

Dark brown black pour with tan head slight roasted and citrus hop aroma. Taste of roasted malts caramel and a nice hoppy citrus finish well balanced not a bad average brew

12oz. Bottle: Faint aroma of malts, hops, slight roasting, and a hint of nuts. Poured dark brown in color with a medium-sized, dense, rocky, tan head that diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Lightly sparkling. Full of tiny particles throughout. Good lacing. Flavor is slightly sweet. Tastes of malts, slight roasting, slight hops, and a hint of caramel. Medium body. Creamy, slightly dry texture. Average carbonation. Slightly sweet, cocoa, malt, and nut finish. Very little flavor to this beer.

12 oz bottle from Market of Choice. Pours medium brown with light red highlights. Huge tan head, minimal lacing. Caramel and toffee in the nose with a slight roastiness. Flavor is mostly malt, both caramel and toffee with a bit of an offputting earthy hop note. Okay, but not all that great.

Draft at Stellar Pizza. Pours a nice clear brown, little head. Mild vanilla aroma. Relatively bland flavor with nice sweetness and hint of bitter. Too lively for me, though.