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Founders American Black Ale

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RATINGS: 79   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.51   EST. CALORIES: 195   ABV: 6.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Founders Brewing Company is proud to be one of only a handful of breweries in the country to offer this unique creation. American Black Ale is distinctively different. Dark in color, robust in flavour, yet light in body, this rare ale is a mysterious work of brewing art.


2.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
brownalegirl (199) - Fountain, Michigan, USA - AUG 28, 2002
Not very good. It has this cloying cherry thing, this stale musty weedy thing, a lot of bitter in the aftertaste. Complex, sure, but in a bad way.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
daboskabouter (1470) - Fergus, Ontario, CANADA - JUN 24, 2002
This is a fairly nice beer. Dark brown color. Very faint aroma. Some roast in the body, bitterness in the palate.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
pauliefrog99 (302) - FLINT, Michigan, USA - JUN 22, 2002
Light body. Nice roasted malty chocolate flavor. Good stuff.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Jfishback13 (275) - Royal Oak, Michigan, USA - MAY 25, 2002
This was a pleasant surprise. It drinks like a porter and is not incredibly great, but it’s certainly a nice change of pace beer. On further tastings, I have to say that I’m growing quite fond of it. It’s a dark beer, but it goes down quite easily.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
bubslang (438) - Kentwood, Michigan, USA - MAY 6, 2002
A tough beer to get a hold off, drinks like a porter, but is a little lighter, burnt roast malt was a little much, but overall I think I liked this beer.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
P-tor44 (886) - Anchorage, Alaska, USA - MAR 25, 2002
no head. early oaty bitterness in the aroma. coffee with piney hop notes. Excellent Birthday beer from Zach Diesel

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Zach Diesel (906) - Portland, Oregon, USA - MAR 14, 2002
Drinks like a porter.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
hennes (932) - Fountain, Michigan, USA - MAR 4, 2002
This one is hard to judge. It’s pretty powerful - blasting roasty malts to open, ferocious hops to close and a murky swirl in between. My guess is that the ratings for this one are going to be all over the place. For now I think I like it.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
FUNK (120) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - OCT 18, 2001
Like i said nice and dark with a roasted taste and slightly warming finish


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