4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
THOUGHTS: I wasn’t expecting much from a low ABV brown ale, but this was very nice. Very much on the sweet side, but I didn’t mind. Very easy to drink. Sort of British.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a medium brown with red highlights and a large to huge, tan head that kept a decent sheet and left excellent lacing. It also had tiny particles of a thick density floating in the body. The aroma had moderate to heavy dark bread, molasses, caramel and milk chocolate; light to moderate herbal and spicy hops; light yeast; cherry; maple syrup; light brown sugar; and ever so slight vinegar. The initial flavor was mod to heavily sweet and slightly bitter; while the finish was moderately sweet, lightly acidic and light to mod bitter with an average duration. There was milk chocolate, caramel, brown sugar, dark bread, a little metallic and herbal hops, some cherry in there too, spicy yeast, hints of licorice, and even a little coffee with cream and sugar. The medium to full body was sort of oily and a little sticky on the lips with fairly soft carbonation and an ever so slightly metallic and ever so slightly astringent finish.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap Pours red brown with lasting frothy off white head. Aroma is soft and grainy with some herbal hops. The taste is dry for a brown but very full. Very soft carbonation. A little bit of spice but this seems like a warmer type, not a spice beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2011 Edition, 6.1%. Nice toffee malt aroma. Red-brown with very fine suspension. Flavor is more bitter than sweet. A bit chalky, medium to heavy body. Long malt aftertaste. In between a session and a heavyweight.
4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Slight aroma.
Deep reddish copper color, clear, light tan head.
Taste--hoppy and malty, well-balanced. Some sweetness at first, bit of dark-ish malt, chased by hoppiness and a firm but welcome bitterness. Well-rounded hoppiness, British varieties I think.
Fairly light body for a 6.2% abv beer.
Very drinkable. Long finish. Excellent beer, but Kind of rich at $10/4-pack.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
355ml bottle. Clear reddish brown/amber with small good lacing off-white head. Aroma has a suprising alcoholic note (only 5.7 abv), dark Belgian Strong Ale-like, dark malt, dark fruit, citrus overtone. Relative plain dark malt taste, some citrus, dry finish. Cannot hold the aromatic variety.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at Petrol Stations bottle share. Pours a cloudy brown with a small beige head leaving spotty lacing along the glass. The aroma is spice with cinnamon and nutmeg. Medium mouthfeel with a sweet malt with caramel and nice spicy finish. A good brown ale from Goose Island.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Nice head out of the tap dark brow color. Nose mostly malt with hint of hops. Complex yet ballanced flavor. Clean start. Medium light mouthfeel. Hint of hops on the finish. Leaves the tongue with a nice tingle after a clean finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle brewed on Halloween 2011 - pours opaque brown/amber with thin off-white head and minimal lacing. Nose is caramel malts. Aroma is roasted malts and light hops, unlike the description suggests. Definitely a spicier brown ale than I’m used to. Taste is not too sweet at first and ends bitter. Aftertaste is coffee and plum moonshine. I picture myself during a power outage in a blizzard whilst bragging about how I can take the cold as long as I have this beer.
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