3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
At Clybourn location. Very smooth easy drinking brown all. Some toasted flavors but not overly roasted. Not super complex more sessionable. Serving: Cask
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at the Clybourn location - December 27, 2010.
Pours a dark brownish color with a bit of a crimson hue. Single-finger off-white head falls pretty quickly into a thin collar. The nose is pretty plain with a bit of caramel and semi-sweet chocolate. A slight amount of diacetyl and butter there as well. Not an unacceptable level, but noticeable. Not sure if this is generally present in either of the main branches of the English brown category, but it does seem a bit out of place. Taste is slight roast and chocolate as well as a bit of buttered toffee. Desirable or not, it doesn’t quite fit with the chocolate-esque character of this beer. Medium body and creamy. Okay overall, but really was not for me.
Serving type: on-tap
Reviewed on: 01-02-2011
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap into a tasting glass at GI...Dark brown pour, the other side is trying to poke through, a little clear. Lots of amber on the fringes. A light off white head that forms only a ring, poor lacing and retention...The aroma is really roasty, bursts out at you. Hint of nut and chocolate, but not really doing it for me...The taste is totally dead on the front, very English. Finish is awesome is its ton of rich, sweet, roasted chocolate. Really savory, love that. Chocolate milk resemblance.
Bad start, great finish. If you like chocolate give it a try.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
64 oz growler from Clybourn brewpub, sampled next day (December 2010): pours a very dark mahogany with shiny ruby highlights and a tall off-tan fluffy cream...the head dissipates into a thin film. Rich, chocolaty aroma with freshly cracked hazelnuts and toasted dark malts. Creamy body that is full and robust with sticky malts and toffee alongside toasty rye and pumpernickel notes. A wonderful session...the growler would be easy to take down in a sitting, though I restrained b/c it was good enough to sample two nights!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
the first rating! cask conditioned @ clybourn brewpub. so smooth. so drinkable.
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