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Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale

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bottled
common

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1822.98/5.02.98/5.05%38Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
A smooth and refreshing beer loaded with flavor. Specialty malts give it a roasted taste and beautiful brown color. Balanced with just the right amount of Cascade hops.
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 Kinz (2203), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 13, 2008  
Very nice appearance, very deep brown, getting towards black, with ruby highlights and a nice tan head. Aroma was lightly roasty, nothing wrong there. The flavor was a bit odd, roasty at first, but followed by a strange sweet molasses flavor. If you looked, you could pick out a trace of an almost floral hop on the finish. Not bad, but a bit sweet for me.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
May 11, 2008  
Name: Backdraft Brown Ale
Brewery: Hook and Ladder Brewing Co.
Date: 04/06/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brewfest, Classic City

Appearance: clear dark brown, frothy tan head,
Aroma: dry dark chocolate and caramel aroma,
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, nice nutty character, touch of dark caramel sweetness, light earthyness for balance,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4


 jb (1035), Rochester, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
May 3, 2008  
Grassy and malty aroma along with some hoppy aroma. Nice looking reddish brown with thick head with nice lacing and retention. Palate is sweet, caramel, lemon and nuttiness. Dry finish.


 MarkBarnes (266), Waterville, New York, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 30, 2008  
Apr. 30, 2008; 12 oz. bottle from a sixer purchased for $7.99 USD in the local grocery store. Hadn’t seen any Hook and Ladder products in Central NY until quite recently. Dark "stouty" brown. Nutty, sweet-malt flavor with a bitter and slightly-metallic hop finish that garners points for interest, if not for outstanding flavor. A flawed, but serviceable session ale.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 30, 2008  
Bottle from beeronthewall. Pours medium hazy brown with nose of slightly charred caramel malt, brown sugar, mild almond, and mild root cellary hints. Tastes caramel malty, with some brown sugar, toffee, and cobwebby esters.


 Firemoose15 (540), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/511/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Bottle. Aroma of toasted malts and grain. Poured a hazy cloudy brown. Flavor was good sweetly nutty. Palate was good easily drinkable. Not bad.


 RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Amber pour with a thin tan head. Bit of a grainy malt nose. Lightly sweet malt flavor with a bit of caramel and nut. Watery and thin, though. needs more body. Meh.


 georgekappus (296), Brookfield, Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Apr 17, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a brownish amber with a thin head. Aroma was sweet and mild with some cherry. Taste was both sweet and sour, and perhaps some woodiness.



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