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Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale

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44
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bottled
common

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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 Headbanger (1583), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 17, 2009  
12oz bottle 4/17/09 (Woodmans-Green Bay)-Pours a dark brown with red tints on a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt. Taste is of malt and sweetness. This light to medium bodied beer is not bad but not good. Was expecting a bit more substenance.


 jebert (113), Watertown, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/103/514/20
Apr 17, 2009  
Pours a dark brown mahogany with a huge light tan head. Nose is malt. First taste is full bodied with a strong malt flavor. Not as creamy or as carbonated as I’d like but its big bold taste compensates. Pairs well with summer picnic food including burgers and brats.


 jstraw (758), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Mar 27, 2009  
Coca cola brown with weak, tan head / Thin caramel nose / Light to medium body, watery, with minimal hopping and weak finish / Simple, weak flavors of toasted barley and caramel with cheap, artificial caramel flavor on finish / Poor.


 Elwood (677), Leesburg, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 26, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a deep brown with red highlights. Caramel, brown sugar, and wood notes in the nose. Medium carbonation with a medium-light mouthfeel. Roasted notes on the palate. Tastes of toffee, earth, and a bit of wood. Light on the tongue and a bit dry. Finishes very clean. Good flavor and a good session beer.


 17thfloor (1457), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 20, 2009    Updated: Mar 23, 2009
Pours a slightly murky darker brown with a medium sudsy off-white soda head. Lightly roasted nutty aroma with notes of lighter chocolate and brown sugar. Sweeter, slightly tangy, first taste with light roast, hint of acidity, a mix of caramel, milk chocolate and light molasses, hint of hops in the finish. Medium chewy body with very lively fine sharp soda carbonation, quite quaffable. Nothing too interesting flavor-wise but a nice drinking brown ale.


 SHIG (2025), Aviano, Italy
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 16, 2009  
Bottle: Thick brown with a medium tan head. Aroma is nutty malt and hops. Taste is a maltiness, some sharp hops at the end.


 Gypsy19 (621), California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/57/104/512/20
Mar 15, 2009  
Pours a deep ruby brown with a small head. Aroma is pretty weak, though metallic. Flavor is pretty decent albeit a bit watery; Of malts, creamy, nutty. Mouthfeeel is slightly oily with little carbonation. This stuff is pretty good. Not life-changing, but tasty and round. Overall, good.


jmulv (86), Rensselaer, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/102/512/20
Mar 12, 2009  
It’s a very smooth beer - goes down nice and easy. You can taste the malts pretty distinctly. It’s certainly not a great beer, but it’s extremely solid. On the TEddy scale, I’d give it a pos dec.



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