Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale

Brewed by High Falls Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Rochester, New York USA

the pleasant aroma promised a slightly sweet complex maltiness but the flavor did not deliver! it tasted cheap and generic with little or no flavor and a finish that never began.

Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head that leaves nice lacing.... Smells of sweet dark slightly roasted malts... Tastes of generic unflavored flat cola, what a rip-off, this beer should be called A-Treat brown cola(le).... Horribly disappointing

This brown ale poured with a tall tan head and almost no aroma. There is a hearty roasted malt flavor with some slight hop bitterness. A decent brown ale, but nothing to search for.

Poured from a bottle with a medium sized head that leaves rather thick lacing. It is a deep brown with a shade of ruby red when illuminated. The aroma is mild and is of primarily roasted malt with a hint of hops. There is a flavor of roasted malt with some nuttiness, and it has a thin feel. Overall, the beer is very refreshing but not overly complex in any way.

Bottle from Grocery Outlet in Woodland, CA. Dark ruby color with a multifinger beige head. It laces. Aroma of roasted brown malt. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is smooth darker roasted caramel. Light toast. A little bitter. Can tell it’s a brown, but the flavor is much less harsh than most. Seems to finish more astringent than anything else. A decent ale, tastier than very many, and an excellent buy at $.67.

Light brown color with a tall, lasting, beige head. Light aromas of caramel (like kitchen bouquet) and toasted malt. Light caramel and nougat flavors. A bit of dry toasted malt in the finish and linger. Not catching much as far as cascade hops, perhaps a touch of grapefruit pith, but nothing like the normal cascade citrus. Boring at best.

Poured a dark brown with an average white head. Typical in style. Light malts adn with some flavor. Not bad at all.

On tap poured a clear dark brown with a lasting tan head. Aromas of carmel, butterscotch, toffee, fruittiness and light cocoa. Palate was light bodied and smooth with a watery finish. Flavors of carmel, light cocoa and a hint of nuts with a smooth watery malty finish.