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RATINGS: 308   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.11   EST. CALORIES: 171   ABV: 5.7%
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Affiliated with the Nectar Ales experience through shared origins at Humboldt Brewing Company, Hemp Ale is a one-of-a-kind brew that boasts an incredibly rich profile and unique herb-accented flavor that is attributable to the incorporation of hemp seeds into the brewing process. A wonderful brown ale full of complexity Hemp Ale is great with food or by itself. American hops create a perfect balance to the darker malts used in this brew. This brown ale is the Gold Medal winner for first place in its category at both the 1999 and 2000 California State Fair Craft Brewing Competitions. (Editor’s Note: originally brewed by the Humboldt Brewing Company until their acquisition by Firestone Walker)

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
dumontn (423) - CHICAGO, Illinois, USA - NOV 2, 2011
Pours rich clear ruby brown with 1 finger of sudsy head that fades to a skin, lackluster retention. Aroma is toffee, caramel, raisins, nuts, spicy plums. Taste is toffee, raisin, sweet caramel, very mild woody/spicy hop profile. Body is medium, frothy, less than average carbontation, balanced finish that highlights malty sweetness but balances perfectly with mild hop bitterness, very mild astringency (perhaps from tannins in the hemp hulls?). Overall, a tasty beer that incorporates cannabis in one of its incarnations. Rock on, man.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Reynolds314 (573) - Connecticut, USA - OCT 21, 2011
Watery tasting spicy brown ale. Very simple and plain with nothing to hate and nothing to like really. Simple easy drinker but not much going on.

3.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
Ernesto987 (1257) - Connecticut, USA - OCT 19, 2011
Simple brown ale, light dark Malts in the body, some simple darker malts in the aroma. Not much hop or hemp flavoring. It’s meh.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
kevd193213 (712) - Hope Valley, Rhode Island, USA - OCT 15, 2011
Draught. Dark opaque brown pour with a thin off white head. Aroma of malt and earthy hops. Medium bodied taste of roasted malt with a spicy finish.

1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
sloth (2060) - Ceciltucky, Co., Maryland, USA - SEP 17, 2011
Lasting thin tan head, little lace. Brown hued ale. Nose is lightly malty. little buttery, astringent. Light bodied, bit o carbonation. Astringent flavors, grain, vegetal , funked, weird. Dry too long finish. Arf. Bottle from statelinliquors. Waste of a perfectly good 12 oz. bottle!

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
skoisirius (1029) - Seattle, Washington, USA - SEP 17, 2011
Brown pour, no way ;). Nice, light malty nose, slight hint of Earth. Flavors are fairly malt oriented with slight slight hints of dirt, Earth, and nut flavors. Sweeter ending, not much of a finish.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
stouby (2726) - Holbæk, DENMARK - SEP 6, 2011
Draught at The Wicked Shamrock, Lompoc, USA. Clear orange-red with an off-white head. Aroma moderate malty (roasted) and spicy (tobacco, herbal). Flavor moderate sweet and spicy. Medium body.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Barreras (368) - Diamond Bar, California, USA - SEP 4, 2011
Pours a deep mahogany brown color with aroma of roasted nuts and burnt caramel. Taste is sweetened by the caramel and the darken malt can be tasted throughout the beer. A very tasty brown ale hat was smooth drinking.


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