Keweenaw Lift Bridge Brown Ale

Brewed by Keweenaw Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Houghton, Michigan USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Picked up a single 12-oz can at Riley’s World of Wines in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Pours a clear dark cola brown brew with a slow dissolving beige head that dissipates a spotty lacing to a thin beige ring. Aroma of roasted dark malt, touch of roasted nuts and dark pitted fruits. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonated with flavors of roasted caramel malt, some sour dark fruit, roasted nuts and iced tea. Finish has a very light sour and metallic caramel malt aftertaste. An average brown ale overall.

This brew pours a clear amber-brown color with a medium foamy light beige head that dissipates slowly. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Tasted malt and grain in the nose. Light to medium body with sweet malt and brown sugar flavors and low amounts of hops in the background. The finish is short and malty and leaves a touch of grassy hops behind. Fairly one-dimensional and frankly kind of boring overall.

Lift Bridge Brown is an American Brown Ale, named after the double-decker bridge that connects Houghton and Hancock on the Keweenaw Peninsula, which extends north into Lake Superior. It’s a solid brown in color, with a thinner body than I’d expect, and it was overcarbonated in the can that I poured. There’s a touch of chocolate on the roof of the palate, but with a softer finish and dryness on the sides of the tongue, it reminded me a bit of a Bell’s Amber Ale. The bittering hops were slightly out of balance due to a lack of sweetness, particularly for a brown, although the body opens up a bit as it warms. All and all, it’s not a bad effort and a average effort. Serving type: can

Pours a transparent red-brown with a foamy tan head. Malty, grainy aroma with maybe a slight hint of chocolate. Flavor is sweet and malty, but well balanced with a bit of nut, caramel, and a light hop touch. Light-bodied and easy to drink. Enjoyable.

Pours a dark brown with red hues and a whispy head. Light biscuit/malt aroma. Light nut, caramel flavor. Light-medium body with a bitter hop finish. This is not a Fat Tire, which is good. It’s an ok brown ale.

Pours a medium brown with a decent biege head. Aroma of caramel, fruit and some grassy hops. Tastes of sweet malt, molasses with some bitterness in the finish. Pretty good.

Pour from a 12 oz can. Slightly clouds dark brwon boy with a light tan head. Nice malty aroma. Flavor is dominated by maltiness that manages to avoid being oiverly sweet. Pleasant toasted malts, dark fruit, and maybe cola flavors. Just the right amount of hops to balnace out the finish. A very solid brown ale.

Nice caramel aroma/flavor, punctuated with hints of toffee and hops. A decent brown for those cool fall days.

MBGSF 2010 Can. Poured clear dark brown color with a large frothy brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate toasted malt and smal hop aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Good drinkable brew.

On tap at the brewpub. Nice dark ruby pour, but kind of watery with a harsh finish. I like that it’s more hoppy than the style generally is, but I found it harsh.

12oz can. Thick, unfiltered burgundy-brown. Steady, fluffy beige head. Smooth, on the fuller side of medium-bodied. A pretty solid brown ale, really captures the essence of the style. Sweet and nutty, with just a faint hop balance. A pleasant malty mouthfeel, without excessive sticky specialty malt characteristics. Well done.