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Left Hand Chainsaw Ale (Double Sawtooth) 3.57 222

Left Hand Chainsaw Ale (Double Sawtooth)

Percentile
91
overall

bottled
common

on tap
available

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2223.59/5.03.57/5.0Special8.3%62.8Snifter, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Our latest offering attempts to address an old saying that has plagued mankind since its inception. Many times we've heard, "more is not always better". Invariably the person on the receiving end of such a statement scowls at the ramifications. Here at Left Hand we realize that life cannot be reduced to or understood in absolute terms. Our latest addition to our lineup attempts to take exception with such broad statements about the human condition. Chainsaw is a connoisseur version of our award-winning Sawtooth Ale, designed to befuddle silly generalizations about life. We hope you enjoy!
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 Beerdedone (1888), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 11, 2007  
Pours a clear copper color with a small amber head. Aroma of caramel, malts, and a hint of oak. Flavor of malt, hops fruit and spices with a bitter hop finish. Overall a satisfying beer


 nearbeer (1887), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/518/20
Aug 22, 2008  
750 ml. Clear garnet with a two-finger head that quickly settles to a lasting foamy disc. Spots of soapy lace. Nasals of chocolate, caramel, orange, apple, grape and oak. Flavors of caramel, orange, oak, apple and chocolate, with some additional resin and smoky black pepper on the finish. Slightly larger than medium body is lightly carbonated, has a touch of warming and finishes oak-resiny dry.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Mar 16, 2007  
Bottle sampled with Beerded_one. Pours opague brown with a one inch thick light tan head. Aroma of hops, caramel, and fruit. The flavor is sweet upfront, caramel, fruit, and finishes mildly bitter. Great brew.


 RAYBOY01 (1873), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 3, 2006  
LoSBD offering from Cornfield. General sensation of murkiness...I could not, for the life of me, figure out what style beer this was. Certainly hopped up enough for an IPA/IIPA...but also very malt-heavy and really sweet and chewy. Alcohol burn seems to try and sort out the disagreement between predominant flavors but then gives up and descends into a simple burn in the finish. OK, but I really don’t need to repeat this one.


 LinusStick (1859), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 2, 2007  
A delicious American strong and a great departure from what the style typically is. Pour was a beautiful murky brown with a one finger white head. Aroma of sticky floral hops with some roasted malt. The taste was nice and deep. Roasted malt with caramel and a smokey undertone. The hops come out in the finish and help with the dry finish which is kind of iced teaish. I am used to American strongs being ridiculously hoppy and hot. This hid the alcohol perfect and made you want more. Well done!


 mgumby10 (1858), Jupiter, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 18, 2009  
Pours a copper amber, with a small off tan head. Smells of sweet caramel malts, with decent doses of hops. Nothing special, but nothing bad here. The flavor was a little dry and mellowed, but the hops were still there to give it a little life. Some caramel malts show up just in time in the finish to balance it out a bit, but overall I wasnt impressed with the flavors in this brew. Just kind of dreary and boring.


 Crosling (1856), Loveland, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/514/20
Mar 3, 2006  
Dark copper color, with immense froth. Dull, underwhelming aroma. However, fairly nice flavor balance, with rich malt and hop flavors abound. Smooth, creamy body, with well hidden alcohol.


 thegreenrooster (1853), St.louis, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Apr 4, 2008  
Pour is a nice looking dark red with a large tan head. Aroma is lots of caramel malt with some fruit and a nice wet hop. Flavor is a fresh blast of citrus with some caramel and toffee malts. Aftertaste leaves a nice hop resin on the tounge that lasts for awhile. No alcohol is to be found in this delightful beer. A little pricey but this is a damn fine beer.



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