3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Rather good. Thin tan head with murky brown body. Lighter bodied than you might expect, roasty, malty, and sweet. A nice little beer.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
on tap-pours a tan head and reddish brown color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/chocolate. Taste is dark malt-roasty/chocolate, some earthy hops.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sweet and malty with a tiny bit of hops. Hazy brown color with a short head. Mildly roasty with almost coffee-like flavors. Weak finish. Thin mouth-feel.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draft @ brewpub) Unremarkable...Pours hazy slightly reddish dark brown with a small biege head. Aroma was not much - bit of sweet malt nuttiness but even that was hard to pull out. Some decent rings of lacing. Mouthfeel thinnish, a little prickly. Flavor is mildly sweet and nutty maltiness but had to wait a while for even that as beer was served too cold to get any flavor. This beer has kind of a dry and wooden quality. I’ll pass.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at the brewpub:
Doesn’t look like a brown ale with its pale, reddish hues...Nutty sweetness is dirtied by frivolous yeastiness...Roasted malts and bread crumbs scantily covering the hop bitterness..As with most beers tasted that day, this appeared a little too young out of the fermenter...
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tasted this tasty brew at the 2002 Southwest Harbor Octoberfest. Solid malt profile with hints of hops in the aroma, medium bodied mostly sweet flavor with a slight hop bitterness arriving at the end to finish things off. I’d like to try it with a larger sample next time.
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