Maxim Double Maxim (Pasteurised)

Brewed by Maxim
Style: Brown Ale
Houghton le Spring, England

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Bottle. Dark amber colour with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of malt and caramel.

Malty bitterness with a sweet edge to it, but it also has a great textural balance.

Clear 500ml bottle, best before 28 Jan 2009, drank on a cold, damp UK evening in Nov 2008. Poured into a pint sleeve glass. Drank this beer years ago at the Vaux Brewery Tap before watching Grimsby Town play at the Stadium of Light. The brewery closed a few years later and the beer is now brewed in Stockport, miles from Sunderland, its original home, not that the label tells you that! Teak red/brown in colour, bright and clear, the off-white started thinly and got thinner as i drank down the pint. Fairly sweet aroma, some toffee and caramel mix to give it an intersting smell. The aroma flavours follow into the taste and a toffee feel is there for all to find. Very ’more-ish’ a beer that is extremely drinkable. The 4.7% is well balanced and the overall experience was a good one. A good bottled Brown Ale.

DØE. Hazy dark amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 100512

Bottle @ DØE Øl Festival 2012. Clear dark amber/brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, fruit, caramel, hops and a little butter. Flavour is malt, medium sweet, caramel, little bitter, hops, fruit and light nutty.

Lovely dark colour with a really creamy head. Aromas are sweet and bready: malt, golden syrup and a hint of yeast. Initial tastes are also sweet, with the bitterness kicking in then leaving a sweet aftertaste. For a brown ale this seems quite full bodied.

a mixed blessing. one of the best looking bottled suppermarket beers. great deep brown colour, lovel fluffy head. genlte aroma of malt and toffee notes. slips down quite well, but I don’t really like the signature of Brown Ale so it’s never gonna score that well! pleasent semi sweet bitter finish.

Very enjoyable ale, toffee, nutty and quite sweet. Red-ish coloured beer, decent head. Very drinkable.

Dark red-brown colour. Aroma has some woody notes. A flavour that is rich in slightly roasted, slightly bitter-sweet malts. Aftertaste is quite dry but with a little bit of fruitiness hanging around too.

Bottle from Sainsbury’s, Hexham. A real brown ale from the North East, very nutty but slightly over carbonated.

Crystal brown colour. Fizzy stuff. Toffee apple, bit of peppery spice, bit of malt. Smells a bit twigglety. Clean tasting. Not unpleasant but it gives me the impression that it’s the drinking equivalent of staring into the distance at a dead horse.