2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pours clear orange with white head, aroma has notes of caramel, some earth, slight toffee. Taste has no brown ale character, with some sweet caramel and earth notes, but no nut or roasted notes.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
It pours a mid-lightens brown. A malty, earthy, decent but not too exciting brown.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at Stonefly brewpub. Brown with a thin off-white head. Aroma of light caramel along with mild nuts & fruit. Taste is mildly nutty and otherwise sweet and fruity. Mild diacetyl comes through too. Mostly malted and kind of a fizzy body. Reminds me a bit of Leine’s Fireside Not Brown, too sweet and not nutty enough.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown to light chestnut color with a modest off-white head. HInts of caramel and cocoa in the aroma along with a touch of dry grass/herbal hops. Lightly toasted malt mix with a touch of dark caramel in the flavors. Dry herb hops and bitterness seep in the middle and carry into the finish and linger. A brown with a touch more character than many, but a few rough edges.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Stonefly. Poured a clear coppery-amber with a creamy off-white head and nice lacing. The aroma picked up mostly caramel sweetness with some chocolate and toffee around.. simple and pleasant with a touch of herbal hoppage. The flavor found caramel and dry, sweeter chocolates at the core with mild herbal and dark fruity bitterness.. again simple and pleasant.. tacky caramel with an unidentifiable ugly bitterness on the finish.. OK overall. Lighter-bodied with OK balance.. creamy middle, but rough and sharp on the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Caramel/Brown Coloring with White Ring. Sweet Caramel and Malt Aroma. Musty, Sweet Malt, Light Spices..Vegetable Oil? and Sour Character. Dry Ending. Bit of an Odd Brown, There Chap.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Murky brown color with no head. Another buttery aroma? Must be the house style. The taste is very vegetative, oddly strong on the carrot. Sweet finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Semi-hazy, rustic amber, with a thin, foamy head. Aroma is peat, cinnamon, curacao and shortbread. Some wafts are borderline Belgian. Big on flavor. Woomph - sweet and sugary like a double. Candied pecans and sugary caramel. Spicy-sweet lick on the follow through of each swallow. Very sweet with a male syrup-like resonance.
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