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Peak Organic Nut Brown Ale


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A Brown Ale brewed by
Shipyard Brewing Company

Portland, Maine USA

bottled
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on tap
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782.88/5.02.88/5.04.8%23Dimpled mug P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Brewed for Peak Organic Brewing.

Our brown ale is smooth with a delicious nutty finish.

http://www.peakbrewing.com/

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 Oakes (6979), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Amber-brown color. Thin, whispy head. Nutty, diacetyl aroma. The flavour is crisp and earthy with caramel, nuts and diacetyl. Fairly toasty, with a dry finish.


 argo0 (6231), Washington DC, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 25, 2006  
(12oz bottle, best by 3/07) Crystal clear nut brown body topped by medium beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, molasses, some floral, light nutty. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, earthy, some nut sourness. Light-medium body, some acidity.


 muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/53/101/55/20
Jun 7, 2006  
12 ounce bottle from City Market in Burlington, VT (June 2006), poured sacriligously into a Hair of the Dog glass at cellar temperature. Clear bronze in color, dull and smooth with a moderate fizzy off-white head that dies rapidly leaving no residue in the glass....near-competent aroma of brown sugar and cheap nuts, maraschino cherries and vanilla and that little touch of diacetyl lovingly placed in all Shipyard beers....cardboardy, dull mouthfeel, rancid nuts and acidic, soapy character throughout that gets more prominent with every sip....there are hints of wood and burnt malts, but overall it adds up to a terribly sour, rather bitter and charred-brackish, salty and spoiled finish. I can’t believe how incompetent this brewery is, I really can’t.


 Cornfield (4344), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jan 29, 2008  
My bottle’s label pictures a bunch of Peak drinkers at a wedding. I don’t want them at my house. Ugly packaging.
The beer looks okay, a clear reddish brown with a creamy ecru head. Not much lacing. The aroma is sweet with caramel and has some nuts and a light earthy bitterness. Those hop flavors grow in the flavor, nearly supplanting the malt’s dominance, and leads to a dry & bitter finish.
Personal Milestone: Brown Ale rating #100 (out of 4018)!!!!!

Sam’s Wine & Spirits, Downers Grove, IL


 JPDIPSO (4286), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
May 10, 2008  
Bright umber color with a foamy beige colored head. Aromas of biscuits and mild citrus soap. Thin fell and flavor seem to go hand in hand tonight. Hints of caramel while the citric component takes over and I am suddenly sucking on a stale orange. A return of bitterness with an odd black malt bite. This has not been a memorable night for brews.



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