3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from jrob_21 - thanks, Jonathan! Slightly sweet, nutty, roast, and caramel nose. Transparent brown pour with a rocky tan head. Bitter, dry taste with moderate roast, nuts, caramel, and a little ash and earthy hops for balance. Light toffee and some bg citrus. A good deal of complexity for a Brown. Touch of alcohol coming through at the end; aftertaste is dry and seemingly somewhat smoky. Medium body is a bit wishy-washy, and the malt is a bit off somehow, but on the whole, a nice quaffer.
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle (12 oz) Nothing special to the nose. The color is a light brown color. Looks more like an amber ale. The alcohol is hidden well since learning its abv is 6.5% from this site. Hints of coffee, oatmeal, possibly some brown sugar in the flavor. But hey, for $6.00, including tax, for a sixer its worth its value.
2.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
This is a fairly bitter brown ale. The smell is not overwhelming or powerful, I was not impressed and i think their description, or my palate is off. Will try the pale, directly after.
1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20
Brown and lots of carbonation. Mild malt aroma, but like the weizen, this seems infected. Some malt. They definitely have bottling or some other quality control issue.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Light brown with massive head. Another infected bottle, but the funk on the aroma isn’t pleasant like the last one.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz.bottle on 4/25/2008. Clear medium brown with a spare off white head. Aroma of brown sugar, lightly roasted nuts, and some graininess. Medium body. lightly carbonated, some stickiness on the palate. Malty sweetness dominates the flavor, and a touch of bitterness comes on slowly at the finish, but the sweetness lingers.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Dark brown/amber color with a small head. Smelled of mostly malt with a little yeast and hop aroma. Tasted predominantly of chocolate. pretty good brown ale. I am not a huge fan of the style and have only had a few different kinds, but this was my favorite anyway.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: JUN 10, 2008 A decent beer. Very earthy in taste, at times a strong wheat/grass taste, like chewing on straw. Not much of a finish to this one - really leaves you wishing for something more. Not a bad brew, but not great either.
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