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RATINGS: 1502   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.7   IBU: 59   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Brutal combines Oregon hops with English Malts. The Oregon grown Crystal hop is a triploid variety developed from the German Hallertau aroma hop variety with contributions from Cascade, Brewers Gold, and Early Green. Crystal is the only hop used in brewing Brutal and it provides a massive amount of aroma without dry-hopping. The English malts used are floor malted Pipkin (a mellow cross of Maris Otter and Warboys, from an English company called Beeston), Cara Vienna and Cara Wheat.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - NOV 22, 2009
Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 25/09/2009 Hoppy aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity pineapple flavour with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
TBone (9096) - Pori, FINLAND - JAN 23, 2005
Bottled
Hazy orange, small white head. Strong aroma of flowery hops, barley and honey. Nicely balanced hoppy mouthfeel with hints of wheat. Long dry hoppy aftertaste.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
argo0 (9034) - Washington DC, USA - APR 24, 2002
Nice grapefruit hoppiness in the aroma translates well into the flavor. Great aftertaste. Minimal malts. Lovely unfiltered orangy body. Not brutal, just a good bitter.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
yngwie (8717) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - JUL 6, 2006
Bottled, 0.65ltr. Almost clear, golden beer with an off-white head. Lots of hops in the aroma, which don’t surprise me for a beer of 59 IBU’s. There’s also sugar, pinecones and some citrus. The flavor is a bit one-tracked, with mostly hops, but citrus and sweetness was also present. It feels lightly sticky and sweet in the mouth, quite full-bodied. Long finish with lots of hops. A beer I won’t be refusing to sample again. (060704)

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
jcwattsrugger (8693) - Florida and, New Jersey, USA - MAY 31, 2006
22 oz bottle-pours a ceamy offwhite head that laces with cloudy orange/copper color. Aroma is crisp hops. Taste is far from just crisp hops. It’s also smokey caramel malt that doesn’t show up in the aroma, but also doesn’t come across as that well balanced either. Good carbonation. Good, but not great beer.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
faroeviking (8598) - Kongens Lyngby, FÖROYAR, FAROE ISLANDS - MAY 21, 2007
Big bottle. pours a copper colour with a bubbly short lasting beige head. Sweet hoppy and bit spiced aroma. The flavour is very sweet, quite hoppy with citrus. Sweet and bitter long lasting finish.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Theis (8349) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - JUN 6, 2006
Amber colour, small white head. Strong smell of flowery hops, like a trip to a cornfield next to a field with wild flowers. The taste has some sweet mallts, almost honey. It finished with some dry bitter hops. Lovely. But not at all harsh.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
thewolf (8245) - Kolding, DENMARK - OCT 18, 2008
Bottle, bought @ Vinens Verden, Odense.
Pours a great amber with a slight haze. Fine, creamy, white head. Good duration. Aroma is hoppy, lots of pine and grapefruit. Some good, clean maltiness as well. Medium carbonation, fine creaminess. Flavour has a very nice malt base, some sharpish hops. Relatively bitter, some caramel and a good, lasting flavour of pine and fruity hops. Nice.


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