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Samuel Adams Brown Ale

Samuel Adams Brown Ale - Brown Ale

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 Percentile 
49
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Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Brown Ale

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

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Broad Distribution
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7113.03/5.03.03/5.0Special5.35%45.9Dimpled mug
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Commercial Description:
The Brown Ale is a traditional beer related to the first beers ever brewed commercially. Brewed with an interesting blend of malts, including pale two-row Harrington, Metcalfe, and Maris Otter malt, Caramel, Munich, and roasted Carafa malts, the Brown Ale shines with a deep mahogany luster. The malt flavor is complex and deep as well, with notes of biscuit, nut, and caramel. With moderate hop bitterness, a deep malt body, and a fruity ale fermentation character, the Samuel Adams Brown Ale satisfies the soul and doesn’t overwhelm the tongue.
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 Radek Kliber (3932), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Bottle 355 ml
Appearance: clear light brown ale with light creamy top 3-
Nose: Nutty aroma with slight brown malt accents, honey like backing.
Flavor/Palate : Medium light bodied. Brown malt with slight bitterness, thinner in middle and with watery finish. Felt plain and straight forward but with our major flaws. Average.


 fidelis83 (709), Clinton, Iowa, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/513/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Pours black walnut shell brown with a medium beige head that lasts a while. Aroma is quite malty, bitter almost tannic nuttyness, grains, and some sweet peanut brittle. Flavor is a little washed out still heavily bent on malt. Fresh baked wheat dinner rolls, caramel, brazil nuts. FInish is pretty weak some planty malt, with a little bitter and spicy hops. Body is pretty thin.


 zach8270 (2053), Henrietta, New York, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Oct 6, 2008  
(bottle - 12 oz) Nut brown color with a puffy tan head. Aroma is nutty and malty with some light sweet hints along with a touch of hop bitterness and some biscuit. Flavor is malty at the beginning with a light nutty note, a bready middle, and a watery and lightly bitter finish. A bit watery.


 illidurit (851), Santa Cruz, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 6, 2008  
12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours a dark mahogany with bright blood red highlights. Light tan head that displays typically average lace and retention. Sweet, simple aroma of toasted bread, toffee, and nuts. Rather weak flavor, tastes like malt flavored perrier. Nondescript brown maltiness with little complexity or hoppiness. Body is thin and watery. A pretty crummy attempt at the style.


 MaltDawg (778), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/515/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Date: 10/5/2008 Source:Food Lion Caramel with some nuttiness and American hops. Clear amber brown with frothy tan head. Carmel and slightly nutty with low hop bitterness . Medium body and mouth feel. Clean dry finish with little hop bitterness. Nice solid brown ale.


 borgination (101), Lee, Massachusetts, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Bottle. Nice walnut color with fizzy head that fades quickly. Nice nutty, toasty malt aroma with a bit of spiced bread. Medium bodied with a nice creamy mouthfeel and a tingle of carbonation. A really decent brown ale.


 UriahHeep (103), Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2008  
One of the sweeter Sam Adams beers. Medium bodied, aromatic and malty. Caramelly, nutty. Low on hoppiness. Overall this isn’t too distinctive but it gets the job done. I’d rather drink a Newcastle though.


 1010 (206), Marysville, Ohio, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/102/510/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Pours a deep brown with a thick frothy white head. Not a strong tasting beer, however you can taste the malts with a hint of nuttiness. 12 oz. bottle from a 12 pack sampler



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