Samuel Adams Brown Ale

	Percentile
	49
	overall

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Brown Ale
Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
712	3.03/5.0	3.03/5.0	Special	5.35%	46.1	Dimpled mug

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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mgoy (343), Oak Brook, Illinois, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	13/20

Mar 28, 2008

Samuel Adams Brown Ale is a mediocre brown ale. The aroma is very full with notes of nut, and molasses. The color is a normal brown with a quickly disappearing head. The taste is bitter from hops, with notes of caramel, malt and sugar.

HonkeyBra (1319), Lemont, Illinois, USA

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	13/20

Mar 28, 2008

Pours brown with some head. Full aroma, with some nut, some syrup, some fruit. Taste is biscuity, caramel and malty, with little hops. Overall, this is my favorite brown ale.

greedycheater (80), Oklahoma, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	4/10	2/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Mar 26, 2008

Faint nutty aroma with some syrup. Solidly brown with more carbonation than I expected. The taste is almost all at the end of the drink - a caramel, roasted malt that is difficult to notice. Looks full-bodied but is not, medium at best. Very easy to drink. Not Koch’s best, but enjoyable.

bma4573 (136), Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	5/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 23, 2008

Pours a nice golden brown color, with a nutty malt aroma and and a full off white lacing head. Nice sweet malty flavor, good brown ale.

badgerben (3592), Blaine, Minnesota, USA

2.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.6	6/10	3/5	5/10	2/5	10/20

Mar 21, 2008

Clear brown color with a small head. Very light nutty aroma. Light floral and earthy hop taste. Dry and chalky finish.

IlanMan (817), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

2.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.4	4/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	9/20

Mar 20, 2008

A little bit of a nutty character along with very light caramel notes. Seemed a bit mellowed down from some other brown ales. Nothing too special. Won’t buy again but would drink if someone gave it to me.

daknole (2882), Plantation, Florida, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	11/20

Mar 18, 2008

A good SA beer. Malty and a tad bit of sweetness. Hops are present at finish, but barely. Worth drinking, but there are cetainly better beers to be had.

JMFG (1514), Florida, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Mar 18, 2008

Clear dark brown color, thin white head. Slightly nutty aroma, with wisps of an odd apricot character that I didn’t notice until I concentrated on the aroma. Pretty basic taste, sweeter than anticipated, some mild hop presence on the back end. Decent, but still a nondescript brown.

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