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Samuel Adams Brown Ale

Samuel Adams Brown Ale - Brown Ale

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 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 
7103.03/5.03.03/5.0Special5.35%45.8Dimpled 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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Allthatisevil (48), alabaster, Alabama, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/513/20
Oct 23, 2007  
Smells great and has a nice red/brown colour. The flavour is basic it taste of light fruit and malty. Is an adverage beer


 scrizzz (1250), kirkland, Washington, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/512/20
Oct 16, 2007  
not much malt aroma, some spicy hops. flavor is light as is the body. creamy dark fruit finish.


 Heathen (723), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 14, 2007  
THOUGHTS: Not very memorable. Not bad just not that good. Initial flavor is really nice and then it all turns bad. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brownish red with an average-sized, off-white head that mostly diminished but left a think sheet. The aroma was moderate toasted and caramel malt with salt. It smelled better as it warmed. The initial flavor was moderately sweet, while the finish was lightly sweet and light to moderately bitter with an average to long finish. There was moderate caramel sweettness at first but then gets a burnt toasty and bitter hop finish. I like hoppy finishes, just not this type of hop. Ite’s more of a lemony copperish finish. The medium body was watery to dry with very fizzy carbonation and a metallic and slightly chalky finish.


 tytoanderso (1382), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/103/515/20
Oct 12, 2007  
Bottle. Roasted malt, Noble hops, caramel and nuts on the nose. Pours a fairly attractive brown with a thin white head. Toasted malt, hops, a hint of caramel and nuts on the palate. Medium bodied. Not too bad for a macro brown.


 kwoeltje (1313), Manchester, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 11, 2007    Updated: Oct 28, 2007
(bottle) medium brown with fluffy light tan head. Faint malt aroma. Very slightly sweet malt flavor, fairly dry. Medium body.


 cheapdark (2011), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/104/510/20
Oct 10, 2007  
How did I miss this one till now? Pretty rare around these parts I guess. Dark complexion. Typical slightly sweet yeast beer aroma. Nice head. A little too bitter for my lager lovin taste buds on the initial taste hit. Excellent carbonation, the best I’ve had lately. The initial bitternes morphs into a milder industrial effect as the session continues. Finish is less bitter than expected but still leaves a mild to medium processed lingering semi-metallic bite on the back of the palate. The appearance and carbonation keep this otherwise below average beer slightly above average.


 mrant (330), New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/104/512/20
Oct 9, 2007  
Smells of caramel and bitter hops. Pours a deep dark brown, almost looks black. Taste is light and sparkling with notes of bitter caramel. Different than the brown ales I’ve tried, but very good all the same.


 CaptBier (301), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 7, 2007  
Bottle. Good brown color with thin white head. Light aroma. Nutty, roasted malt flavor. Pretty overall mild brown ale.



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