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Samuel Adams Brown Ale

Percentile
49
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7143.03/5.03.03/5.0Special5.35%46Dimpled 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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 TheBeerBaron (219), Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/54/102/512/20
Feb 11, 2007  
Bottle. Clear brown color. Thick bubble head with good lace on the glass. Sweet aroma of nut, caramel, and syrup. Highly carbonated pallete like a seltzer that was off kilter. Malty yet watery taste, dissapointing considering the great look and smell going for it. Subtly hopped in the end making it a clean finishing beer but lacking any true distinction. Still one of the best you will find in a supermarket.


 chimpscampee (556), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/514/20
Feb 10, 2007  
Typical SA offering-- slightly better than a generic macro. Ordinary and mild. Carmel malt and slightly metalic hop taste.


 DuffManOhYeah (124), USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 9, 2007  
Pretty good, nuntty flavor. Dark amber color looks great in a glass. Like most Sam Adams brews, I enjoyed it a lot. It’s nothing real wild, but you can’t really go wrong with it either.


 AdamGott (190), Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 9, 2007    Updated: Feb 10, 2007
pours a nice copper brown (a little thin looking IMHO), aroma mostly a lighly sweet malt with little hops, From a 24 pack purchased at Sam’s Club. a little thin.


 mynameisjonas (206), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/512/20
Feb 7, 2007  
decent tasting brown ale. not the caliber of newcastle but it still tastes good


 JonR888710 (999), Cochabamba, Bolivia
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Feb 5, 2007  
Dark brown body, however a little thin when held to light. Head is toasted, yellowish, and hangs for a bit. Aroma is caramel, chocolate and bitter coffee. Taste is sweet honey and caramel balanced by the asaid coffee. After is a bit drying and bitter from the hops. Decent beer.


 gwpom (250), Akron, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 2, 2007  
12 oz bottle. A bit average from one of my favorite breweries. I guess I need to refine my palate a bit, because I keep hearing (or reading) about the metalic taste, and I just don’t get that at all. However, I’m keeping that in mind when I taste a SA, and maybe eventually I’ll pick up on it. All I know is I do generally like the SA line, I like the various choices available, and this is no exception. Nice round flavor, light brown in color, white head that hangs on a while, and full mouthfeel. Still like their darker brews better.


JohnnyZ (80), USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/515/20
Jan 31, 2007  
Good. Underrated by all means. Good. good. good. Fresh and drinkable. Better than the black.



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