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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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 KDorgan12 (163), Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Jan 18, 2007  
Bottle-Memphis. Beautiful brown ale but flavors are very thin. Perhaps too much carbonation. Not as smooth as a Newcastle.


 detroiter (958), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jan 13, 2007  
Pours a clear reddish brown, topped by a good inch of creamy light tan foam. Good head retention and very nice thick foamy lacing. Semi sweet chocolate and a little maraschino cherry in the aroma. Malty flavor of light chocolate, biscuit, and toasted almond. These are balanced by a mild hoppiness with a clean bitterness in the finish. A hint of chocolate remains in the aftertaste. Lightish body, too light actually, but with lots of soft and gentle carbonation.


 WSSmiles (124), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/511/20
Jan 7, 2007  
this beer had a brown body with a hint of red with a dirty white (boy) head. Agree with other post that it felt like there was more alcohol then what was present.


 jetzler (622), oklahoma city, Oklahoma, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/58/20
Jan 6, 2007  
The taste on this one was a bit rough I really thought the alcohol was higher than 5.3 but hey. Malts were ok a bit one dimentional, yeast was fairly predominate esters were quite present. and hops were light. Sam adams has done better.


 TheBeerOrg (1563), Kentucky, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jan 4, 2007  
Pours dark mahogany with a fully receding tan head. Aroma of caramel, crystal malt, and a strange graininess. Taste is sweet crystal, caramel, and a bit of fruitiness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Decent, but not worth buying.


 brownaler (379), Topsail Beach, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jan 3, 2007  
Diacetyl aroma with a a clear brown body. Flavor is smooth with crystal hop flavor and a slight malt finish. Too watery for even a brown.


 bkurtz (276), Peru
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 3, 2007  
Poured brownish amber with a small, quickly fading head. Nice hop aroma, nutty. Very true brown ale style, which is not my favorite. Well made, but nothing special.


 DaMenace123 (250), Houston, Texas, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/510/20
Dec 31, 2006  
Bottle. I found this beer to have a bland taste for a brown ale, not my favorite in the style. Mostly malt in the flavor, wish it had more nutty notes.



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