 MrManning (1411), London, Ontario, Canada
May 4, 2008
Bottle thanks to MDS. This brown ale poured a deep copper with a generous white froth leaving good lace. Lookin’ good. The nose is heavy on the caramel malts and is followed by toffee, raisin bread, demererra, and spicy notes including cinnamon and cardamon in low quantities. This beer shows very sweet malts with brown sugar and prunes. The flavour is also loaded with an essence of sugar in the raw anddemererra. Unfortunately, I hate demererra and find it too sweet. This beer is only 5.7%, but I had to sip it like it was a 10% barleywine because of the sweetness. This isn’t a bad beer, but I just really can’t get over the sweetness even with a bit of bitterness in the finish, it is too much. This is a style I always have difficulty with, but not a style that I am going to give up on. Thanks for the bottle Mike!
abcfan (132), USA
Jul 16, 2008 Decent brew. Pours hazy brown with little to no head that left quickly. Sweet, malty aroma, smells of caramel and fruit. Very smooth taste with light carbonation. Easy drinker, would make nice session beer.
jerico (1), , USA
does not count  Jul 15, 2008 I poured this from a growler - it is a nice dark brown, but leaves almost no head (and what it does leave disappears quickly). It isn’t overpoweringly strong in taste or smell - the malts are apparent, with a touch of brown sugar and raisins. Pleasant, but not extraordinary.
incutrav (487), Woodbury, Minnesota, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Got a single bottle for a buck because it was missing the label, so it was a bit of a crapshoot as to what beer it was, but what the hey, im a risk taker. Poured dark brown, hence the beer being old brown doggy. Fairly heavy for a brown, rich and caramel-ey. Similar in taste and appearance to Bender. Good stuff, glad i took the gamble on this.
Damico (28), Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 10, 2008 I was not a huge fan ot the after taste, but it was a nice brown ale that wasn’t too heavy.
Haslinger (450), Syracuse, New York, USA
Jul 2, 2008 Bottle from the variety pack. Of the 4 in there I felt this was the worse but it was still a solid drinker. Good brown ale definitely on par with Newcastle and other more well known browns. Would buy again if in the mood for a brown ale
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