Sprecher Pub Ale

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

16 oz bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar: Orangish-amber color with a wisp of off-white foam. Aroma is light molassas and cola. Flavor is lightly nutty with a little caramel and ripe plum, a tangy bite and a moderately dry finish. Light body is watery with lively carbonation.

Light amber with next to no head. Aroma of caramel, sweet malts and light nuttiness. Taste is somewhat nutty with some sweet caramel malt to back it up. Body is a little watery and finish is a little dry. It’s an average beer from an average beer maker.

Sprecher is a brewery that has thoroughly impressed me with all of their beer. I never really knew a whole lot about their beer up until the last couple of years. This ale is very smooth, not as sweet and light as a Newcastle (my favorite brown ale) but very rich in flavor and a nice balance in hops and malts, in my opinion. Colour is a dark brown, with a small tan head. Very filling and pleasent, this was fantastic.

The Dan Journal #177. Tasted 5/30/08. Filtered with a brown hue. Moderate slight nose. Crisp and medium bodied. Mild caramel flavor. Bitter acidity. Good balance. Slightly above par.

UPDATED: JUN 3, 2008 Bottle, label on my bottle is different then shown here, name on label is ‘Pub Brown Ale’, also, label reads 4.8% alcohol while Sprecher’s website states 4.5%, this bottle has a ruby to dark ruby pour and darker at the edges, has a good size fine creamy head that covers the ale and leaves some creamy lacing on the glass, is pretty effervescent, has a nice presentation in the glass, there are aromas of toasted malt, faint caramel with hints of chocolate and cola, some malt sweetness that has a touch of molasses on the nose, flavor of toasted malt, caramel and malt sweetness, malt sweetness is minimal in this brew, there is not much bitterness at the finish either but does finish with a good dryness on the palate, medium mouth feel, may be a touch thin, has a good amount of carbonation maybe a tad more then needed which made it a bit spritzy on the tongue, no sediment in the bottle, a little better then average brown.

hazy dark amber color with tan head. aroma is malty with hints of caramel and chocolate. flavor is sweet and nutty with hints of caramel. lacking some flavor of a brown ale.

Pour is a amber with a small tan head. Aroma is of malts and some dark fruit. Flavor is again some malts but very watery. Easy to drink as there is nothing redeming about this. Its a frikking brown ale what was i expecting?

Medium brown body with a very short lived head and a hard to find aroma of brown sugar and dark fruit. Flavor is toffee, spice, over cooked brown sugar, and plum. A tad bit of hop zings the tip of the tongue.