3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Hopleaf. Roast brown with a poofy soft head of foam. Nice nutty aroma. First impression is of creamy goodness -- This drinks on with a really easy-going style for a rowdy brew. Excellent. (#3904, 5/8/2010)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thin brown head. Deep dark red body with carbonation. Complex tropical fruit hop aroma with smoky chocolatey notes. Dry, yet sweetish, smoky chocolatey malty taste. Dry fruity hop and roasty malt aftertaste lingers for a long time. (0.47l can at Knut Albert’s.)
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught sample at brewery during the Surly tour, RBSG Minneapolis, June 23 2007. Near-opaque molasses color with a bit of dark tan head receding....nutty, lightly fruity (grapy) and significantly hoppy aroma, much more agressive than most brown ales but still within the style parameters I think; caramel cream shows up with a little bit of time....the body is juicy, vanilla-nutty, earthy with light candied fruits....remarkably luscious, full, velvety mouthfeel. Certainly among the 5 best brown ales I’ve had and I can’t wait to pop the can I brought back for a proper pint of it.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: FEB 22, 2008 Can from Ughsmash. Very malty aroma. Chocolate, roast, nuts, and oat. Pours dark brown with a lasting foamy white head. Chocolate, caramel, oat, and nuts plus a touch of vanilla all make up the flavor profile. Nice, smooth, and velvety. A very nice brown ale!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Canned. Flowers, pine, chocolate, lots of flavour packed into this. Sweet, but is well balanced - a nice beer.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured a clear dark brown color with a reddish hue and beige head. Sweet caramel aroma with some toasty notes and coffee thrown into the mix. The aroma was full and nice. Semi-sweet malt flavor with caramel and fruity notes. The finish was sweet. Another tasty beer in a can. I love that.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: NOV 6, 2007 16-oz. can. Thanks, Theisti! Now...this is a brown ale, damn. Pours nearly black with a light, sudsy tan head, plenty of rings of sedimentary lace on the way down. Sweet molasses and brown bread nose. Body’s on the high side of medium, active carb, plenty of forward roast and toast right on the attack. Mid-palate takes the roast and ups the ante with a bit of piney/creosote-y hop, and the hop predominates in the finish. Great stuff.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Can courtesy of oakbluff. Pours a very bubbly dark orange-brown with a large mostly-lasting creamy tan head. Semi-sweet aroma of dark malt, nuts, cocoa, oats and very light hops. Flavour of caramel malt, nuts, a bit of chocolate, more hops then the aroma suggests and an average bitter finish. Medium bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Very nice, this went down easily and quickly -- one of the best Brown Ales I’ve ever had.
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