4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
An awesome, very British brown ale with loads of not-quite-sweet malt flavors that somehow tastes very much like sweeter caramels and chocolates. Oddly dry and medium-bodied for the rich flavor profile. Really good.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Can. Pour is a black-red with a tight frothy head and solid lacing. Aroma is malt coffee and coco. Taste is more malt with faint coffee and coco and burnt malt. Palate is chaulky and finishes dry. This is amazing! I have not had this one since Coffee Bender was released, and I am quite surprised with the similar flavors.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Ported from BA.
Appearance:
Brown, would be clear if you could see all the way through it. Amber around the edges. About a finger of just barely off-white head that dissipates after a bit.
Smell:
toasted malt and a bit of coffee. Slightly sweet and no bitterness. There are some oats there too, and caramel aromas.
Taste:
Again, toasted malt. a bit drier than the aroma, but still has some caramel taste and oats. No bitterness at all, very earth. Doesn’t taste boozy.
Mouthfeel:
Thick and full, a bit chewy, probably thanks to the oats. Coats your mouth and lingers in the most delicious way.
Drinkability:
Very high. This is my go-to Surly beverage. Easy to drink a few of these, and you don’t feel like you need a change of pace. Simply put, this one is fantastic.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Can from SoLan, my man. A clean, roasty coffee smell, much like a porter, but less roasty. Lightly floral. Goes down as well as any beer, with a smooth malty goodness to it. A very very nice brown.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Can (yay can!) thanks to DuffManSW. Dark dark brown pour with faint ruby highlights and a 2-finger, frothy, off-white head. The aroma is creamy and chocolaty with notes of oats, vanilla and earthy resinous pine. The flavor follows trough from the aroma with the malt adding some toffee and biscuit. This is definitely well hopped as there is a lasting piny bitterness after you take a swallow blended with a creamy earthiness from the oats. The body is dry, very smooth and creamy with soft carbonation.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Filled with vanilla and barley/oat richness. It’s like a blend of doppelbock and oatmeal stout. Super, super smooth.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
can from brewso: pours a dark brown colour with a 1inch foamy tan head.aroma is roasted nut,malt and sweet fruit hops. flavour is nutty with some raosted chocolate and sweet malts with a touch of bitterness in the finish. the palate is very nice and smooth.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: SEP 2, 2008 On tap at Old Chicago. Nice chocolate and caramel aroma, nice hops. Very nice mouthfeel and goes down beautifully.
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