The Smoked Brown
(has 2 batches)
Anspach & Hobday in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
7.01
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An historical brew, harking back to an era when barley was cured over open fires and beer was stored in oak.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Pours dark brown, large-off white head.Nose shows beechwood smoked malt, nutty and bready notes, slight caramel and melanoidins.Flavours include more smoked malt, toasty and bready notes, very slight liquorice and a soft spicy and earthy hop note.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2017
at 03:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy, brown colored, medium beige head, not very lasting. Aroma is smokey dough, light peat, some toasty notes, some dried fruit. Taste is medium sweet malt, some caramel, smokey doughy, toast and some roasted malt, some fruity notes, medium bitterness, dryish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. (bottle, Anspach & Hobday brewery, London)
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2017
at 15:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Very good beige head, stable and leaving lace over faintly veiled dark mahogany beer. Smoked nose & -malts, smoked ham, light roast, roasted nuts, fire jacket potato or ashes-roasted chestnuts, ureum. Very dry, woody, nearly tart roasted malt flavour with relatively mild smoked, phenolic and roasted touches. Smooth, velvety feel, despite good carbonation; feels medium bodied; Very good, balanced smoked beer! Thanks, Jezza!
Tried
on 13 Mar 2017
at 12:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bouteille 33cl, BB 16.11.2016. Léger brun, col épais crémeux blanc-cassé. Arôme offre un nez léger malt fumé, pointe d’agrumes en rétro apportant une petite note aromatique houblonnée. Malt est léger. Palais au profil malté assez léger, en premier, les notes fumées sont discrètes et progressent après un petit temps à t° ambiante. Le fumé est plaisant, fini vert houblonné avec une touche de citronné. Amertume ayant le mérite d’ajouter un côté frais en bouche.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2016
at 08:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Anspach & Hobday The Smoked Brown (by Anspach & Hobday):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
9/VII/16 - 33cl bottle @ home, Katie & Kevin tasting - BB: 18/II/16 (2016-748) Thanks to Katie & Kevin for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: soft smoke, fruity hops, some dried fruits, some banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very hoppy, little sourish, slightly smoky, some banana. Aftertaste: very bitter, sweet malts, caramel, some banana, nice smoky finish. Could have a bit more smoke for me though...
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
9/VII/16 - 33cl bottle @ home, Katie & Kevin tasting - BB: 18/II/16 (2016-748) Thanks to Katie & Kevin for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: soft smoke, fruity hops, some dried fruits, some banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very hoppy, little sourish, slightly smoky, some banana. Aftertaste: very bitter, sweet malts, caramel, some banana, nice smoky finish. Could have a bit more smoke for me though...
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2016
at 16:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 2016 Cambridge Beer Festival. Reddish brown, clear and flat with little visible carbonation. The smoke is muted in the aroma, but there’s also some forest floor, leather and beef tea notes. Sweet taste turning to intensely bitter, almost acrid, for the long finish. Horehound and overripe mango in the aftertaste. Body’s pretty thin and flat. Good but not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 May 2016
at 05:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from London Beer Lab. Brown-black with a small beige-yellow head. Wood dominates from the off. The smoke is light, but it’s there in the background, providing dryness to balance the sweet malt, toffee and brown sugar. There’s a little dry red wine too, but it keeps coming back to the wood. Maybe just a tad too dry and woody for my taste, but nevertheless a decent brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2015
at 16:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled 330ml (from the brewery)
Dark brown color, decent creamy beige head, some lace. Light smoke, light caramalt, light hops in the nose. Medium-bodied. Starts a bit smokey, then nuttyness, caramalt in the malty flavor. In the finish quite good bitterness. Not something I would drink regulary but well-brewed.
Dark brown color, decent creamy beige head, some lace. Light smoke, light caramalt, light hops in the nose. Medium-bodied. Starts a bit smokey, then nuttyness, caramalt in the malty flavor. In the finish quite good bitterness. Not something I would drink regulary but well-brewed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2015
at 13:09