Over Ale
Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - American Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.54
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This brown beer is brewed with six varieties of malted barley and balanced with three generous hop additions. You'll find a big malt body with bitter bones. Enjoy this beer.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: Draft at Girl and the Goat, 7/5/14
Aroma: The aroma has nutty malts, some caramel, tropical notes, and some pine
Appearance: A reddish-brown color, with a nice, lasting, thick, and frothy off-white head
Flavor: The flavor is along the same line, malty, balance nicely by a later hop bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, with a nice drinkabilty, and smooth finish on the mouth
Overall Impression: Overall, I thought this was a pretty nice beer. It drinks nicely and seems to blur the lines between Brown Ale and Cascadian Dark Ale (in a good way). Definitely a great looking beer.
Aroma: The aroma has nutty malts, some caramel, tropical notes, and some pine
Appearance: A reddish-brown color, with a nice, lasting, thick, and frothy off-white head
Flavor: The flavor is along the same line, malty, balance nicely by a later hop bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, with a nice drinkabilty, and smooth finish on the mouth
Overall Impression: Overall, I thought this was a pretty nice beer. It drinks nicely and seems to blur the lines between Brown Ale and Cascadian Dark Ale (in a good way). Definitely a great looking beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2014
at 19:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Om draught at The Girl & The Goat. Dark brown color with a thin tan head that recedes gradually. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel and hops. Light to medium body with flavors of caramel malt, roasted nuts and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Girl & The Goat
on 23 Jan 2014
at 18:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A lightly hazed dark amber ale with a thin light mocha head. In aroma, light sweet nutty malt with grassy hops, not bad. In mouth, a nice sweet caramel malt with light mineral notes, grassy hops, OK. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2013
at 14:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Half Acre Tap Room, Chicago. Poured a clear dark reddish brown with a thin broken white head. The aroma is weak dry yeast with a medium bitter flavour and a hop spice weak liqourice bitter nutty crisp yeast palate. It grew on me over time.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2013
at 22:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Half Acre taproom. Pours clear amber brown with a small tan head. Aroma of malt, toffee and fruity hops. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2013
at 17:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16 oz. can. Dark mahogany color with small off white head. Aroma is mostly malt (nutty) and yeast. Flavor is roasted grain, light toffee and a light hop bitterness on the back end of the sip. Body is appropriate for the style, soft carbonation, balanced sweet and bitter. The overall impression of the beer is good. However, it just seems a tad boring. I appreciate the classic brewing of the style (nothing is out of place here) perhaps my beer ego has reached a new level. Maybe I have now escalated into a whole new snob category….
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2013
at 20:44
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
8th July 2012
Cloudy brown beer, little bubbly off white head. Slightly crisp palate. Malt and minerals. Trace amount of citrus. Dry finish. Deathly dull.
Cloudy brown beer, little bubbly off white head. Slightly crisp palate. Malt and minerals. Trace amount of citrus. Dry finish. Deathly dull.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2013
at 09:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Medium, pale brown with a small creamy tan head. Aroma is hoppy, pine, light malt, a bit of sweetness. Medium thin body. Flavor is more hop than malt. Pine, citrus, and a bit of caramel malt with light chocolate. Solid brown but a little too hoppy for my tastes.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2013
at 15:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into pint glass, no canning date. Pours lightly hazy reddish brown color with a nice 2 finger dense cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of chocolate, caramel, toast, brown sugar, nuttiness, light roast, brown bread, slight pine, and floral hops. Very nice aromas with good balance, strength, and complexity. Taste of chocolate, caramel, toast, nuttiness, brown sugar, brown bread, light roast, light pine, and earthy floral hops. Slight earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, caramel, toast, light roast, brown bread, brown sugar, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice flavor balance, robustness, and complexity; with zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy and very smooth mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice brown ale! Very nice balance and robustness of flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2013
at 20:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Varga Bar, Philadelphia tap ($6.50): Pours brown with an off-white head. Aroma is herbs, dirt, malt, and some hops. Taste is slightly bitter, especially towards the end. Taste was kind of earthy and plant-like in some ways. Texture was interesting as well. Nice medium-body, but not sticky or sweet or anything like that. Not a bad beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2013
at 17:34