Thornbridge Brewery Browne

Browne

 

Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Brown Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.94
ABV: 4.3% IBU: 38 Ticks: 15
Faced with the delightful challenge of using Stella, a new high alpha hop from Australia, the Thornbridge brew team thought this would work well in a nice hoppy Brown Ale.

With Browne we have created a medium intensity beer in both flavour and aroma. It has a juicy fruit and floral aroma upfront but nice hints of roasted and caramel-like aromas come through. This juicy aroma comes from the use of a single hop called Stella which we used exclusively in the hopback – or as we know it the Hopnik and we developed this beer so that 90% of the total bitterness would come from our Hopnik addition.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Euston tap. Clear amber / orange coloured pour with a steadfast creamy off white head. Aroma is nutty , biscuity malts, berry hop, English yeast esters. Little staling on the nose tells me the cask is maybe past its best. Flavour is malt base, with toast and a hint of roast, tangy hedgerow berry fruit hop, assertive slightly rough hop bitterness. Palate is medium, slight creamy on the tongue, moderate cask condition. Decent beer, maybe not in best condition.

Tried from Cask on 04 Mar 2015 at 13:25


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On cask at Coach and Horses, Dronfield - Dec 2011 - Rich reddy brown body, creamy white head. Nose is chocolate, coffee and roast nuts. Taste is a smoky well rounded mouthful, bitter ending.

Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2013 at 01:29


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12th December 2011
On tap at Tap East, Stratford. Clear brown beer, suddy off white head. Smooth palate, very low carbonation. Fresh tasting beer. Nice malt base, a little darkness to it and a whisper of roast. Good fresh piney hops, also mild citrus underneath that starts sweet but turns bitter through the smooth semi dry finish. Very nice - some condition would have really elevated it.

Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2011 at 06:31


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Craft Beer Co on 26th August 2011. Brownish-orange with a grey head. Smoky, fruity and rather bitter. Complex in-mouth and aftertaste. Worth another pint.

Tried from Cask on 07 Nov 2011 at 09:58


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at CBC, London. Pours golden-brown with a foamy, white head. Big pine hop nose. Great flavor, medium sweet, faint toast, lots of resinous pine and grapefruit bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Good balance on the finish, oily pine resin, bit of toast, very light roast, faint caramel. Really superb beer with plenty of nuance.

Tried from Cask on 08 Oct 2011 at 08:03