Traditional Ale
Big Rock Brewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Brown Ale Series|
Score
5.89
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Comfort Food in a Glass
According to the poem, there is a corner of a foreign field that is forever England. Since 1985, we’ve been turning many Albertan fields into one of England’s favourite drinks, brown ale. The go-to favourite for many, it’s become something of a legend.
Little Known Fact
One of our original three craft brews, Traditional was also one of the first English-style brown ales ever brewed in Canada... it’s still our best-known beer today.
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Robinvboyer (8037) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Nice dark amber color. sweet malt, and a little bit of hops in the aroma. Flavour is pretty weak, and thin. slight fruity notes, aftertaste for some odd reason is grassy. not very pleasant beer.
theplanck (7492) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Great everyday easy drinking beer. Very clear copper colour. Sweet caramel taste. Not really a standard brown ale, more of an american style ale. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
cmacklin (5055) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330 ml bottle. Pours a clear, reddish brown with a thin, beige head. Sweet caramel malt aroma with a faint nutty note. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, caramel and nuts with a dry finish. Medium body with a watery texture and average carbonation.
jksipa (1939) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Henry’s Pub at Sheraton Cavalier, Calgary. Pours a very clear deep copper with no head. Nose is light caramel and grass. Sweet to start with barely a hint of bitterness in the short finish. Medium body with soft carbonation. Just OK.
jcr (3164) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 12
Draft. Amber body with a short, beige head. Aroma of toasted grain, caramel, nuts, light herbal, earthy hops. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes with lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Fairly bland and inoffensive. Flavor of sweet caramel, herbs.
Viper666-Qc (10199) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bouteille. Nez de caramel doux très légèrement rôti avec des notes de houblon floral, de noix et de fruits (agrumes). Rondeur mince-moyenne en bouche. Goût vaguement fruité (agrumes et traces de pêches) lors de l’entrée en bouche rapidement éclipsé par un goût assez malté de caramel assez doux avec de faibles traces de sucre brun aux petites notes rôtiespuis finalement, une très douce amertume de houblon floral aux notes herbeuses se développe et est appuyé par des notes de noix. Post-goût moyen-court, très légèrement amère de houblon floral avec des notes de noix et quelques traces rôties.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Pours clear reddish amber with a medium of white head that dissipates with nice lacing. aroma is grain, hay, caramel, urinal, chemicals. Flavor is much the same, light sweet, no bitterness. Light bodied and watery. Unpleasant.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Draft @ Korea Location: Poured a amber color with white head. Aroma is corny. Taste is nice smooth grain.
Metalchopz (7978) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Originally rated April 2006. Big Rock describes this one as an English Brown Ale. Pours a beautiful rich dark copper colour with an off-white bubbly head. Retention is fairly low, but lacing is decent. The nose is malty with some grains, and notes of berries. Watery mouthfeel and medium-bodied. Very low carbonation. The taste starts off on a slightly bitter edge and finishes with mild roasted malt. Touch of caramel are found, and so is grain malt. Nicely balance being not really sweet, and not too bitter. A good darker session ale.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Traditional Ale from Big Rock Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Decent beer. Not memorable, not distinctive in any specific way, just decent for what it is. Very light hoppy taste, a little bitterness. Not as interesting as most red ales.