All That Is Man!
Ascension Brewing Company in Novi, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.78
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Ascension. 2019 batch with a recipe rework according to Ascension. Pours a clearish chestnut brown with a small beige head that dissipates. Huge maple nose with some maple cream, praline and light toffee aromas. Well rounded mouthfeel. More sweet maple. And praline with some toasted malt and pecan pie-like flavors. Lingering maple finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 10/18/2018. Pours nearly opaque dark brown color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of milk chocolate, cocoa, maple syrup, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and brown bread dough/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, molasses, coffee, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, maple syrup, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big milk chocolate, cocoa, maple syrup, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and brown bread dough/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, molasses, coffee, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, peppery, roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, maple syrup, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, brown bread dough/crust, licorice, molasses, coffee, dark fruit, smoke, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, maple syrup, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of 10% after the finish. Overall this is a delicious English style imperial brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, maple syrup, light-moderate fruity yeast, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; great soft feel, not overly roasty for the style. Awesome balance of rich malts, maple syrup, and fruity English yeast complexity; with just enough earthy hops to balance sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. A bit over carbonated, but not a bad thing; made it smoother overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Can - pours brown - nose and taste of fizzy maple toast with apple. Medium bodied. Off.