Edward's Portly Brown
Witch's Hat Brewing Company in South Lyon, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - American Rotating|
Score
6.68
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 11/16/2015. Pours clear very dark reddish brown color with 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, cocoa, toffee, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, herbal, floral, light pine, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, cocoa, toffee, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, herbal, floral, light pine, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/pine/roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, cocoa, toffee, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, herbal, floral, light pine, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and slightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good American brown ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft - Dark sweet caramel malts and some light nut. Deep brown amber with a decent white head. Soy sauce, caramel and a bit nutty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at the 2012 Michigan Brewer’s Guild Winter Beer Festival, Grand Rapids. Somewhat bitter; toasted, pretty well-balanced and medium-bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear deep brown with a light brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges slowly and laces slightly. Aroma has a good amount of dark bread with some chocolate and a bit of roast. Flavor has a good amount of bread and chocolate with a growing roast. Finish is a bit thin.