Swans Brewpub Appleton Brown Ale

Appleton Brown Ale

 

Swans Brewpub in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Brown Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.06
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 9
Named after Frank Appleton, this is perhaps our most delightful balance of full-bodied maltiness and aromatic hoppiness! It has been said to rival the best of England’s brown ales, and has certainly become a local favourite.
 

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft - Nice roasted malts and raisin. Clear brown with a rich brown head. Nice brown sugar and raisin, with malts and some grain dominating. Another classic English style.

Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2013 at 15:10


4.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

More of an amber ale than a brown. No taste other than mildly sour leave. Aroma only malt. Very boring with some booze in finish. Pours reddish copper. On tap at brewpub.

Tried from Draft on 05 May 2013 at 01:18


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap @ brewpub. Caramel, brown appearance with an off white head. Pretty nice, hazelnutty, toffee, malt centric nose. Nutty, caramel, toffee, big malty flavor. Good session beer.

Tried from Draft on 04 Aug 2011 at 15:57


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Pours light brown with a light head. Aroma of oily dark malts. Flavour is a weak nutty flavour, almost stale tasting. Not too good.

Tried on 23 Feb 2010 at 19:55


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Glass, 5 ounces, cask, at the pub, savoured on April 30, 2009; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, slight lacing; nose: light nuts, light dusty, light basement, light ash, slight caramel; mouth: watery, light malt, light nuts, light dusty, light chocolate milk, watery finale in malt with presence of ash, medium-light body, lightly sweet, slightly bitter, not much carbonation, thin; overall: disappointing, the nose was announcing something interesting but the mouth was not there FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, cask, bue sur place, savourée le 29 avril 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse fauve, très légère dentelle; nez : léger noix, léger poussière, léger cave, léger cendré, léger malt caramel; bouche : aqueuse, léger malt, léger noix, léger poussière, léger lait au chocolat, finale aqueuse en malt avec présence de cendré, corps léger-moyen, légèrement sucrée, très légèrement amère, peu carbonatée, mince; en résumé : déçu, le nez annonçait quelque chose d’intéressant mais en bouche, ça tombe

Tried from Cask on 15 May 2009 at 12:26


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught at the brewpub, hand pulled
Brown-amber color. It has some caramel aroma and a mixed caramel-roasted malt flavor, with a medium dry mouthfeel. Straightforward beer, but quite good.

Tried on 03 Aug 2008 at 05:02


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tap. Light roasted aroma. Hazy brown. creamy lacing brown head. Chocolaty, paper, light metallic flavor. Light body, creamy mouthfeel. Quick finish.

Tried from Draft on 11 Aug 2006 at 10:00


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hazy dark brown colour. Straightforward malty/hazelnutty aroma. Strange body - both full and thin, like you’d find in a nitro beer, but this was a firkin. I guess both have low carbo. No worries though, I’ll be at the brewery next month. The flavour is mainly about carastany malts and a light nuttiness. Doesn’t appear anything wrong with the beer, but a standard brown ale is just so uninspiring for me.

Tried on 07 Aug 2005 at 01:44


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Amber brown with lasting tan head.Faintly nutty malt nose. Carmel malt flavor with slight nuttiness. Carbonation is there, but seems somehow very soft.

Tried on 14 Jan 2003 at 10:46