Triple Crown Brown
The Mitten Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.73
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World Beer Cup Silver Medalist. A sessionable, malt-forward, English brown ale with light chocolate and roasted malt character.
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6.8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2024
at 16:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 23 Apr 2021
at 00:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Chocolate malt, and dry wood/grass aroma. Dark brown with light brown head. Mildly sweet molasses, chocolate malt, and mildly bitter wood and dry grass flavor. Good body. Very solid.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2019
at 02:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, no can dating. Pours fairly hazy deep reddish copper/brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuts, chocolate, cocoa, and coffee; with light notes of toffee, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuts, chocolate, cocoa, and coffee; with light notes of toffee, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, peppery hop; and roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuts, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great hop/roast bitter/sweet balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is an excellent English brown ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very clean, rich, and well rounded English malt complexity; with mild fruity yeast and earthy hop balance. A very enjoyable offering, and amazing spot on style example.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Nov 2018
at 22:14
6/10
Clear deep amb bod sml off wht head. Bready nutty arma. Bready nutty flav. Med light bod mod low carb. 7/3/7/3/13 3.3
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2017
at 15:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 3
Overall 11
Draft. Brown body. Frothy light tan head, rapidly diminishing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, hint of nuts. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Sweet roast and light chocolate taste. Average.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Dec 2016
at 09:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at the Northport location. Cloudy brown color with a medium frothy light beige head that diminishes quickly to an outer ring. Short stringy lacing on the glass. Roast malt, chocolate and a bit of hops in the nose. Light-bodied with a sweet chocolate and malt character, with a touch of earthy hops in the background. The finish is sweet with a short malty aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2016
at 20:34