7.8

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

12 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but is a recent local release. Pours slightly hazy deep reddish brown color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, cocoa, and coffee; with light notes of nuttiness, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. A bit fruity/yeasty, but not overwhelming. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, cocoa, and coffee; with light notes of nuttiness, herbal, grass, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/grassy/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, herbal, grass, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.9%. Overall this is a delicious English brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Nicely rich classic brown ale malt complexity with balancing earthy hops, and not too roasty. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

7

Dark black bod med foam brown head. Roast choc and nutty. Roast choc nutty flav. Med full bod mod low carb. 7/3/7/3/15 3.5

7.5

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

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a sturdy brown color with a slight transparency about it. Hard to see through when it was held up to the light. Finger’s worth of white foamy head, gently subsided.
The aroma had some sweet to subtle roasted malts, light nuts, some caramel/toffee development. Some dried leafiness at the end.
The flavor blended the previously mentioned aromas together somewhat sweet with a fair dry after effect in the aftertaste, acceptable to me. Slightly roasty sort of finish.
The feel was about medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Good carbonation and the ABV felt fine.
Overall, pretty good brown ale worthy of having again.