Hazel Brown
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.94
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This flavorful dark brown ale has a distinct hazelnut aroma and taste. Slightly sweet caramel and toffee malt notes accentuate the pleasant roasted hazelnut character. This medium-bodied brew finishes smooth with an underlying spiciness from the hops.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle from variety pack while pre gaming in Foxboro. Pours brown with plenty of hazelnut on nose. Tastes mostly of hazelnut which I’m overly sensitive to I think. It’s semi sweet and u also getbcaramel, malt, earth, and vanilla but mosty hazelnut, not my cup of tea
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2012
at 19:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Part of their 12-pack Harvest Collection for 2012. Pours a clean copper colour with an off-white fizzy head that has better retention than I expected (from all the fizziness - like pop). Not much lace. Typical nut brown ale scent at first, but then, the hazelnut aromas come out a little. Nice mix of caramel and roasted malts, all well-blended with the hop for flavours. Oh wow... loads of hazelnut in the finish. Was not expecting this, as most brown ales with the word "nut" in them, do not really taste like nuts, but more like hints of them. This one is really hazel-nutty. Not usually a fan of nut brown ales, but because of this, I am a fan of this one. Yes, I am a sucker for flavoured beers.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2012
at 18:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours mahogany into a Sam glass. Tan head with excellent retention recedes leaving scant spiders. Sweet hazelnut aromas. Sweet hazelnut and caramel upfront turning dry in the lasting toast, roasted nut and earthy hop finish.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2012
at 14:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, caramel and hazelnuts. Flavor is nutty then some chocolate and a nice roasted mouthfeel. FInish leaves some of that roasted malt on the tounge. A pleasant suprise from Sam Adams.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2012
at 13:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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12 oz. bottle. Heavy hazelnut and toffee aromas. Dark brown and clear. Medium head that dissipates quickly. Medium sweet, with flavors of dark chocolate and hazelnut. Medium body, thin texture, average carbonation, smooth finish.
I would have liked it better if it had a thicker texture. Which is a bit off-putting considering that its looks are so inviting. The hazelnut flavor and aroma is very strong , but it works (that is, as long as you like hazelnut). Definitely a beer I would keep around for when I wanted something different.
12 oz. bottle. Heavy hazelnut and toffee aromas. Dark brown and clear. Medium head that dissipates quickly. Medium sweet, with flavors of dark chocolate and hazelnut. Medium body, thin texture, average carbonation, smooth finish.
I would have liked it better if it had a thicker texture. Which is a bit off-putting considering that its looks are so inviting. The hazelnut flavor and aroma is very strong , but it works (that is, as long as you like hazelnut). Definitely a beer I would keep around for when I wanted something different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2012
at 14:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear brown color ale with a rather large off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of light caramel malt with light traces of hazelnut. Taste is a pretty easy to drink mix of light caramel malt with some notes of hazelnut and light residual sugar. Body is a bit light with good carbonation. Easy drinking with limited complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2012
at 09:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Had this 12oz bottle from one of those Sam Adams box-sets. Poured a creamy brown color with an off-white head. Aroma was pretty distinct hazelnuts with some nice roasted nutty character and some sweet toasted malts. Flavor was hazelnuts, with some toffee and caramel. Perhaps it is a bit artificial, but I enjoyed the brew enough I think.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2012
at 23:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle - Pours dark, clear amber with a light tan head. There’s an obviously nutty aroma to go with the caramel malt. The flavor is sweet, nutty, toasty, and caramel accented. It’s medium bodied and overall a very solid brown ale. I’m not a huge fan of brown ales, but SA did a good job with this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2012
at 10:46