Saugatuck Brewing Company Third Bear

Third Bear

 

Saugatuck Brewing Company in Douglas, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Brown Ale Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.71
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 25 Ticks: 11
This smooth English Pub Ale is not too hoppy and not too sweet, it’s just right. A solid backbone of nine different malts are matched perfectly with a hint of smooth hops and rich flavors.
 

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

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ The Shnoodlepip, London. [ As Saugatuck Third Bear ].Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, sweet malt, toasted, light bready - hay. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sugary, cookies. pale malt, toasted, caramel, sweet malt, light bread - hay. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160809] 5-3-6-3-11

Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2018 at 11:56


7

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2017 at 22:02


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

Pour is a clear brown with a small white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt with a dash of brown sugar. Flavor is again a sweet malt with a definate toffee. Finish leaves a little sweetness on the tongue. Decent for a brown ale but a little too sweet for me.

Tried on 17 Nov 2016 at 18:37


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

Bottle from the dregs run. Pours clear red - brown with a thin off-white head. Aromas of mixed dried fruit, nuts. Taste is fruit cake, toffee. Sweet but clean finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2016 at 06:58


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

Bottle at appellation. Pours clear orange, nose is malty, floral, taste is similar, sweet, caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2016 at 10:41


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - red fruit, biscuits. Taste - more of the same. Light nuts. Palate - light bodied with a creamy yet crunchy texture and a long dry crunchy finish. Overall - solid. Would say it was an amber ale or bitter rather than brown ale.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2016 at 10:37


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

Bottle at appellation... Copper... Thin tan head... Soft sweet floral fruit.. Juicy fruit.... Soft sweet.. Sweet floral toffee fruit malts

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2016 at 10:35


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Sampled from bottle @ ChrisO’s after GBBF Day 1. Clear orange color, average sized off-white to beige head. Aroma is quite sweet and floral. Taste malts, sweet, caramel, biscuit malt. Decent body, firm carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2016 at 09:25


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

12 fl.oz bottle. Pours clear dark amber colour with a small off-white head. Aroma of dark malt, caramel, some red fruits. Taste of mild roasted malt, nuts, red fruits, mild bitter hops.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2016 at 15:24


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 4/9/2016. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, herbal, floral, pepper, light plum/apple, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light roast, herbal, floral, pepper, light plum/apple, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, herbal, floral, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zer warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a very nice English brown/ESB hybrid style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2016 at 21:02