Crabtree Brewing Company Boxcar Brown

Boxcar Brown

 

Crabtree Brewing Company in Greeley, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Brown Ale Regular
Score
5.78
ABV: 5.3% IBU: - Ticks: 11
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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Cask at GBBF'19, day 3, 08/08/19. Dark mahogany brown with a tan covering. Nose is stewed fruit, prunes, light vegetal notes. Taste comprises brown bread, tangy fruits, light soured edge, grains. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Not great.

Tried from Cask on 25 Nov 2021 at 11:41


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

Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2019 - London. Pours clear red-brown with a light, frothy off-white head. Holds notes of tangy berries, lightly toasted bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Finishes with more tangy berries. A little awkward.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2020 at 22:22


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5


Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Crabtree Boxcar Brown ].
ABV: 5.2%. Clear medium to dark amber colour with a small to average, open and fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, toasted, caramel, sweet malt, light chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, thin, caramel, sweet malt, light cocoa - chocolate - bread. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20190806]
6-2-6-2-13

Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2019 at 15:34



2.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

From May 2007

Purchased from Wilbur's Liquors in Ft Collins.

This one pours from 22oz bottle a clear dark amber with a very small head of foam that dissipated completely before I finished typing this sentence and there's no lacing.

The smell is very delicate..I can't get much out of it...maybe some sweet malt? Really faint.

The taste is at least more assertive than the nose. I can taste some roasted malt with *some* nutiness but it's pretty lightly flavoured. I'm also getting some chocolate notes and some spice..swishing the beer in my mouth, I'd say there was some cinnamon flavour there but, again, it's on the light side. The finish is kind of a hodgepodge...slightly bitter but not bitter in a *good* way. Man, this isn't very good at all. Could be a drain pour for me. Dang.

Further sips in and there really are no redeeming features in this brew. I *am* going to pour this down the drain.:^(

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2017 at 10:23


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Tap @ Crabtree. Pours a dark orange appearance with a khaki head. Nutty, toasted caramel marke malty, somewhat spicy aroma. Tangy fruity, lightly acetic (huh?), caramel flavor. Drinkable but has some issues.

Tried from Draft on 26 Jul 2013 at 15:38


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Pour is a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is slight roast and not much else. Flavor is about the same. A slight roasted malt is all I’m getting. Watery after that. They made a boring brown ale even more boring.

Tried on 03 Jul 2013 at 16:30


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

28th May 2011
Hazy red - brown beer, tiny white head. Dry and crispy palate. Caramel chocolate in the malt. On top is a lively plummy fruit. Minerals. Dry and slightly bitter finish. An interesting brown, but a tad over dry.

Tried on 06 Jan 2013 at 07:29


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle @ Timbers, Denver. Pours dark reddish brown with a creamy offwhite head. Aroma of malt, nuts,chocolate. Taste is sweet malty, caramel, nuts, chocolate. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation. Light easy drinking brown ale, not bad at all. 050312

Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2012 at 15:59


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

Dark ruby - frothy lace - nose is leafy tobacco, roasted nuts, toffee, earthy hops - soft carbonation, smooth texture - flavor is medium dry, with strong hazelnut - a bit of tobacco - light caramel sweetness and subtle hops on the tail end, along with a mild acidity - nothing stand out, but perfectly drinkable and enjoyable for what it is - nothing I would buy again, but decent - this brewery gets no love.

Tried on 12 Nov 2011 at 21:30