Mountain Ale
The Shed Brewery in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.45
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Rugged brown ale
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Tap at some random spot in capital district. Pours maroon. Nose is sweet dark fruits and malt. Very malty tatesting, some fig, molasses, brown sugar, dried fruit. Sweet and thin palate. Touch harsh.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2014
at 15:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Enjoyed in Vermont. Definitely unfiltered with lots of floating particles. Copper colour with a light beige head and some creamy lacing. Aromas of fruity malts with hints of roasted ones. Some caramel as well and nuts. Much of the same for the taste. A nice mix between a brown and red ale.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2014
at 20:26
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Prune juice colored. Sweet burnt brown sugar nose. Light aroma. Taste is sweet, bitter and has a grapefruit juice astringency with caramel and sugary wort. Walnut finish
Tried
on 28 Jun 2014
at 21:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
12 bottle. Brighter ruby color, light retention in a shaker glass. Aroma is earthy English malts and roasted grain. Real earthy with underlying sweetness.
Flavor is again mostly English malts with a touch of molasses and toffee. Pretty simple and straight forward. The texture is semi-dry with a thinner medium side in body. Malt dominates with very little, if any bitterness. Don’t know how different the original draft version at "The Shed " really was but this does hide the ABV real nice and drinks rather easy. Don’t go out of your way to try it but it is drinkable.
Flavor is again mostly English malts with a touch of molasses and toffee. Pretty simple and straight forward. The texture is semi-dry with a thinner medium side in body. Malt dominates with very little, if any bitterness. Don’t know how different the original draft version at "The Shed " really was but this does hide the ABV real nice and drinks rather easy. Don’t go out of your way to try it but it is drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2014
at 22:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle at Little Miss Whiskey in DC. Pours a muddy brown with some lacing white head. Nose is malty, some raisin, some orange, a little dried apple. Flavors of dried apple slices, mild toast, mild cracker, a little bit of orange. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2014
at 12:33
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark matte brown color with a small soapy tan head that faded quickly and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was malty and a bit woody with touches of smoke and dark fruits. The flavor was dry, tangy and off with notes of wood, vegetal malts and vague fruity hops. Medium length tangy and off finish of vegetal malts and wood. Medium body. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2014
at 13:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rich deep hazy brown and copper coloured body with a thick, two centimetre tall deep tan and light brown head. Aroma of rich caramel, alcohol, hazlenuts, pecans, earth, peat and quite a bit of fruit sweetness. Medium to Full-bodied; Rich malty flavour with a good caramel profile, some nuts and earth and a hint of herbal spices with some allspice and nutmeg thrown in. Aftertaste shows some rich pit fruit sweetness and an alcohol vibe, but not in an overwhelming way - just noticeable. Overall,a solid beer that was better that I was expecting, and not a bad drink for a chilly evening. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased at Whole Foods (Foggy Bottom) in Washington, DC on 25-October-2013 for US$1.99 sampled at home here in Washington on 16-December-2013.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2013
at 22:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Hazy maroon color, medium off white head. Aroma of toffee. Taste is caramel malt, coffee. Plain.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2013
at 07:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours red with ok head and lacing. Some barrel, some booze. Finishes sweet and bitter, wooden. Light palate, not a lot of integration here. On tap at Reservoir.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2013
at 10:30
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle split at Tony’s house, 19/05/13. Dark amber/chestnut brown with a thin beige head. Nose is dark malts, caramel, hint of biscuit. Taste comprises toffee, malt, bready dough, sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, some bitterness in the finish. A little on the dull side, drinkable none the less.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2013
at 01:57