London Brown Ale
Dragonmead Brewery in Warren, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
7.15
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deyholla (22727) reviewed London Brown Ale from Dragonmead Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear deep amber brown with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has bread and light dark grains with a hint of straw underlying. Flavor has light roast and breads with a bit of dark grains.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a murky brown color with slight transparency about it. Light carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace. Light lace.
The aroma had a great blend of milk chocolate, light biscuits, some white bread, light toast running fully into a clean earthy/grassy hoppiness (light bitterness). Little bit of spiciness. Balanced nuttiness.
The flavor was practically what I have been looking for as far as an English styled brown ale brewed by an American brewer, the sweet to the roast to the spicy to the underscore of bitterness. Aftertaste was softened milk chocolate with earthy to spicy hops. Finish was somewhat spicy clean to earthy hops with the chocolate and biscuits.
The feel was medium bodied with a good sessionability about it. Good carbonation about it. ABV sat cool with the ratio of the malt smoothness to the hop bill.
Overall, holy crap, thank you, so much Tim for finding my \"Michigan book\" full of these brown ales! This was the one! And the peasants rejoiced!
solidfunk (21946) reviewed London Brown Ale from Dragonmead Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours murky brown. Aroma has some hops, some malt. A little lacing. Medium carbonation. Some bitterness in taste. Tap at Hopcat.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed London Brown Ale from Dragonmead Brewery 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Draught. Dark, greyish brown. Cloudy. Has a small diminishing off white head. Moderate aroma of malt and brown bread. I was blown away by this. Not your average light bodied nutty sweet ale. This had a definite hops flavor hitting you right away, there was a medium bitter chocolate malt flavor throughout. The beer had plenty of body and had no carbonation problems. The hops flavor mixed perfectly with the malt and this beer was the epitome of balance for this style. Finishes dry, as was said below, which is a nice change, as usually these browns brewed in america are either too sweet on the finish or just thin out and die. This did neither. There were clear defined hops and malt, like a perfect amber ale, but there was also a soft nutty appeal, like walnut pancakes with a tinge of chocolate. To balance this, there was a peculiar and intriguing tobacco flavor that was daring but lovely. Almost would not even guess this to be a brown. Could pass for a light porter if it had more malt. Magnificent. I can see why this has won so many medals.