Libbytown Brown Ale
Bunker Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.67
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Kleg (3852) reviewed Libbytown Brown Ale from Bunker Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16 oz. can from Bier Cellar, Portland, Maine. Pours a clear dark root beer color with a large beige head and great retention. Very good lacing. Roasted molasses and dark bread aroma. Dark roasted walnuts flavor with a very dry finish. One of the darkest, driest brown I've ever had. Medium body. Lightly carbonated. Low bitterness. Well made, but not my favorite take on the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can (1/8/20) pour from trade with AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! Appearance is deeply hazy dark brown with swirling fine sediment and large light floaties, no sparkle, 3-finger width creamy beige foam head with good retention and mild leggy lacing. Aroma is strong earthy roasted malts, bordering on ash, nuts, mild toffee. Taste follows aroma. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with thick texture, average carbonation and finish as taste with dry, mild lingering bitterness. Overall, pretty straightforward brown ale with decent strength. On the thick side.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Sample at the brewery, pours a hazy sepia with some lacing white head. Nose has bread, nuts, some cocoa, black tea. Flavor has bread and caramel, some mushroom or mushroom tea, tree bark, black tea. Finishes with some tannins.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Libbytown Brown Ale from Bunker Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught at the brewery, 12/29/17.
Clear auburn-mahogany. Good-sized beige head shows moderately-strong retention.
Nuts, caramel, mild roast, toffee and moderately fruity esters in the nose with minimal hops, no alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it shows strong toasted malt character with big caramel, vanilla and nutty notes. Light milk chocolate on the end with dry, bready specialty malts balancing the sweet base malt. Minimal bitterness, good dose of fruitiness from the yeast and a soft, fairly malty texture with proper attenuation and moderate, engaging carbonation.
CLW (16859) reviewed Libbytown Brown Ale from Bunker Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at the source. Aroma is nutty, light earthy hop. Earthy malt. Weak caramel, toffee. Body is fuller for a brown ale. Earthiness lingers in the finish. In the world of brown ales, this is as ot should be. Earthy and nutty
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a somewhat dark brown color with a slight transparency about it. Finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a decent pace to leave some light lace.
The aroma had some sweet nuts, some cocoa powder, light butterscotch and some caramel/toffee malts.
The flavor definitely leaned towards the sweet side through all of the previously mentioned aromas. Fully sweet aftertaste. Sly earthy yet sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a touch of cloyingly sweet effects, but some of that noticeable earthiness came back to stabilize the cloying effects. ABV felt good at the 6.3.
Overall, mostly nice brown ale I think I could come back to.