3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4
From Jul 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with jwc215. Thanks Joe!
My first sampling from this brewery:
It pours a...whoah...lots of foam here and I just took it out of the fridge. Anywho, it has a nice hazy brown with some gold colour and a very thick head of off white foam.
The smell is nice and malty with notes of caramel, some earthiness, a touch of nuttiness, and something with a slight tart tinge to it.
The taste has a nice caramel malt base that is followed with some nutty tones, toffee, earth, and a noticeable tinge of tartness. I don't know if that was intended but it sure makes this Brown ale different.
The foam is really sticking around and there's sheets of lacing on the side of my glass. Pretty looking, I'll say.
Mouthfeel is on the thin side but it works.
Overall an interesting interpretation of an English Brown Ale that for me, lets down only because of this tartness that I find out of place. Other than that, it sure is easy enough to drink. I'd say, try it if you see it.
I got this bottle in a trade with jwc215. Thanks Joe!
My first sampling from this brewery:
It pours a...whoah...lots of foam here and I just took it out of the fridge. Anywho, it has a nice hazy brown with some gold colour and a very thick head of off white foam.
The smell is nice and malty with notes of caramel, some earthiness, a touch of nuttiness, and something with a slight tart tinge to it.
The taste has a nice caramel malt base that is followed with some nutty tones, toffee, earth, and a noticeable tinge of tartness. I don't know if that was intended but it sure makes this Brown ale different.
The foam is really sticking around and there's sheets of lacing on the side of my glass. Pretty looking, I'll say.
Mouthfeel is on the thin side but it works.
Overall an interesting interpretation of an English Brown Ale that for me, lets down only because of this tartness that I find out of place. Other than that, it sure is easy enough to drink. I'd say, try it if you see it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2017
at 14:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Grass and honey nose. Cloudy amber, thin head, fine floaties. Mint, grass, honey, dandelion, corn. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Rather like a cream ale, interesting hop bill.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2017
at 17:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Cloudy, light amber with a white head. Lemon, banana, wheat aroma. Lemon-orange, banana, wheat malt taste.... Very sweet, rather tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2017
at 17:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Lemon, coriander, wheat biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Hazy dark yellow with small head and moderate effervescence. Moderately sweet lemon, biscuit malt, and mildly bitter coriander/hay flavor. Okay body. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2017
at 19:02
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a hazy orange with off white head. Aroma is earth and malts. Taste is a bit fruit, veggie and sugary malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2017
at 21:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
It’s baaaack! ESB on tap. Pours clear Amber, large creamy beige head, great residual and lacing. Aroma is a bit dusty, biscuit, hints of grass and pine. Flavors is light sweet, light plus bitter, perhaps a bit bocky, if that is a word. Lingering bitterness. Medium light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2017
at 20:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 10
Overall 4.5
Tap. Pours clear mahogany, large creamy tan head, good lacing. Aroma is cocoa roast, fa she chocolate. Huh. Flavor is fully sweet, light bitter, really artificial. Ick. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2017
at 19:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap. Pours clear at chestnut, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is bourbon, lots of bourbon dark sugars, caramel, vanilla. Flavor is medium sweet, very light bitter. Pretty over bourbon; almost tastes like bourbon was added to beer rather than a barrel aged product. Pleasant, but simplistic. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2017
at 19:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Tap. Pours crystal clear golden orange, huge white head, nice residual and lacing. Aroma is field grass, coriander, pepper, honey, dusty. Flavors is medium sweet, very light bitter, huge spice, clove, coriander, floral and field grass. Medium body. Over the top.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2017
at 19:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Tap. Pours crystal clear pale orange, small off white head, decent lacing. Aroma is super light, biscuit, grass, hints of citrus. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Not much going on here. Light plus body. Clean, but Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2017
at 19:39