Aldergrove Brown Eyed Girl

Brewed by Steffans Aldergrove Brewery
Style: Mild Ale
Marysville, Washington USA

Date: May 23, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: clear brown, fine beige head
Aroma: dry chocolate and caramel aroma, light earthy hops
Flavor: dry chocolate flavor, light nutty character, earthyness keeps it dry, light bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

12oz bottle acquired in trade with riversideAK (thanks!). Poured a medium brown color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of roast, earthy/dirt, nutty, and some grains. Tastes of roast, lighter chocolate, nutty, and lighter caramel. Just noticed this was 3%.

Bottle from Malt & Vine. Pours darkish amber with a decent off-white head. Aroma is a rather mucky malt. Near medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is water roasted caramel. Lots of odd bits. It’s watery bitter. Seems a bit overactive for a mild. On the other end it seems very sessionable. Not bad, but the flavor is odd enough to distract from conversation.

Picked up a single 12-oz bottle from Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington. As soon as I opened this bottle, this brew has enough pressure stored to send the cap flying to the ceiling. Pours a hazy burnt amber brew with a thick off-white head that has excellent retention and lacing. Aroma of dark roasted caramel malt, a touch of flowery hops, some old cellar funk scents, and a touch of toasted buscuits. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonated, light in flavor of roasted malt and a touch of paper cardboard. Finish is mildly (naturally) bitterness with more toasted malt flavor that lingers around.

A nice beer, and it is so hard to find a mild. It has a tall, rocky head. Cloudy brown appearance, and from the way it looks, it might be any number of styles. The aroma has unprocessed grain. Flavor is malt, lightly roasted, and a little nutty with no hop presence.

12-oz. Pours a murky brown with a big surging moussy tannish head. Nice light malty sweet nose. Mild (what else?) attack. Light body, very low carb. Neutral but clean and drinkable palate. Pleasant and refreshing. Lingering malty finish.

Pours brown with off white head. The mild aroma seems sweet and somewhat caramelized to roasted malts. I also get some light notes of oxidation. The taste is very sessionable, as is the ABV, with notes of mild roastiness, a dash of caramel and more roasted malts. Hidden behind the tasty maltiness is a mild background of pine hops.

Color of cola except slightly hazy with a soapy white head. Nice sweet aroma. Lightly roasty with a slight hint of butter. Flavor is light an roasty. Some chocolate malts, some nuts, and ever so slight butter. Very light, a little wattery, but it has a nice tingly mouthfeel and a little lingering sweetness. This is very good. The last couple of raters must have gotten bad batches, because for a mild, this is fantastic.