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Back Road Ale 2.97 31

Back Road Ale

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313.02/5.02.97/5.05%25.5Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
This amber colored pale ale will quench your thirst. It's smooth mild taste makes it Back Road Brewery's flagship beer. A generous dosing of fresh English hops nicely balances the beer's maltiness. A technique called dry hopping is used to add a fresh herbal like aroma. Drink and enjoy LaPorte's first hand crafted beer!!
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kkieft (10), USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/518/20
Jul 8, 2005  
This is a great microbrew. Bitter hops mixed with a smooth finish make this one of my favorites!


 Cletus (5058), Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 26, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of shawnm213/ Pours copper with a lasting white head. Smells of caramel, raisins, some light spice. Tastes of caramel, earth, tea, some sage, peppery.


 ucusty (1913), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Sample at city wide in S. Bend. Hazy copper pour with fluffy off white head. Caramel and toffee aroma. Grainy flavor with a touch of pine and grapefruit rind. Slick finish


 matta (1139), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2003  
Thanks to BigBadBear63 for sending me yet another of his fine local brews!
A murky bronzed copper colored body with a fluffy creamy head floating atop. The aroma is an orchard of fruity perfumes, plumes, overly ripened blackberries & raspberries, cranberry juice, a sweet caramel maltyness as well.
The flavor is far different than the aroma. Big caramel malty existence, then a herbal yet woodsy hops bitterness. Nice smooth lightly creamy palate with a dry & bitter finish; Overall a well crafted Ale. Cheers again Mike!


 BBB63 (4267), La Porte, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Jul 3, 2003  
Copper hue with small white head and no lacing, light to medium-bodied. Very malty aroma of caramel and grain. Lighty citrusy hints. Crisp on the palate, tart hops give way to the malt, well balanced. Dry and soft mouthfeel. Slighty metallic on the finish. A well made ale and one of my choices of an everyday session beer.


 Schroppfy (1813), Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 7, 2002  
Standard APA fare from LaPorte, IN. I always stock up on their beers in Mishawaka when I vist the pops. Hoppy, a little malt balance and fair body, appearance. Not a piney West coast hoppy, just good solid doses.


 Drew (2410), Kent, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 8, 2003  
Hazy brown/orange body. Starts with a nice fruity malt sweetness and thick, then finishes with a slightly metallic hop. For some reason, the palate seemed not continous - started off feeling thick, but finished on the watery side. Anyway, I could easilly sit around drinking this all afternoon.


 DrnkMcDermott (1861), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/514/20
Nov 7, 2005  
Draft, at 3 Floyds Brewpub. Gotta love the guest taps. If they’re going to the trouble of bringing in guest beers, the least we can do is drink them! A nice, coppery APA body under a thin APA head. It’s a very respectable APA, but it simply seems too average next too all this 3Fs stuff!. Clean, well-tuned, not a lot of faults to it. Not a very distinct hop profile, either, which is a mark against it, but a minor one.



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