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Berkshire River Ale

Berkshire River Ale - Brown Ale

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 Percentile 
72
overall
Brewed by Berkshire Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale

South Deerfield, Massachusetts USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
513.33/5.03.26/5.07%76.8Dimpled mug
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Commercial Description:
A strong medium bodied dark ale which contains a portion of wheat malt. River Ale has a slightly sweet malty, nutty flavor and is delicately hopped to provide a unique and pleasing taste.
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 williamherbert (461), Syracuse, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 8, 2009  
Hazy deep orange color. Big puffy head. Minor spotty lace. Thin jetsam of carbonation. The aroma is an inoffensive but weak ale smell. Ale yeast and malt, slightly pale. Some mild, almost pilsnery bitter hops. The taste is almost like a lager: Crisp, bitterish light malt. Like a thick all-malt lager. Very nondescript but not bad. The feel is thick and creamy...and very malty. A good, decent ale. Not a ton of flavor, but easy drinking.


 Nekronos (2243), Xalapa, Mexico
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Aug 31, 2009  
VEry good, a nice taste of roasted malts but not like an stout or others, just as nutty as other brown good ales.


 TBone (6675), Pori, Finland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Aug 7, 2009  
Cask@GBBF. Dark nut brown color, small white head. Aroma has toffee, nuts, grassy-wwoody hops. Grassy hops, quite nutty, but also some vegetably notes. Lingering alcohol in the aftertaste.


 oh6gdx (8798), Vasa, Finland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 7, 2009  
Cask. Amber colour, not too much head. Aroma is wooden, earthy, mild sourish fruity notes as well as some nuttyness. Flavour is caramel, wood, some maplesyrup, mild spices as well as some slight alcoholic sweet notes.


 JonnyC22 (162), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Jun 25, 2009  
I loved it. Very sweet and very "beer-tasting." Excellent choice, as I have been drinking IPAs for a week and have found some of them tough to drink. Guess I’m a newbie. Still a great brew.


 rocbyter (902), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/512/20
May 4, 2009  
Sweet and mild candy aroma. Light hazy orange color with a small off white head. Moderate sour beginning that fades in the finish.


Svensjair (3), concord, Massachusetts, USA
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4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/510/104/515/20
Mar 25, 2009  
What can i say other then delicious. To all you beer snobs out there, shame on you! A delicious beer with a great variety of flavors. 22oz bottle, popped open, poured and immediatly enjoyed. Hints of all kinds of flavors, tiny tinge of vanilla , some nutty hints of chocolate,the perfect amount of malt, and some great fresh hops taste in the background as well. Id recommend this excellent brew to anyone!


 mansquito (819), Boston/Philadelphia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Muddy brown color that signifies this beer as rather unfiltered. Tan head. Caramel and malt aroma and the taste is pretty much the same. The alcohol is covered up pretty well by the hearty malts in this beer. Kind creamy and smooth.



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