Berkshire River Ale

Brewed by Berkshire Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale
South Deerfield, Massachusetts USA

22 oz bomber. Pours a cloudy brown. Kind of like a muddy river. There’s a nice 1/2" tan head with frothy lacing that stays with you till the end. Nose is sweet with malts and caramel. Mouthfeel is medium with average carbonation, a little bit creamy. Flavor is slightly sweet with malts and breadlike flavors. Some nuttiness is in there . I enjoyed this one.

Nice label with those cute black and white drawings of working men that Berkshire Brewing likes. Brown color with nice head and lacing. Mild aroma. This has a fresh, robust flavor - grains, sweet malt, caramel, a dash of coffee, and mildly bitter on the fade-out. A good all around brew that is worthy of the cool waters and green hills of western Massachusetts.

Pours a brick red cololur with a thin sticky beige head. Malty aroma, with notes of caramel and nuts. Lots of malty flavours of caramel, toffee, and a touch of vanilla with a dry nutty finish. Surprisingly good, especially considering the lack of hops to balance this brew. I really enjoyed this brew, and will probably bring a few back with me to canada. Top notch, everything from the berkshire brewery has been impressive so far.

Brown copper colored with lacing white head. Oaky malts, sugar, nuts, toffee and figs are all here. The beer itself is sticky-fruity sugary sweet, lighter bodied brown. Nice murky river water, thats for sure.

On tap at Flat Street in Brattleboro. Maybe a bit of caramel in the aroma. Very mild with little going on in the nose. Dark amber clear body with creamy off-white lacing head. Medium watery body with almost cask smooth carbonation, just shy of creamy. Very mild. Starts with decent amount of maltiness, some grainy character. Some vanilla. Not much else. A bit of a sweet character and very little hoppiness. Nice dry nutty bitterness at finish. Nice session ale.

a nice, smooth dark ale. nice malt flavor, low hops, some body but a touch watery. It’s a nice, easy drinking beer, and the alcohol is well-hidden. Definitely one I would like to drink again, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to buy it again. A solid beer, just not too inspiring.

22oz bottle acquired in trade with ppoitras (thanks!). This happens to be my 100th Brown Ale rating. Poured light brown, almost a deeper orange color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, chocolate and nuts. Tastes of caramel, chocoalte, nuts and had a sugary sweetness as well.. Thinner body. Although this had the typical Brown Ale profile, I found the tastes and aromas didn’t really mesh together well. It was as if they were each fighting each other and and definitely did not blend.

Brown/amber color with a thin white cream head. Aroma is sweet and malty. Flavor is sweet, almost too sweet. A cloyingly sweet brown. No thanks.