Big Rock Traditional Ale

A nice bit of tingy hops. Small aroma sadly, because it smells kind of nice. The malt tastes like it is pretty good quality and adds a fairly good balance.

On tap, pours amber colour. Smooth, but plain flavour, with light hops. Refreshing, but unspectacular.

Botella. Clear deep amber colour. Aroma of toasted caramel and toasted malt with some grains. Bit thin mouthfeel. Sweet caramel with well toasted malt and a light hoppy bitterness. Rather thin brown ale.

Fairly plain but flavour has a decent amount of malt, a little buttery but its not over the top and kind of works. Not great but a decent beer,

Can. Plain brown beer with a strongish head. The aroma is lightly malty, and the flavour is watery, lightly bitter and malty. Overall a very average plain tasting beer.

Bottle. 5%. No idea what the fuss is about. Advertises micro-brewery craftiness and doesn’t really deliver. Boring tasting copper/amber ale. Nice colouring with a tan, creamy foam, but the taste is nothing to write home about. Still drinkable, don’t get me wrong, but something I would order only if the selection was extremely narrow.

Wow so I wasn’t expecting this. Ruby pour. Some hops on the nose. Darker malts as well. Creamy mouthfeel. Amazing taste. A great mix of sweet malts with the spice of hops. Leaves a pleasant aftertaste as well. Superb.

Can. Poured with a small, off-white head that disappeared quite quickly to a haze on top of the beer. No lacing. Body was very clear, and dark amber in color. I enjoyed the aroma... light malt and hops, with something else quite pleasant that I couldn’t put my finger on. Body was light to medium on the palate, and slightly oily/creamy, with lively carbonation. Nice flavor that starts off slightly sweet, but finishes with a light bitterness, yet short duration. Overall a pretty enjoyable beer that would make a good session ale (although there seems to be some confusion from different sources over exactly what class of beer this is).