Big Rock Traditional Ale

Brewed by Big Rock Brewery
Style: Amber Ale
Calgary, Canada

Draft in Waterton Lakes: Deep copper-amber hue with a decent head. Lively carbonation; smooth, easy-to-drink palate. Lightly roasted and toasted and grainy. Light bitterness and hint of sourness. Faint sweetness (toffee). Herbal bitterness. Like a Fat Tire Lite.

Canette de 355 ml. Nos yeux observent une bière de couleur cuivrée-rousse avec une mousse beige qui couvre la surface du début jusqu’à la fin. Notre nez respire des arômes de caramel et de noisettes grillées en premier nez et de sucre d’orge en deuxième nez. Notre palais rencontre un corps moyen avec une effervescence moyenne. Nos papilles gustatives goutent des saveurs maltées de caramel, de sucre brun, de noisettes rôties avec une très légère amertume. La finale est sucrée et légèrement torréfiée. Surpris . Merci Rémy

2008-07-27, draught at Ship & Anchor, Calgary, 5-3-5-2-9=24
Amber color. Very simple Ale, very light toffee aroma, caramel flavor, not much more to write about.

2008-07-22, can, 4-3-5-2-10=24
Amber color; poor head. Very light aroma. Medium bodied, with some caramel flavor and correct biterness. Drinkable, but too simple.

341 ml bottle as arandom single from LCBO, served cold in a tulip glass.

App.: Clear deep amber with a moderate tan head. Aroma: Nuts and caramel, brown sugar, raisins, an odd vegetal note, a bit of meaty broth, Palate: Medium+ body, moderate carbonation. Flav.: A let down, cardboard a bit of ashen, austere malt, a touch of hops (I’m really digging here...), little else; dry finish with a touch of malt.

Maybe an old bottle, maybe a lousy beer.

tap at Big Rock in Seoul - Pours amber with a very thin white head. It has a nutty caramel malt aroma. The flavor is mostly of lightly toasted malt with some mild hops. It’s medium bodied and pretty enjoyable.

This was one of my first in my quest to drink all that the LCBO had to offer that was out of my ordinary. It was alright. I rate it because I am trying to keep count, over time. Fogive me.

Dark amber pour. Nutty and dirty aroma. Mild hops and nutty flavour. Slightly unpleassant aftertaste. The run of the mill Calgarian micro ale.

341ml bottle. Pours an amber colour with a small white surface film. Aroma: Nuttiness, maybe too much of it, or maybe I’m not huge into nuttiness. Taste: Better than I thought it would be, ok malts followed by tin, followed by caramel and then a nutty flavour that I tend to hate in beers. Weird and unpleasant alcoholic flavour is way too evident. At least I only had to pay $2.00 for this one bottle. Really unremarkable, sorry. EDIT: Much better on tap, malts really shine through.