Big Rock Traditional Ale

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

This was the free beer provided by a participant at the 2006 hockey pool. Decent aroma, but nothing to write home about. Slightly malty. The colour was an almost reddish colour. It felt ’perky’ on the tongue, but the favour didn’t thrill me.

Pours a medium amber-brown with a short-lived soap-sud head and a light aroma of sweet malt & hops. Tastes pleasantly hoppy, but with a sweet crystal malt backbone that overpowers the hops easily. Decently chewy body, very drinkable and better than most draught swill.

Mild brown in color with an aroma of mild caramel and some type of spice which I couldn’t put my finger on. The flavor was nice, but disappointingly thin with an amber. On the palate this didn’t improve and left me with a hallow feeling about this beer. The best thing I could say is that is a poor-man’s Newcastle brown.

Robe rousse aux reflets blonds très claire surmontée d’une mousse blanche mince. Arômes de malt. Saveurs de malt et de caramel.

Nice dark amber color. sweet malt, and a little bit of hops in the aroma. Flavour is pretty weak, and thin. slight fruity notes, aftertaste for some odd reason is grassy. not very pleasant beer.

This is a fantastic beer for those interested in something a little darker than your usual pale ales and such. Great reddish colour and tempting aroma. Relaxed and easy-drinking beer.

Great old standby for me. Very good session beer - can drink this one repetitively! One of Big Rock’s best.

medium malt smell with sweetness. Dark red colour with medium head that disapates quickly. Tastes of medium malt and caramel, and hops. A little watery in the mouth for an English Brown perhaps (likely deceptive marketting?). Some tweaking and this could be a great ale, but does well for sessions at places that tap it. Its the office watering hole #1 choice.