Big Rock Warthog Ale

Smells like a lager, tastes like a lager... How is this a brown ale ??? Anyways, tastes like an amber lager with a bit more hops than a macro one.

Bottle at C’est What’s ’Fall Festival of Craft Breweries’. Pours a clear gold with a small diminishing creamy white head. Aroma of caramel malt, grain and some sweetness. Flavour of grain, caramel malt and very light hops. Average bodied. Not very good.

355 mL Can :(. Can’t find this in bottles in the city. Clear amber pour, can gives it a larger than average head. Aroma is nutty, almond, hazelnut,vanilla, roasted malts. Taste is light and sweet, with a clean mouthfeel that is quite refreshing. More appealing than Traditional.

bottle at C’est What
Appearance: clear straight forward amber , creamy mid white top, some lace.
Nose: Grainy , bit flat nose , slight dust on sweet malts. Ordinary.
Flavor/Palate : Mid bodied , fairly soft. Straight grainy industrial feel. Not overly carbonated.

Amber brown with a small off white head. The aroma is nutty with some caramel and distant hops. Mouthfeel is fairly light. Flavour has some more caramel, nuts, brown bread.

Clear light orange. Standard smell. A little musty. Very smooth with little taste. Smooth nonetheless, there’s just nothing to it.

This review done at my father’s 65 birthday party and the fact the they splurged and got a couple of the Big Rock taster packs instead of their normal cube of Coors Light is a mirical. Body of the brew is brown with a thin film of bubbles floating on top and after 1 min. its all gone, this looks completely flat. Aroma is mild with sweet malts that have traces of milk chocolate, some wood and a faint hint of hops. Strange even though the beer looks completely flat it seems to have an abundance of stinging carbonation that is warming the stomach. Very bready taste with slight lemony hops. Yuck to look at the beer now with not one single bubble on top it looks like I’m drinking brown water. Is that melon I’m tasting? Strange there is nothing special about this beer but its enjoyable, it is one of Big Rock’s better offerings it has a nice light easy drinking flavor that allows you to consume massive quantities in a single evening causing a death cloud of Big Rock morning after gas the next day. Brew got more caramel in the last ounce or two once at room temp.

Bottle. Pours a pretty average amber, with a foamy head and next to no lacing. Nose is butterscotch, malt, and little else. Palate shows some crystal malt, but very little else. Hollow, disappointing, and a shameful effort from what used to be a pretty decent brwery. Why must you hurt me so BigRock? I loved you so well. Your Maibock (for the whole 3 years you made it) introduced me to microbrewed beer, and I have watched your downward spiral ever since. Sigh... You really can’t ever go home again.