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Brewers Alley 1634 Ale

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163.34/5.03.17/5.0Special5.1%66.9Lager glass, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
To celebrate the 375th anniversary of Maryland’s founding at St Mary’s City, Brewers Alley offers you a ’taste of the colony’ with our 1634 Ale. Crafted with molasses, malted rye and malted wheat, then adding caraway spice for flavor, we hope to evoke the rustic flavor of beer enjoyed by Lord Baltimore’s adventurers.
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 Hank1980 (764), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Nov 25, 2009  
Bottle from family in the area. Poured clear dark redish brown with a nice tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, spice. Taste is nicely sweet with spice and a sticky sweetness that goes beyond typical malt, probably molases. Spice was pleasant. Really an interesting brew. Mouth was sticky and coating. Overall, a decent ale.


 adrian910ss (1424), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of Tim. Pours a mahogany with a small light tan head. Aroma of bread dough, biscuits, malt and rye. Taste of rye and bread dough, malt and light floral hops.


 Jayb0 (752), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 18, 2009  
For all the atypical ingredients the beer is well integrated and not over the top. Drinkable with a hearty center and a decent spiciness.


 CaptainCougar (5493), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 4, 2009  
On tap at the brewpub on 7/20/09: Transparent dark amber mahogany with a clingy-lacing off-white head. Dry toasty caraway spice nose. Tastes semi-dry with lots of caraway and rye flavor before a bready dry finish. An interesting brew but could use more sweetness.


 Slipstream (760), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 9, 2009    Updated: Oct 27, 2009
An interesting historical brew, based on old recipes from colonial Maryland. Nice mahogany pour. Nose is floral and malty, with a little toast too. Mild, toasted rye flavor with a bit of sweetness and a dry finish. Overall feel is like a fairly light, but still tasty amber. An unusual and enjoyable brew.


 scraff (1942), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 25, 2009  
Bottle - The Wine Source. Dark copper, thick lightly tanned head. Soft molasses and spicy rye notes warm to light swirls of earthy caramel. Soft bitter rye and spice flavors balance well on a touch of toffee grains and earth. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, lightly spiced finish. Well executed...


 arventresca (341), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 23, 2009  
This beer pours dark amber/lighter brown. Very nice flavor and body. I actually enjoyed this one quite alot. The gem of my weekend in Maryland.


 Holdwine (908), Beertimore, Maryland, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Nice looking average ale. Living in Maryland, I wanted to like this more, but I couldn’t. It does have a nice spicy ryeness to it. With the sweetness you would expect from the ingredients. Not bad, but not really great either.



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