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Chicago Old Town Brown 2.89 38

Chicago Old Town Brown


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35
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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
382.91/5.02.89/5.04.6%26Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
CBC’s medal winning old town brown is a German-style brown ale. This beer has a clean well rounded dark malt character which creates a mild chocolate aroma and flavor. Colder fermentation temperatures and long cellaring time makes our brown a truly smooth all round brew.
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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 07/06/2004
Mode: Draft
Source: 4 Queens Casino

dark amber, thin off-white head, nice malt aroma with hints of chocolate, good malt flavor with bits of chocolate and carmel but no complexity, only a hint of hops or bitterness in the finish, a weak spot in the lineup, german stile lager - a dunkle?

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Score: *4
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 fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/58/20
Apr 14, 2006  
Draught at the brewpub
Brown color. Light caramel aroma. Medium dry taste, caramel and nothing else. Boring.


 argo0 (6978), Washington DC, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Oct 23, 2004  
Clear amber body with beige head. Aroma and taste are mild, medium sweet, some spice (clove), earthy, caramel. Watery, light-medium body. Pretty non-descript.


 jcwattsrugger (5563), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Mar 11, 2009  
on tap-pours an off white head and mahogany color. Aroma is roasty medium malt. Taste is medium malt-caramel, some earthy hops.


 ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 15, 2004  
Dark brown, burnt malts, scorched coffee and a little bread flavor. Very spicy for a brown... chocolate and coffee nose, a little maple underneath.


 BückDich (4857), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/513/20
Oct 9, 2004  
Sampled draught at 4 Queens, Las Vegas
Dark brown color with caramel apple hues. Creamy off-white head with little lacing. Nose of smoke and toffee; peanut brittle and brown sugar, figs. Taste is moderately bitter & astringent but finishes smooth & buttery. Thick mouthfeel. Tobaccoish.


 thedm (3836), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/104/511/20
Oct 16, 2006  
This draft brew from the brewery poured a small sized head of finely sized off-white colored bubbles that was and left behind a transparent uncarbonated copper brown colored body and a fair lacing. The mild aroma was malty and dough. The thin mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish malty aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of malt hops and brown malt. A decent one but not one that I would consider buying again.


 Braudog (3773), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/514/20
Apr 27, 2003  
Tad bit of the nutty aroma and indeed a nut-brown-like taste, but also with a strong sweet side. Strange combination, but decent.



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