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Half Pints Sweet Nikki Brown


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71
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A Brown Ale brewed by
Half Pints Brewing Co.

Winnipeg, Canada

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303.34/5.03.31/5.0Autumn4.9%77.6Dimpled mug P  Stats

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This beer has been brewed especially for my wife, Nicole. Just like her, it's a little sweet, and a little bitter. Brewed in the American Brown tradition, this hoppy ale is nut brown in colour (just liker her hair and eyes). The addition of two different British crystal malts give the beer a sweet, fruity flavor while the Belgian Biscuit and Chocolate malts lend a deep nutty character (draw your own conclusions) to finish. I've used UK Goldings and Yakima Valley Cascade hops to add a flowery citrus finish to the beer. Try it with a ploughman's lunch of Rye bread, Asiago cheese, and deli pickles. Serve at 8 degrees celcius in a nonic pint glass. Unfiltered and unpasturized.

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 bu11zeye (3780), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 2, 2008  
(22oz. bottle) Pours a chestnut brown body with a small creamy beige head. Aroma of caramel, chocolate, and nuts. Flavor of cocoa, toasted grain, and nuts. Easy drinker.


 mgermani (621), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 5, 2008  
Pours a clear light brown with a good 2-finger head with passable retention and a nutty, hoppy aroma. Not bad! Tastes surprisingly balanced for a brown, especially one with "sweet" in the title - nutty and chocolaty, but with enough hops to balance things nicely. Moderately creamy body and good carb, dangerously sessionable!


 Boutip (1815), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 4, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of Oakbluff: Poured a deep brown color ale with an average foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of deep caramel and toffee malt is quite interesting. Taste is a nice mix between some caramel and toffee malt notes with a medium dry hoppy finish. Full body with some good carbonation. Very well done over all but was hoping ( and would have like) a hoppier finish.


thepegjett (47), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/515/20
Apr 18, 2008  
A - roasted nutty aroma. A - full brown colour F - Sweet and bitterl flavor. P - Smooth. O - sweet and nutty, very New Castle esque.


 Pigfoot (2225), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 28, 2007  
Clear and mahongany tinted, under a perfectly rusted and rocky cream toned head of foam. Nice. Aroma: lovely stuff, an enticing mix of nuts, soft cocoa, light spice...big malt, plenty of caramel, and light hops. Mmmm. Lets taste ’er! Lively carbonation, malty sweetness, then dry...some bright fruity flavors, some cherry speaking up, very tasty...full flavored, roasty-toasty...feeling like the character of a dubbel, here, and no wonder...British crystal malt, plus Belgian Biscuit and Chocolate...very good. Golding and Cascade hops, fairly small in the flavor, but they sparkle in the finish. Sweet, yes, and just a little bitter. Mmmm. I like it, and it reminds me of my beloved Bender. Beautiful stuff, here. I’m sure, just like Nikki.



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