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Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale

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44
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1842.99/5.02.98/5.05%38.3Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
A smooth and refreshing beer loaded with flavor. Specialty malts give it a roasted taste and beautiful brown color. Balanced with just the right amount of Cascade hops.
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 redlight (1475), Winter Park, Florida, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/103/510/20
Dec 10, 2008  
Apple aromas, sweet malts, hints of caramel in the nose. Pours an amber brown with no head. Roasted malts, sweet caramel, with a balancing hop bitterness, there is a nice earthiness to it. Not bad, but nothing to bring me back to it.


 jcwattsrugger (5403), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Dec 7, 2008  
12oz bottle-pours a foamy light tan head and brown color with red tint. Aroma is medium/dark malt-chocolate, molasses, dark fruit. Taste is husky medium/dark malt-chocolate, molasses, dark fruit, secondary earthy hops. OK carbonation. Dry finish. Thanks jwc215 for picking this out.


 Tmoney99 (4749), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 7, 2008  
Bottle 12 oz at Village Pub, KY. Poured clear brown color with a large white head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Moderate toasted nutty aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium toasted malty flavor with a medium toasted sweet finish of moderate duration. Good session brew and best of the three that I tasted.


 bigrond (1049), factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 1, 2008  
Got this one in a sampler pack. I was impressed with this beer. The color and falvor was what I’d expect from a brown ale. Sweet and easy to drink.


 dkachur (2376), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Dec 1, 2008  
12 ounce bottle from a sampler. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a small head, low head retention and not much lacing. Somewhat fruity aroma with roasted malt characteristics. Taste is nutty roasted malts with a slightly fruity finish. Medium bodied. Not bad.


sward84 (24), Burke, Virginia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 30, 2008  
Very good.....rich roasted malt flavor...smooth finish. Won the 2008 Washington Post Beer Madness Championship, which is a big deal considering that breweries like Magic Hat, Dogfish Head, and Brooklyn Brewery were all in the race.


 esjaygee (1531), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/511/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of nuts and caramel. Taste of nuts, caramel and light toasted malt. A bit thin and watery. Nice that they donate proceeds on this one.


 Palidor19 (1780), Brandon, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Kinda thin, has real taste of toasted malts, slightly hoppy, some caramel, watery texture, works well for session



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