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Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale 2.98 184

Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale

Percentile
44
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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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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 jbuzz (661), South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Bottle from Three Cellars Milwaukee. Nice smooth well balanced Brown. Nutty with slight malts,caramel, brown sugar.


 elihapa (1067), Honolulu, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/510/20
Sep 12, 2008  
bottle. Aroma of caramel malt. Palate is quite light, and flavor takes its time to build into a mildly sweet blend. I tasted a hint of roastiness, caramel, brown sugar and malt. Finish is quite flavorless. Overall, this beer is too weak to be something I would go back to.


 cmillward (434), Orlando, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/59/20
Sep 8, 2008  
Bottle. Pours murky brown with a thin tan head. Chocolate, malty, caramel and roast on the nose, though all are faint. Malt with a little roast, a touch sweet, some bitterness on the finish. Nothing remarkable about the palate. Overall, nothing to excite me. Not offensive, just a little underwhelming.


 emacgee (1892), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/513/20
Aug 25, 2008  
Pours a pale translucent copper brown with a one finger frothy tan head. The nose was sweet, nutty, grainy, some grassyness. The flavor was grainy, sweet, nutty, not very upfront. Very thin mouthfeel.


 Radek Kliber (3962), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 25, 2008  
On Tap at Coles (Buffalo)
Appearance: Brown ale with medium large creamy tanned head. 4-
Nose: Light aroma , choco cake with light spice hint (Vanila?). Baking soda , chocolate malt at end.
Flavor/Palate : Full bodied. Coffee-chocolate front with west coast alphas. Good soft bodied middle. Filling , straight simple qualities. Solid brown ale.13-


 gmonroe10 (172), Netherlands
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 21, 2008  
Bottle at Chicos. Pours a solid clear brown, creamy off white head. Aroma of caramel. Flavor was beautifuly creamy, nice chocolate and toffee. Medium finish, with roasted bitter


 DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Aug 20, 2008  
(Bottle). Distinct caramel aroma. Very dark reddish brown in color with a moderate fluffy tan head. Flavor is sweet and very caramelly, along with some toast and nuts. Pleasant finish. Not bad.


 HogTownHarry (4020), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/59/20
Aug 12, 2008  
Bottle (12oz). Shared by blankboy with me and garthicus. Clear deep reddish-brown with an average fluffy off-white head. Dryish syrupy cola aroma, slightly nutty roast malt that seems a little cheap and fake, somehow. the taste is very thin and harsh - syrupy, weirdly medicinal, dry and somehow made me think of chemical and spilt milk. Thin mouthfeel, harsh afteraste - in one word: "cheap"



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