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Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale 2.98 185

Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale

Percentile
44
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1852.99/5.02.98/5.05%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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 freekyp (906), Thomasville, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Pours a deep brown with a mid-sized off white head. Flavor is earthy with a back of the tongue dryness at the finish. Malt character is prominent and a bit sweet. Milk chocolate comes to mind but in a subtle delivery. Nice session brew and more flavorful than many other browns.


 nearbeer (1886), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jun 29, 2008  
12 oz. Garnet-mahogany and clear with a small but lasting head. Earthy brown sugar and spicy grain aroma. Flavor is cola, earthy molasses and grain, coffee, and some slight tart apple and cherry. Light-medium body is too fizzy with carbonation, and slightly dry.


 FatTony (121), Augusta, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 26, 2008  
12 ounce bottle- poured out a translucent brown like a cola. The level of carbonation was also cola-like. Aroma was roasted hops with dry cherries or fruit. Taste was suprisingly sweet, but hard to identify. Not bad.


 hershiser2 (923), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Bottle. Pours brown with a large tan head. Coppery/metallic malts in the nose, hints of unsweetened chocolate. Flavor of roasted malts, bitter grasses, and a simle, plain somethingorother. Lotsa carbonation.


 scraff (1955), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 16, 2008  
Tasting - Perfect Pour. Dark brown, tan creamy head. Soft toasty milk chocolate nose with undertones of cocoa berry. Soft roasty chocolate flavor balances on a light earthed berry-like tone. Light bodied, soft carbonation, mild chocolate finish. Decent, but nothing special...


 blindeyedbetty (155), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/104/512/20
Jun 8, 2008  
12 oz. bottle pours an opaque garnet-brown with thick off-white head. Malty aroma with buttery front palate, roasted, earthy middle palate and a mild finish of hops. Medium bodied. Lots of carbonation. I really wanted to like this beer a lot more than I did. Definitely drinkable but nothing extraordinary.


 tjthresh (1782), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 6, 2008  
12 ounce bottle. Pours clear brown with a thick tan head. Sort of a plain roasted malt aroma. Just little bit of hops. Chocolate and nutty flavor with a balanced bitterness. Medium, but watery. High carbonation. Dry finish. Basic stuff.


 pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 6, 2008  
6-5-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to jwale23
Amber brown with no real lasting head. Smell is light malt and peanuts. Flavor is watery malt - very watery, in fact. Highly carbonated and just too watery for me. Not very interesting or developed overall.



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