Hook and Ladder Backdraft Brown Ale

Brewed by High Falls Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Rochester, New York USA

Dark brown, with nice thick two finger head with great retention. aroma was stale and flavor was bland. Bottled could have oxidized due to cardboard taste. No pop or excitement out of this one.

A deep dark brown ale witha thick moka head. Pleasant aroma of nuts and hops, restrained. In mouth, a rather averge brown ale, with sufficient British hops and some good nutty malt. 5.50$ at Ray’s The Classics in Silver Spring, MD.

the pleasant aroma promised a slightly sweet complex maltiness but the flavor did not deliver! it tasted cheap and generic with little or no flavor and a finish that never began.

Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head that leaves nice lacing.... Smells of sweet dark slightly roasted malts... Tastes of generic unflavored flat cola, what a rip-off, this beer should be called A-Treat brown cola(le).... Horribly disappointing

This brown ale poured with a tall tan head and almost no aroma. There is a hearty roasted malt flavor with some slight hop bitterness. A decent brown ale, but nothing to search for.

Poured from a bottle with a medium sized head that leaves rather thick lacing. It is a deep brown with a shade of ruby red when illuminated. The aroma is mild and is of primarily roasted malt with a hint of hops. There is a flavor of roasted malt with some nuttiness, and it has a thin feel. Overall, the beer is very refreshing but not overly complex in any way.

Bottle from Grocery Outlet in Woodland, CA. Dark ruby color with a multifinger beige head. It laces. Aroma of roasted brown malt. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is smooth darker roasted caramel. Light toast. A little bitter. Can tell it’s a brown, but the flavor is much less harsh than most. Seems to finish more astringent than anything else. A decent ale, tastier than very many, and an excellent buy at $.67.

Light brown color with a tall, lasting, beige head. Light aromas of caramel (like kitchen bouquet) and toasted malt. Light caramel and nougat flavors. A bit of dry toasted malt in the finish and linger. Not catching much as far as cascade hops, perhaps a touch of grapefruit pith, but nothing like the normal cascade citrus. Boring at best.