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Left Hand Deep Cover Brown Ale

Left Hand Deep Cover Brown Ale - Brown Ale

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44
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Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale

Longmont, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3192.98/5.02.98/5.04.3%38.4Dimpled mug
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Commercial Description:
Deep Cover Brown Ale is brewed in the tradition of the brown ales commonly enjoyed in the U.K. Despite its reddish-brown color, it is light bodied and slightly sweet, making it a very drinkable and refreshing brew. Dark caramel malts lend this ale its rich color, while toasted and Munich malts provide just enough body to be truly enjoyable.
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 GreatLibations (1440), Last Supper, Arizona, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 7, 2006  
Pours a brownish amber color w/ medium sized semi creamy froth. Froth reduces at a moderate pace to a dusty canopy w/ spattered islands. Aroma is slightly roasted w/ malts. Medium nectar w/ ample residual effers. A mellow roasted brown w/ a clean palate. Flavors are lightly roasted w/ a defined bakers cocoa showing nicely. Finish is crisp w/ minimal souring.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (1961), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 2, 2006  
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a ruby brown color with a small tan head. The aroma is roasty malts and fruity hops. The flavor is roasty and toasty malts with a light floral hop presence. I am not much of a fan of the style but this was surprisingly tasty.


 fakepurseninja (773), Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/516/20
Nov 29, 2006    Updated: Dec 14, 2006
Very malty and smooth. Lots of carmel and smokey flavors. Roasted nut and toffee notes. Smooth but seems a bit watered down.


 bubbleflubber (885), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 22, 2006  
Not bad... although a bit sweet (not cloying) but devoid of thickness. Pours mahogany into the glass, with an initial 2-finger head that diminishes to trace lace only. The nose is of sweet and sour caramels and sourmash. The body is a bit thin for the flavors, which center around a sweet malt, hinging on toffee/caramel, hinging on brown sugar... but not really defining one thing in particular. Finish brings the slightest sour back around. Not terrible, but definitely better "after" you’ve had a couple of others to take the "rating edge" off.... lol.


 HopheadHans (753), Bay Area, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Nov 20, 2006  
Bottle. Can you say thin? This beer has a very thin body which has a rather negative impact. There are subtle aromas of nuttyness and caramel going on, the same holdsfor the flavors. However the non-existent body makes it more reminiscent of water. This beer cannot hold a candle to Moose Drool or Lost Coast Downtown Brow, a thorough disappointment.


 crazyvin (1246), New York, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/59/20
Nov 14, 2006  
rather boring. Brownish-red hue with a thick white head. One dimensional indeed a bland caramel prsence in the aroma and flavor not much of a hop finish. Seemed to be over carbonated.


 Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Nov 9, 2006  
Orange to copper color with nice tan head. Aroma is sweet caramel malts. Flavor is a little one dimensional with sweet caramel maltiness. There’s also some pale malts and a hint of maybe citrus hops.


 GarrettB (494), Seattle, Washington, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/58/20
Nov 9, 2006    Updated: Oct 14, 2007
Like an aggravated mother to her kids, I don’t have much to say to Deep Cover. Left Hand, with the exception of their Milk Stout, has assaulted me with so many mediocre beers that I’ve become irritated. And Deep Cover was possibly the worst way to finish off the variety pack I had inherited, emphasizing the bland character of their beers and bringing a mark of shame to the otherwise vibrant Colorado microbrewery scene. As so my comments are terse, along with the forthcoming description, fitting because I don’t want to say much about it, and there isn’t much to say about it. It’s a smooth and simple malty drink, colored a deep red and with a vaporous white head. Beyond that there’s a simple touch of cranberry and raspberry, but that’s where the dynamism ends. It’s like drinking immature angst, sipping on that acrimonious apathy exuded by teenagers in their worst years between the insouciant innocence of childhood and the noble maturity of adulthood. One gets the impression that Deep Cover simply doesn’t care. Even worse, it has no apparent reason or motive to be so ho-hum! You see, even if someone fails to achieve their life’s dream, history will grant him some degree of fame and recognition for deeds conceived and unborn, so long as the motive or reason was revolutionary, just, or grand. The fallen general, or the murdered artist become martyrs for a cause they never saw an end to, honored and remembered for time immemorial. But when a job is left incomplete for no other reason than the willingness to accept a lower quality brew, the whole process becomes wretched. And when I drink Deep Cover and look at the bottle with a chastising glare, all I get back is a shrug and a smirk. To me that is the most offensive tone a beer can convey and the reason why it is so loathsome. From a perfectly practical perspective it’s just another average beer, but I’m sensing something deeper here, something from the brewer’s spirit as an artist, and it’s entirely inadequate for the craft. Thank goodness this isn’t present in all of Left Hand’s products, but I certainly hope they can rectify this one as it’s enough to put a would-be festive drinker in poor spirits.



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