McNeills Slop Bucket Double Brown

Formerly brewed at McNeills Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Brattleboro, Vermont USA

Medium brown, almos clear, decent off-white head. Strong C-hops aroma yet in a earthy caramel malt territory. So dry it almost feels chalky, vegetal chocolate notes, almost peppery hops. Thin-medium body, low carbonation makes it feel a bit stale. Hmm, I’m not a big fan of this experiment, it’s just too dry and since this particular beer has an earthyness that almost reaches ashes in its approach to roastiness, it doesn’t pair well to my tastes.

Pours a muddy brown color with red highlights. Strong aroma and flavor of hops, it’s a McNeils after all, with malt and brown sugar. Nice creamy texture. Interesting beer.

Strong grapefruit, orange, resinous hop nose with fair underlying malty sweetness in the aroma. Opaque, reddish-brown body is topped by a decent off-white head that recedes slowly to cover with some lacing. Grapefruit and especially orange hop flavour dominates with plenty of roastiness in the finish which provides for a fairly assertive bitterness. Somewhat chalky and powdery texture in the mouth. Medium-light body is very dry. Bottle (City Market - Oct. 2004) sampled with DumDum, Nicholas, Olivier and Rastacouere.

Purchased from a co-op in Brattleboro. Pours a wonderful reddish-brown color. Full and frothy off-white head. Rich floral bouquet. Initial bitterness balanced by sweet, fruity, hemp flavours. Smooth finish. Cheers!

22 oz Bottle: Reddish brown color with a small light tan head. Light bodied. Aroma is caramel, roasted malt, wood, nuts, earth. Taste is subtle roasted malt, bitter nuts, light smoke, citrus hops, and bitter chocolate.

Bottle - Pours a reddish brown in color with a medium light tan head. Some lacing. Aroma is of caramely malt and floral hops. Flavor is piney hops with a mild roasted malt and hoppy bitterness. Finish is hoppy and medium bitter. A really good brown ale.

Poured a ruby red raspberry color with a small off white head and nice lacing. huge aroma of sweet caramel and toffee, wood, nuts, malt, and a nice floral hoppiness. Subdued roasted malt balanced a hop finish. Now this is my new favorite brown, certainly beats the summer brown.

Smells kinda hoppy with hints of pine. There are also notes of malts in there that give it a nice roasty flair. Smells delicious. Moderately hazy mahogany color with a small off-white head. Thin, vinous, smoked tastes. Hints of chocolate. Decent.