 merlin48 (511), New Tazewell, Tennessee, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 23, 2008 Bottle pours a chill hazed chestnut brown body with an ample tan head that retains well and leaves generous lacing. Aroma begins nutty and chocolate but hops quickly take over with brash notes of pine and grapefruit rind. Creamy carbonation and some hop oiliness noted on the palate. Taste is very assertively hopped with bitter pine and citrus rind. Malts emerge more fully as it warms with a pleasant toastiness that highlights nutty, chocolate, and roasted coffee tones. Very well done. Certainly one of the hoppiest brown ales I’ve encountered.
JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 22, 2008 Bottle. Chestnut brown color with a thin persistent khaki head. Aroma is a mix of earthy hops and nuttiness, plus an odd talcum-like note. There’s a slight astringency to the hops and a tannic note to the malts that combine to give a taste that is oddly bitter and pleasant. The finish, however, leaves the malts behind and all you have is this astringency, and at times it borders on being unpleasant. A confusing brew.
MrBendo (1042), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 22, 2008 Bottle. Clear rust to brown color with a large head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, citrus hops and a hint of cocoa. Very dry, with some bittering hops at the finish.
badlizard (2341), Berkeley, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 18, 2008 bottle from Pizza Port. Red amber with a fizzy white head. Citrus and huge hoppy nose. Herbal tea like citrus earthy hops, bitter bite, and a robust coffee taste. Quite good.
WeeHeavySD (2961), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 18, 2008 Bottle @ Hamilton’s, Blair nicely gave this to me and Dalekliz. This is an interesting Brown. Pours Brownish with a super dark hue and a 1 finger tan head. Nose light and sweet and malty. Taste is sweet and malty and has a lot of burnt malt, almost too much, it isn’t drinkable because of it. Overall robust and decently nice.
awaisanen (1279), Irvine, California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 16, 2008 From a 500mL Bottle. Pours a somewhat hazy, caramel brown color with a thick layer of fine bubbled tan foam. Aromas of chocolate, bread crusts, minty hops, and hints of anise seed. Medium bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel. Excessively hopped, brimming over with one-dimensional pine/grapefruit hop bitterness, drowning out the malt characters. Edges of burned biscuit and dry chocolate try to peek through on the back end, but it’s mainly just pithy bitterness. A less drinkable IPA. Clean, but conceptually not up my alley.
blutt59 (2098), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 16, 2008 b0ttle, nice head that laces well, nose of hops, raisins, sugar and coffee, hoppy burnt cocoa with a light body
couchand (182), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 16, 2008 Opal reddish-brown, creamy tan head.
Light, clean aroma: caramel, light toasty, bready, some burnt, some medicinal.
Sweet, hoppy flavor, some bitterness.
Roast, caramel, light biscuit, very slightly astringent.
Delicate palate, invites consideration.
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