Pelican Dorymans Dark Ale

Brewed by Pelican Pub & Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Pacific City, Oregon USA

Bottle from Sam’s Lincoln Park. Pours a very dark clear reddish amber with a lovely large thick frothy rocky off-white head, beautiful. Not much in the way of aroma, mildly roasted malts and light chocolate. A nice tasting brown ale, mellow, off-dry, lets those roasty flavors shine thru, very light hopping, a tad floral, some creamy dusty bitter-sweet chocolate. A bit of bitter metallic finish though with a bit of molasses. Nice body, creamy full mouthful at first followed by sizzling larger abundant soda carbonation that lightens the mouthful, not syrupy at all and only slightly sugary. A tasty very drinkable brown.

Purchased a 22-oz bomber from the brewery’s internet sales. Pours a clear dark copper amber brew with a thick off-white head that quickly dissipates to a fine ring. Aroma of roasted caramel malt, some dark pitted fruits, some chocolate and flowery hops. Taste is medium bodied, with flavors of roasted caramel malt, roasted nuts, some fruity character and a touch of flowery hops. Finish is semi-sweet with a thin caramel malt aftertaste.

Draft @ Pelican. Pours a deep, medium-dark chewy cola color; off-white head with gorgeous, glass-coating lacing; great pour. Basic cola and dried red fruits in the aroma; nicely dry. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: slight heaviness / oiliness upfront: dried fruits, chocolate / coffee, and a slight vegetal off-note; very slight; otherwise, plenty of cola and dried fruits; more pleasant than most brews. Lengthy finish: toastiness, mineral bitterness, and a touch of dark malts (chocolate, coffee); nicely dry.

OTH tasting 09/06/08. After rating 1700+ and coming up on 20 years of drinking craft beer this is my first try of a Pelican brew. Yeah, I’m psyched. Let’s do this. Pours deep clear darkness with thin off white head. The aroma starts with dark fruity esters followed by roasty to almost nutty malts. I also get some lingering muted spices here and there. The taste begins with a watery sensation bringing in notes of dark fruity esters, rich and tasty roasted malts and deep yet mildly assertive nuttiness. Very nice.

Very much a new world / US take on a dark ale but I guess this would clearly qualify as an American Brown Ale given the relatively significant hop impact. This is very evident through the aromas very early through very lifted sweet hops and fruit. Super delicious and reminds me a lot of the 20 or so Rogue beers I sampled recently. Palate is a touch more restrained but the basic profile of flavours promised on the nose come up again. If anything the flavours do tail off a little as the fruitiness drys out. Regardless, a really good beer.

Draught @ the brewpub. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Sweetish malty caramel aroma withsome hoppy hints. Sweetish malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a malty hoppy bitter caramel finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Thanks to Skyview. Dark copper pour with a dirty white head. Very nice hop profile on the nose. Sweet sugar and caramel malt in the taste along with a slight bitterness. Well done.

A solid brown ale. Caramel and molassas, on the sweet side. Lightly roasted malt and some lactose with a thicker than usual palate.