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Shipyard Brewers Choice Special Ale Brown Ale (05-06, 09-) 3.17 108

Shipyard Brewers Choice Special Ale Brown Ale (05-06, 09-)

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1083.19/5.03.17/5.0Winter5.4%64.6Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
Brewer’s Choice Brown Ale is a full-bodied, dark brown ale made with 5 different malts and 3 varieties of hops. Pale Ale, Crystal, Chocolate, Roasted Barley and Wheat malts combine to give this beer a nice smoky taste up front and a smooth, full body, finishing with a crisp hop bite at the back. Hops used in this limited edition brew are English Challenger, Styrian Goldings, and East Kent Goldings at the finish. Available February -­ March. 5.4% alcohol by volume
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 Darkover (1315), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/515/20
Jun 19, 2006  
Dark brown color with a tan head. Malt aroma with notes of sour yeast and hops in the background. Flavor of roasted and sweet malts, with some pepper and hops.


 Holdwine (908), Beertimore, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Jun 13, 2006  
Solid effort, easy drinking brown ale. An underappreciated style, Shipyard has a winner here. Enough complexity to keep the beer geek guessing about the malt and hops mix, enough flavor to keep everyone else happy. Nice toasty notes with a creamy mouthfeel.


 footbalm (1219), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
May 25, 2006  
Yet another bottle from Zathrus13. Didn’t get any smoke but there was a slight resemblence to a sour brown.The roasted barley came out and there seemed to be a toffee candy taste.


 BrockLanders (750), Panama City, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
May 23, 2006  
Yep, the best Shipyard brew I’ve had. A very typical looking brown ale....dark translucent brown, moderate tan head. Very roasty flavor with a some nice porter-ish qualities. I like DFH Indian Brown better, but this is a nice effort. Nice lingering bitterness in the end. Tasty.


 JFURYCAT (792), East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/516/20
May 18, 2006    Updated: May 19, 2006
Brown ale with a toasty grainy flavor coupled with a unique smokey nutty flavor characteristic of dark roasted folger’s coffee. Like folger’s it has the essential elements without anything over the top. The mouthfeel is smooth and it adds drinkability to this brew. The nice thing about this beer is how they blend a lot of ingredients together to create a balanced beer that must be pretty good on tap. This is the best Shipyard beer I’ve had besides their Old Thumper interpretation. This seems like a very under-rated beer IMHO.


 DragonStout (1380), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/512/20
May 7, 2006  
Poured brown with a small head.Had some burnt notes to it.Was a medium mouth feel and well drinkable.Not bad


 allfreej (375), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
May 7, 2006  
Bottled, Poured dark brown with an off-white head. I thought it stood up well against other Brown Ales I’ve had, and I would certainly drink it again.


 YourDarkLord (1800), Urbana, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
May 3, 2006  
A dark brown body rests under a foamy off-white head. Aroma of Heath bar, some grassy hops, hints of chocolate. Medium body with some substance in texture. The flavor was lightly sweet, nutty, buttery. Not a bad brew but questionable as a brewer’s choice. Unless there wasn’t much else to choose from.



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