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Shipyard Brewers Choice Special Ale Brown Ale (05-06, 09-) 3.17 110

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

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1103.19/5.03.17/5.0Winter5.4%64.5Dimpled mug
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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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ben1843 (6), Florida, USA
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4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/103/517/20
Apr 9, 2005    Updated: Oct 4, 2005
(12 oz. bottle available @ Maggie’s Attic, Mount Dora FL)--Although this beer does have a lingering aftertaste, everything else is very nice.


 GirlyBeer (183), Biddeford, Maine, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/517/20
Apr 1, 2005    Updated: Apr 26, 2006
2005 version. This is a beautiful beer. A little dark in color, lots of flavors. Overall a very enjoyable beer.


 ericnixon (719), Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Mar 18, 2005  
The good beer store in New Hampshire (yes, unfortunately there is only one) had only one six pack of this, and two bottles were missing out of it. So, I happily took two bottles from another beer I hadn’t had before to make a full six pack. Nice smoky, roasted aroma over a deep dark brown/reddish color. Smoky flavor that has just the right mouthfeel and slight hoppy in the aftertaste. Pretty good stuff.


 NYHarvey (2154), New York, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 23, 2005  
Had this at my friends wedding...yeah he is that cool. Also had it at Yeoman’s Road Pub in Tampa. I occasionaly like a beer that goes slightly against the grain and this was a nicely kicked up brown that still retained all the classic brown elements. Robust and nutty are cliches when talking about browns, but hey that is what it is. The only thing that was kinda off putting was that it seemed a little over carbonated for a brown.


 Darkover (1317), 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.


bkochuna (5), Oakland, California, USA
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3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 5, 2006  
good balance of malts and hops, aroma is predominately yeasty, great dark amber color, but for the beer tastes just a hair too much of alcohol for something that’s only 5.4% and this detracts somewhat, but for the most part very enjoyable


 Nisse666 (524), Göteborg, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Jan 1, 2010  
Flaska 10 grader, 2009-09-03, Göteborg UTS: Pepsi cola med julmust skum D: Newcastle brown ale + kaffe S: Som en Newcastle men lite torrare och med någon oidentifierbar metallisk bismak. Faktiskt helt OK men orginalet (tänkte då på NBA) rules. Brukar bli besviken på Shipyard men faktiskt inte denna gång. ES: Sötsyrlig mjuk dimma


 crizay (1050), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 27, 2006  
Pours a Dark normal Brown color, with a nice creamy beige head that left lacing the whole time. Very different tasting brown ale, I can’t really put a name on everything I was tasting but it tasted nutty and with a big toffee kick, along with chocolate and slight coffee and roasted malts, damn good beer and will get more. Wasn’t sure why the 2006 bottle was the exact same thing as the 2005 only with 2006 on it, but bottled in Jan’ 06.



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