 unclemike (834), Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 28, 2008 Can: The aroma consists of chocolate, caramel, light berries, and a hint of nuttiness. It’s a reddish-brown with some transparency and a small beige head. The flavor starts with caramel, berries, and chocolate. Finishes with light roasted nut notes and a hint of earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
BrotherGrendel (581), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 28, 2008 One pint can, contents poured into Sam Adams Specialty glass.
Appearance is a clear, deep brown hue with amber highlights, big thick brown craggy head mostly sustains, thin spotty lacing.
Smell is a nice mix of malts including sweet cocoa, roast, toffee, coffee, and caramel, tones of nuts and surprising amount of grassy hops, slight alcohol, very aromatic.
Taste is amazing and follows the aroma, roast and cocoa malts initially intersperse with grass hops and ride a creamy milk backbone, midway comes tones of strong oatmeal, caramel, and vanilla, finishes dry and bitter.
Mouthfeel is medium-bodied, creamy smooth texture, mild to moderate carbonation.
This is probably the most flavorful brown ale I have ever had, the oatmeal, cocoa, and hops are all so well-balanced that i wish i had better access to Surly beers, looking forward to more of their beers very soon.
moelikebeer (219), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 22, 2008 Can. Medium dark brown pour with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. Similar flavor with some toffee and hop bitterness. Somewhat light body with medium carbonation. Interesting brown ale. Very tasty!
SilkTork (4167), Rochester, Kent, England
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 21, 2008 Chris_o’s GBBF Shindig 08. Dark red - aroma of damp washing on a warm day. American hops soaked into the malt. Smooth. Difficult to get a grip on what’s going on, but quite nice nonetheless.
Bhops (331), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 21, 2008 can thanks to mar. Pours dark black with tannish head... malty aroma, flavor of oaty smoothness and caramel. Really good beer.
cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle at Chris o’s…deep brown... bright hoppy nose ... hoppy malty ale, over hopped
mar (1815), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 17, 2008 can thanks to kosko20. deep black pour with a huge off white head. great malty scent with hops and oats. easy thickness with some caramel malts balanced out with some earthy hops.
Magicdave6 (5490), London, Greater London, England
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 13, 2008 Can in Blackfriers. Aroma is malty, cola and chocolate notes, theres a decent amount of hops, but i dont know what thir doing. Taste is similarly malty, but quite a bit of hop character. Alright, but the ipa blows it out the window.
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