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Thunder Canyon Countdown Honey Brown 2.99 5

Thunder Canyon Countdown Honey Brown


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53.28/5.02.99/5.0-0Dimpled mug
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There is a problem with the description Winner of the BRONZE medal in the Specialty Honey Lagers or Ales Category at the 2000 Great American Beer FestivalT. This medium bodied honey brown ale was originally brewed in celebration of the new millenium. It’s brewed with local mesquite honey for a unique Southwest flavor.
 DJMonarch (6878), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 11, 2009  
From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Thick white head. Some hop aroma. Copper coloured fruity and hoppy with a crisp malt finish.


 Bockyhorsey (2549), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 9, 2007  
Tap @ Brewery. Dark body with off white head. Had a decent malt and honey aroma. Some other honey beers I’ve tried were like stale honey aroma’s. Decent sweet malty honey stickyness to the flavor. Carbination gave me a cola soda flavor and where this came from I don’t know but a somewhat metalic finish. A decent considering I haven’t found a honey brew to my liking yet.


 cbkschubert (2002), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Dec 5, 2006  
On tap at TCB - Pours a clear brown color with a small off white head. Has a light honey and toasted malt aroma. Has a sweet honey/caramel malt flavor. Medium body. Easy to drink. Better than I thought it would be. Wortha try.


 FlacoAlto (2473), Tucson, Arizona, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Nov 22, 2006  
Sampled at the Brewpub
This beer is brought to me fresh from the tap with a frothy, lightly browned, tan colored head that starts out about a quarter-finger in thickness. The beer is a dark, opaque brown color that shows brilliantly clear, dark, amber brown notes around the edges. The aroma has a lightly sweet, caramelized malt notes to it, which is followed by a toasted malty note.

The taste is fairly sweet with notes of caramel, toffee and a honey-like sweetness that melds deeply with the sweet, dark malt notes. A nice level of carbonation adds a bit of a bite and along with a light hop bitterness, helps to balance some of the sweetness. This has a really nice toffee like character to it and at times it even takes on flavors reminiscent of a cola (perhaps that mix of honey and dark malt is what creates this).

This is nice and easy drinking, the sweetness does give it a touch of a sticky mouth-coating quality, but it helps to make the honey quality noticeable (if this was dry, the honey character would be lost, as it is, it is still subtle). I want to not like this for some reason, ultimately I do though and would even try this again.


 beerguy101 (3946), Newark, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Oct 14, 2002  
Dark brown color. Roasted malts. Full bodied, with a milder flavor. Nice malt flavor, some hoppyness. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is malty, slightly sweet.



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