Score
7.01
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Bottle from the Great Beer Bar, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Poured a slightly hazy medium brown colour with a mostly lasting frothy, light tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, toffee, caramel, nutty, slightly fruiy, light floral dry hop. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter, with a smooth, rich, burnt treacle toffee, nutty, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Botella de @Vivalabirra, Oviedo 13/08/2018
Color marron oscuro, aroams caramelo notas a malta, sabor maltoso, notas cacao, cuerpo medio, agradable.
Draught @ Valhalla. Murky dark brown with slight reddish tint, small foamy beige head, very faint mocha aroma, medium carbonation, lightly bitter roasted malt taste, thin body, medium bitter finish. Quite smooth and well rounded
Tap at Stella’s. Dark brown with light brown head, served in a goddamn jar. Cocoa, sweet roasted malts, maple, brown sugar and light wood. Medium sweet and almost medium bitter. Slightly over medium bodied.
Bottle (from beergium). Pours dark ruby brown with beige head. The head stays for a moment. Aroma is very sweet, caramel candy, malt, slight peanut butter. Flavor is sweet and bitter, caramel, malt, nuts, some fruits. Finish is dry-nutty bitter with some lingering sweetness and slight alcohol burn. Overall: well-made brown ale (maybe bit too boozy), but by the numbers brown ale is very boring (because brown ale is boring style...).
Dark briwn, small airy beige head. Malty, roasted aroma, some dried fruit. Flavour is sweetish, has more dried fruit which turns slightly boozy. Finishes roasted with decent bitterness.
Bottle from Beergium. Pours dark reddish brown with creamy off white head. Aroma of toffee, chocolate, red berries and light xxx. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, burnt caramel and a light roast. Dry, lightly roasted chocolatey finish. Quite light on the palate and medium carbonation.
Older bottle bought online. Milky, irregular, coarse, off-white head over a clear, deep brown beer with warm ruby hue. The aroma is a treat for maltheads (as it ought to be in an American brown ale): chocolate paste, hazelnut oil, butterscotch, fresh toast, raisins, maple syrup, cocoa butter, candied orange, tea, marzipan. Soft sweet onset, candied dates, raisins, marmelade, countered by a very subtle berry-like sourishness; soft carbo, thinnish body as expected from the style, lovely smooth caramelly and lightly nutty maltiness with a chocolatey accent, a bit honeyish here and there, with more toasted bitterishness in the end as well as a spicy, herbal hop bitterness of medium duration; juicy caramelly and nutty maltiness persists as well as a subtle lingering candi sugar sweetness sticking just a little bit to the teeth. English brown ales are clearly in decline in their country of origin, but their American offspring is still going strong yet often a bit overlooked; I would recommend this to anyone trying to get acquainted with Anglo-Saxon brown ale in general. It is a typical example of its style, very malty but light and quenching at the same time, elegant, sweet and ’friendly’. It’s the lovely chocolate and marzipan qualities in the nose which make this appealing more so than the actual taste, but in all this is a very enjoyable Dark Horse beer once again.
Dark brown with thick, lasting head. Some grassiness in the aroma. Seems very overcarbonated which seems to limit the chance for the flavours to develop well. There’s some malts, dried fruit and a bit of caramel before a fairly bitter finish.
Sehr dunkel orangebraune Farbe, fingerbreite beige Schaumkrone. Geruch nach Kaffee und Toffee, leicht hopfig. Geschmack nussig, leicht röstmalzig, Vanille, wenig Kaffee.