Grizzly Brown Ale
Snowshoe Brewing Company

Grizzly Brown AleGrizzly Brown Ale
Beer Geek Stats | Print Shelf Talker
From:
Snowshoe Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
English Brown Ale
ABV:
5.6%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.44 | pDev: 16.86%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
47
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 26, 2017
Added:
Sep 01, 2002
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  3
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
Ratings by Zorro:
Photo of Zorro
Reviewed by Zorro from California

3.9/5  rDev +13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Pours a deeply brown nearly black almost clear brew with a tan head that disappears quickly.

Smell is lots and lots of darkly roasted malt. Strong coffee and sweet chocolate scent. Faint scent of rum in this too.

Taste is tangy at the start and not sweet at all. Dry flavor with lots of roasted malt flavor but it avoids the burnt taste it can give when used incorrectly. Fairly tart aftertaste and lots of coffee flavor.

Mouthfeel is OK much lighter than the color would suggest.

Drinkability is surprisingly good. This is a hard beer to place in a category I could see calling this beer a "Stout." Tastes like a dry stout but finishes refreshing like a summer beer. A different beer I can recommend.
Jul 17, 2005
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.96 by leprechaunandfatman from Ohio

Oct 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Azpittil57 from Arizona

Jul 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.38 by IRONRakkasan from California

Nov 10, 2016
 
Rated: 2.83 by MonkeyBread from Nevada

Jun 11, 2016
 
Rated: 2.61 by KarmicSkrambl8 from California

Oct 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.74 by csurowiec from Maryland

Aug 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.58 by kiki3drt292 from California

Jun 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.84 by Jeffreytmoore from California

Jan 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.61 by Gabriel_Vaughn from California

Dec 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by RangnaR from California

Sep 07, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by KevMo84 from California

Jun 09, 2014
Photo of Dsimenson
Reviewed by Dsimenson from California

3.46/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Draft serving, thin off-white head, fair lacing, lovely medium brown color, crystal clear. Very little aroma--a hint of hops and malt. Flavor is underwhelming, hops, mild malt flavor, a bit of caramel, no fruity notes. Mouthfeel is a bit thin and foamy. Not a really pleasant ale to drink, mostly dissapointing. Just OK.
Apr 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by DaveMiller from Minnesota

Mar 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by themathguy from California

Jan 29, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by ptarmigan98 from Alaska

Jan 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jworkman from Florida

Jan 08, 2014
Photo of Fatehunter
Reviewed by Fatehunter from Oregon

3.29/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pour had no head on a dark brown body.
The aroma was mild brown sugar. Fine but not much there.
The taste had a mild sweet malt balanced out with mild bitter.
Crisp with low to moderate carbonation.
It is a pretty mellow beer, which made it an easy drinker.
Jun 15, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by GraduatedCashew from California

Jun 11, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by MarvinSnyder from West Virginia

May 14, 2013
Grizzly Brown Ale from Snowshoe Brewing Company
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 47 ratings