Buffalo Brown Ale
Shooting Creek Farm Brewery

Buffalo Brown AleBuffalo Brown Ale
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From:
Shooting Creek Farm Brewery
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
ABV:
7.6%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.66 | pDev: 10.93%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
25
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 25, 2015
Added:
Mar 28, 2009
Wants:
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Gots:
  1
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Ratings by JasonTaverner:
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Rated by JasonTaverner from Virginia

3.25/5  rDev -11.2%

Jan 29, 2014
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Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia

4.44/5  rDev +21.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass. Appearance- a reddish brown color with a small tan head. Aroma- has a malt and nut aroma with some sweetness detected. Taste- nice dose of malt with a hint of cocoa. A really good beer, teetering on outstanding.
Oct 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Lagerhouserules from New York

Jul 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by jaswilson2 from South Carolina

Jun 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by avisong from Virginia

Jun 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Bandi from New York

Dec 14, 2014
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

3.76/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is clear but very dark red in color. It poured with a short white head that quickly died down, leaving some delicate lacing on the surface, a collar around the edge, and some lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate of nutty malts and sweetness are present in the nose.
T: As in the smell, the taste has flavors of nutty malts with a little bit of sweetness and hints of chocolate malts. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: With the lack of bitterness, I would consider this to be more like an English Brown Ale than an American Brown Ale. It is easy to drink and would pair well with a burger.

Serving type: bottle
Dec 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by GRG1313 from California

Aug 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by josh32219 from Virginia

Jun 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by krs103

Jun 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kmlund from Massachusetts

May 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts

May 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by ShepardCommander from Virginia

Feb 25, 2014
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Reviewed by slusk from Virginia

3.49/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: pours a deep ruby with a decent tan head, some lacing

S: Malty aroma of dark, raisiny fruit with an earthy/spice hop smell. The roasted malt and bread crust notes are buried amidst the hop aroma.

T: Chocolate and toffee hit the palate first quickly followed by a moderate earthy, citrus hop bitterness. The bitterness lingers on the back of the tongue in a mild aftertaste. A nice warm alcohol presence warms the throat. It has a nice balance of malt sweetness and hops while leaning slightly to the bitter side.

M: A medium mouthfeel with an almost imperceptible astringency; not off putting but a bit of a chalky residue left on the tongue. Moderate carbonation that seems right for the style.

O: Not a bad brew at all. I do like the the hop bite but I wonder if a bit less attenuation might bring a bit more malt into play but that's mostly from my love of English browns. This example of an American brown is absolutely right for the style and a tasty example of the style. IPA lovers would enjoy this as a malty break from the hoppy brews while still getting mild hopsmack.
Feb 08, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by ygtbsm94 from Utah

Jan 31, 2014
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Reviewed by birderbeerer from Virginia

3.58/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Medium brown (chestnut?) beer with big, frothy, off-white head and good lacing.

Coffee and roast aroma covers up lighter, lager-ish barley malts.

A lot of roast in the flavor with toffee too. Some chocolate. Good richness of flavor. A little too sharply carbonated and the lighter malts are a bit too prominent behind the richer dark flavors.
May 09, 2011
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Reviewed by rootbeerman from Virginia

3.68/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
from notes 1-9-11

A: pours with a two finger initial head, which settled slowly with huge lacing all around the glass. the body is dark brown.
S: light malt, huge coffee and chocolate, warmth brings about some nuttiness
T: tastes more like a porter than a brown ale, with coffee and bitter chocolate.
M: rather bubbly, overall smooth
O/D: just barely on the line between a sipper and a regular drinker.
Mar 17, 2011
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Reviewed by 89Vision from Virginia

4.45/5  rDev +21.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a chalice.

I've had this beer on tap and in the bottle several times, and is quite good. It pours a deep brown, almost black color, with a thin one finger tan head.

The smell is nice.. woody, roasted smell, with some definite chocolate/cocoa coming through. The hops come through some as well.

The taste is about what you'd expect from the smell: malty, chocolate flavors with some fairly strong hoppiness. I've had this beer straight from the bottle on a camping trip, and tasted quite a bit different; mainly the chocolate/cocoa flavor didn't really come through, and was dominated by the strong hop profile. The alcohol comes through a little as well, but compliments the flavor nicely.

The mouthfeel is a little thin for the flavor, and isn't quite as smooth as I think it could be. Its definitely drinkable though. I could drink this all night on a cool fall evening.
Oct 29, 2010
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Reviewed by MrOH from Maryland

3.94/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: cloudy dark brown with big fluffy tan head and decent lacing. Only real detractor is HUGE chunks of yeast from overzealous pour

Smell: raisins, prunes, sherry, chocolate wrapped together and delivered quite elegantly

Taste: the nose with a definite bready, roasty malt sweetness

Mouthfeel: medium bodied with a good carbonation and a slightly sticky finish

Drinkability: A great fall beer for sitting on the porch as the world passes by, but I wouldn't want to drink more than one.

Over all, the best I've had from Buffalo Creek, and the only real detractors were the appearance of flocculated yeast and that it's kinda reaching into Dubbel territory. Hell, they ought to just label this a dubbel and it might have gotten better marks.
Oct 05, 2010
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Reviewed by CpnYates from Virginia

4.07/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Purchased at the exceptional Vintage Cellar Blacksburg.

2.10 for the 12oz single. 1 Liter bottles available as well.

My second offering from this small local brewery, and I must say, I am really pleased with this one. Almost a stronger more potent version of Legend's Brown ale this beer strikes a good balance of hops/ malt for me.

Poured into a non descript pint glass, this beer has a diet coke like apperance. A product of the roasted malts maybe? But Im digging it. The smell is really dominated by the hoppiness, but the malt comes thru in the taste and the mouth feel.

A really good beer, happy to have this as a local option.
Nov 03, 2009
Buffalo Brown Ale from Shooting Creek Farm Brewery
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 25 ratings