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1955 Double Brown
Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project
- From:
- Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 10.35%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 24, 2015
- Added:
- Feb 14, 2014
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 7
No description / notes.
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Ratings by popery:
Reviewed by popery from California
4.04/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a medium brown in the light that surprisingly is somewhat darker otherwise. Well, I was surprised. It looks pretty clear, though the color makes it a tad difficult to tell, at least in a wide glass with thick walls. The head is a light beige. Fairly rocky. Fades to a sheet of bubbles after a minute and sticks like that for quite awhile. Aroma is caramel malt and herbal/floral hops. I wonder how much my preconceptions of brown ale factor into my thoughts because I initially put down nutty as a descriptor, and going back, I'm not sure about it. The hop flavor seems primarily herbal with a minty, vegetal note, but I can also find berries and pepper. The caramel is light and pleasant. No big cloying character, just rich, full toasted sugar. Taste is drier than expected. Pleasant and easy to drink. Fairly clean. Refreshing caramel with light spicy bitterness. Light mouthfeel. Pretty average carbonation. The creamy body of a ~%5 abv with a lot of flavor. Not at all watery. Aftertaste of herbal hops and caramel. Interesting stuff. I absolutely love trying beers brewed to actual historic recipes, and I'm a big fan of Pattinson. Ratings and reviews aside, it's utterly satisfying to get this sort of feeling for a piece of brewing history. Even though the contemporary beer was very likely not quite like this one, this is still much closer than we usually get to history, and that's a tremendous gift for anyone interested in the subject.
May 14, 2014More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mverity from Florida
4.15/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a deep mahogany with fantastic lacing, thick foamy head that held extremely well and finally faded into a thick collar and lots of wisps when swirled. Aroma is earthy brown sugar, a little woody and nutty. Taste is bitter chocolate, molasses, and earthy hops. Full, rich mouthfeel, a bit silty. Low carbonation despite that huge head.
Jan 11, 2015Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.33/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle purchased at Oliver's in Albany, NY.
Pours a golden dark-ish brown, with a half inch head, and a little bit of lacing.
Smells like nutty brown malts, chocolate, roasted malt, and toasted bread.
This is probably the best brown ale I've ever had. It's not really sweet at all, and focuses more on the toasty and roasty aspects of malt flavor, rather than the sweet caramelly malt flavor you usually get in a brown ale. There is some caramel, but it tastes toasty and unsweetened, along with toasted grainy bread flavor, hazelnuts, toffee, some bitter chocolate, leafy herbal hops, and lightly roasted malt. There's a lot of cool stuff going on here.
This is medium bodied, with a lower amount of carbonation, and a bready, crisp mouthfeel.
This is exemplary, and shows that a traditional brown ale can still be very interesting.
Nov 12, 2014Pours a golden dark-ish brown, with a half inch head, and a little bit of lacing.
Smells like nutty brown malts, chocolate, roasted malt, and toasted bread.
This is probably the best brown ale I've ever had. It's not really sweet at all, and focuses more on the toasty and roasty aspects of malt flavor, rather than the sweet caramelly malt flavor you usually get in a brown ale. There is some caramel, but it tastes toasty and unsweetened, along with toasted grainy bread flavor, hazelnuts, toffee, some bitter chocolate, leafy herbal hops, and lightly roasted malt. There's a lot of cool stuff going on here.
This is medium bodied, with a lower amount of carbonation, and a bready, crisp mouthfeel.
This is exemplary, and shows that a traditional brown ale can still be very interesting.
1955 Double Brown from Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
73 ratings
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