The Great Big Kentucky Sausage Fest
Against The Grain Brewery & Smokehouse

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From:
Against The Grain Brewery & Smokehouse
 
Kentucky, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
ABV:
7.7%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.86 | pDev: 10.1%
Reviews:
6
Ratings:
41
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 18, 2016
Added:
Sep 23, 2013
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  5
Collaboration with Amager Bryghus
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Ratings by BEERchitect:
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

3.73/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
The Great Big Kentucky Sausage Fest... (I got nothin')

The Big Brown Ale opens with a strong brown hue that shows glimmers of gold and orange highlights beyond a slight haze. It short-statured head gives the ale a cask-like character as it tops the beer like coffee creme. Light on lace, the beer specks the glass intermittently.

Bold "brown" aromas are of overcooked caramel, nuttiness, light toffee, chocolate, toast, and light coffee. With a woodish tone to balance, the hops are pleasantly sharp to the nose with herbal grasses, burnt pine and slight grapefruit rind.

Decadently malty, the flavors of chocolate and toffee lead the way, with the nuttier, toastier and coffee taste residing closely behind. Its semi-sweet flavor introduces a middle palate of toasted citrus, grass and pine cones. Thought the wood tones are robust, Its bitterness brightens the ale in finish and gives a drier, huskier taste.

Medium-full on the palate, the beer's high malt and low carbonation allows the ale to sit weightily on the tongue and saturate the the taste buds fully with the chocolate and toffee malt sweetness. This makes the ale slow to fade to into a semi-dry finish of coffee grounds and walnut-type bitterness.

Designed as the perfect beer for washing down those gourmet hot dogs, It seems that its flavor is even better suited for cheeseburgers!
Sep 23, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by BcOneSeven from Michigan

Jun 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.49 by BarryMFBurton from Indiana

Dec 27, 2015
 
Rated: 2.95 by Angerhaus from Rhode Island

Dec 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Oct 29, 2015
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Reviewed by FBGordon from Oregon

4.39/5  rDev +13.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a "cooled" bomber into a room temp pub glass.

A: Pours chocolate brown with a huge, khaki meringue head that maintains nicely with beautiful lacing as you drink.

S: This beer has a nice big aroma for a brown, with strong notes of caramel, coffee and roast.

T: Taste is a medium-dry toast with nuttiness on the back end. Despite the slight bitter quality of the roasted malts, it doesn't coat the palate or leave an arid aftertaste. I had a lingering of caramel after each sip.

M: Mouth feel is typical of a brown ale; not too heavy while being thirst-quenching. I would definitely use this beer to wash down dogs or spicy foods, as it was intended.

O: A delicious beer with all the elements you look for in a brown ale. It's much bigger in the nose than I'm accustomed to for this type of beer, but that doesn't overshadow the flavors going on as you drink it. I'd definitely like to get another and drink it while grubbing. A great collaboration!
Sep 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by Bloodbuzz99 from Georgia

Apr 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by MSandahl23 from Indiana

Mar 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by threedaggers from Kentucky

Mar 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by vermilcj from Ohio

Feb 20, 2015
 
Rated: 4.29 by PretzelCity from California

Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3.88 by johnjohnbeer from Ohio

Dec 06, 2014
 
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Reviewed by spacecake9 from Illinois

4/5  rDev +3.6%
Just got done reading on BA about brown ale's and now I'm drinking one. Without reading up on this beer I took one taste and said "this is a brown ale". And a pretty good one at that. Nothing crazy creative going on here, just a good solid beer. And it goes great with a hunk of smoked cheese..
Nov 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by yankeej13 from Florida

Nov 25, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by kybeerdrinker from Kentucky

Nov 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.64 by spiceland from Kentucky

Nov 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Boone757 from Virginia

Nov 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by oriolesfan4 from Maryland

Nov 12, 2014
The Great Big Kentucky Sausage Fest from Against The Grain Brewery & Smokehouse
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 41 ratings