Flanders Brown Ale
Grizzly Peak Brewing Company
- From:
- Grizzly Peak Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.33 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 21, 2003
- Added:
- Nov 21, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by marburg from Michigan
3.33/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.33/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
What the fuck?
I wasn't sure what to list this under, frankly. They call it their "Flanders Brown Ale," but this is anything but "Flemish" in style -- right down to the nitro tap that they didn't tell me this would be served from. So I'm shoving it under "Brown Ale."
Served awfully cold to get any depth of flavor, it certainly didn't inspire from the start. Dark brown but nearly crystal clear in color. A true-to-form Guinness-like nitro head. That was the first clue I wasn't in for anything like what I was hoping for. That's unfortunate too, because they once made a Raspberry ale that was constructed from some sort of sour ale base -- and that was spectacular. I assumed that this would be in that vein -- a sour-ish ale -- especially with a name like "Flanders Brown." But I was wrong.
Creamy, milky, mild grainy aromas. Joined by something a little oily and some sourdough bread. Flavor is remarkably mild. Very weak. As it warmed, you could get some very faint sourness on the back end -- more sour in a doughy way than any true Flemish-style way.
Kind of like nitro Newcastle with an eyedropper full of nasty vinegar served over-chilled. Not bad at all -- but not going to win any awards.
Nov 21, 2003I wasn't sure what to list this under, frankly. They call it their "Flanders Brown Ale," but this is anything but "Flemish" in style -- right down to the nitro tap that they didn't tell me this would be served from. So I'm shoving it under "Brown Ale."
Served awfully cold to get any depth of flavor, it certainly didn't inspire from the start. Dark brown but nearly crystal clear in color. A true-to-form Guinness-like nitro head. That was the first clue I wasn't in for anything like what I was hoping for. That's unfortunate too, because they once made a Raspberry ale that was constructed from some sort of sour ale base -- and that was spectacular. I assumed that this would be in that vein -- a sour-ish ale -- especially with a name like "Flanders Brown." But I was wrong.
Creamy, milky, mild grainy aromas. Joined by something a little oily and some sourdough bread. Flavor is remarkably mild. Very weak. As it warmed, you could get some very faint sourness on the back end -- more sour in a doughy way than any true Flemish-style way.
Kind of like nitro Newcastle with an eyedropper full of nasty vinegar served over-chilled. Not bad at all -- but not going to win any awards.
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