Organic Dread Brown Ale
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
- From:
- Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.25 | pDev: 19.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 19
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 06, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2006
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
Rated by Cyclingdad from Oregon
4.24/5 rDev +30.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +30.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A very well balanced beer of this type.
Jul 30, 2015
Reviewed by charlzm from California
3.05/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Consumed June 30th, 2012 at the brewery. Reviewed from notes.
Slightly hazy caramel color. Long lasting off-white head
Aroma is dark caramelized malts.
Flavor is a little sweet. Caramel and a touch of molasses. Low bitterness. Not much going on here.
Properly carbonated with just a little tingle.
A relative win for this brewery, sadly. This is the best beer they had on when I visited the tasting room; faint praise.
Jan 07, 2013Slightly hazy caramel color. Long lasting off-white head
Aroma is dark caramelized malts.
Flavor is a little sweet. Caramel and a touch of molasses. Low bitterness. Not much going on here.
Properly carbonated with just a little tingle.
A relative win for this brewery, sadly. This is the best beer they had on when I visited the tasting room; faint praise.
Reviewed by flexabull from California
3.63/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.63/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours a dark brown color with a decent off white head, and pretty good lacing.
Aromas are quite nutty, roasted malts, toast, and mixed spices.
Taste is a lot like the nose. Light roasted nut flavors, some light cola, mild creamy sweetness, and a little bit spicy. Finish has a dry like crispness, as well as an earthy hoppiness.
Mouthfeel is pretty good. Full, with good carbonation, but this feels slightly thin.
Drinkability is good. Pretty good brown ale all in all.
Oct 11, 2010Aromas are quite nutty, roasted malts, toast, and mixed spices.
Taste is a lot like the nose. Light roasted nut flavors, some light cola, mild creamy sweetness, and a little bit spicy. Finish has a dry like crispness, as well as an earthy hoppiness.
Mouthfeel is pretty good. Full, with good carbonation, but this feels slightly thin.
Drinkability is good. Pretty good brown ale all in all.
Reviewed by Offa from California
4/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Interestingly, I found this beer to be really very good, although I had it very fresh on tap (unlike almost all the other reviewers so far), and slightly on the warmer side.
Anyway, it was very dark brown with hints of reddish, nice, medium creamy tan head slowly shrinking to a foamy ring and leaving a little nice lace.
Aroma is light caramely, strong toast, leafiness, hints of coffee, and overall very nice, firm, well-rounded, and very pleasant.
Taste is strongly caramelly with firm toast, light winey-plum character, and plenty of light but well-rounded leafy-peppery-toasty bitterness coming on at the finish and lingering. It is very easy to drink, but pretty characterful, well-rounded, and with good flavour, if perhaps slightly on the sweetish side and not overly complex.
Sep 15, 2010Anyway, it was very dark brown with hints of reddish, nice, medium creamy tan head slowly shrinking to a foamy ring and leaving a little nice lace.
Aroma is light caramely, strong toast, leafiness, hints of coffee, and overall very nice, firm, well-rounded, and very pleasant.
Taste is strongly caramelly with firm toast, light winey-plum character, and plenty of light but well-rounded leafy-peppery-toasty bitterness coming on at the finish and lingering. It is very easy to drink, but pretty characterful, well-rounded, and with good flavour, if perhaps slightly on the sweetish side and not overly complex.
Reviewed by htomsirveaux from Texas
3.17/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.17/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
22 oz. bottle tried 17 Jan 2008. Courtesy of my brother, thanks again (I think).
Medium sized lacy tan head. Opaque dark brown color. Aroma is a bit roasty with hints of licorice. Tastes a bit chocolatey, some roasty sweetness followed by a slight bitterness. Aftertaste is somewhat sour and smoky. Touch of clove and nutmeg as well.
Like all of the bottled offerings from SCMB I have tried to date, can't really recommend this.
Jul 11, 2010Medium sized lacy tan head. Opaque dark brown color. Aroma is a bit roasty with hints of licorice. Tastes a bit chocolatey, some roasty sweetness followed by a slight bitterness. Aftertaste is somewhat sour and smoky. Touch of clove and nutmeg as well.
Like all of the bottled offerings from SCMB I have tried to date, can't really recommend this.
Reviewed by tyanow from California
2.87/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.87/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
This is an unspectacular beer in every sense. That being said, it's also not a particularly offensive beer - as long as it's cold. Once mine warmed up a bit I lost all desire to drink it.
Looks like a diet coke.
Smells like a watered down Newcastle.
Tastes like a tamed down and bland Sam Smith Nut Brown.
Feels kinda like a fizzy Newcastle.
If it's cold and your hot its very drinkable, otherwise not so much.
It is Organic, so kudos for that, but this is not SCMB's finest. They have a lot of other good brews.
Jul 20, 2009Looks like a diet coke.
Smells like a watered down Newcastle.
Tastes like a tamed down and bland Sam Smith Nut Brown.
Feels kinda like a fizzy Newcastle.
If it's cold and your hot its very drinkable, otherwise not so much.
It is Organic, so kudos for that, but this is not SCMB's finest. They have a lot of other good brews.
Reviewed by ibbjamin from California
1.68/5 rDev -48.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1.5
1.68/5 rDev -48.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1.5
Paid $4.59 for a bomber from BevMo in San Jose, CA. Shared with my girlfriend. Poured my half into a pint glass. There is what I believe to be a date stamped on the UPC of this one; 052708.
Leaves a frothy, massive head of light tan large sized bubbles. Head retains VERY well. Opaque and very cloudy dark brown color. Good lacing.
There is a different aroma to this beer. I'm not fond of it, but it is unique nonetheless. Reminds me of something chemmy, like a cleaner or something. Now I'm making it sound terrible...well it's not that bad. It's hard to get past that to figure out what else is going on here.
It is funny to me that this is an organic ale that has a chemmy smell and taste. I hate to bash a beer, but this just is not very enjoying.
Mouth is rather watery and lighter bodied. Good carbonation. Luckily there is a crisp finish.
Fail.
Jan 14, 2009Leaves a frothy, massive head of light tan large sized bubbles. Head retains VERY well. Opaque and very cloudy dark brown color. Good lacing.
There is a different aroma to this beer. I'm not fond of it, but it is unique nonetheless. Reminds me of something chemmy, like a cleaner or something. Now I'm making it sound terrible...well it's not that bad. It's hard to get past that to figure out what else is going on here.
It is funny to me that this is an organic ale that has a chemmy smell and taste. I hate to bash a beer, but this just is not very enjoying.
Mouth is rather watery and lighter bodied. Good carbonation. Luckily there is a crisp finish.
Fail.
Reviewed by magictrokini from California
2.9/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
2.9/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Not bad, but, as with all organics it seems, its missing something. Pours clear brown with a small bubbly head. Musty, earthy caramel malt and nuts. Taste is watery caramel, nuts, some roasted malt, and cola. Mouthfeel was average... for an organic. Watery, loose, sad. Below average.
Dec 16, 2008Reviewed by hopdog from Pennsylvania
3/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
22oz bottle. Stamped over the UPC is 040308 (just bought this a few days ago).
Poured a deeper brown color with a huge sized off white head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, and somewhat earthy. There was something else there I just can't put my finger on. Tastes of roast, chocolate, caramel, and 'root beer'. Maybe that rootbeer'ish is what I was also getting in the aromas.
Dec 05, 2008Poured a deeper brown color with a huge sized off white head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, and somewhat earthy. There was something else there I just can't put my finger on. Tastes of roast, chocolate, caramel, and 'root beer'. Maybe that rootbeer'ish is what I was also getting in the aromas.
We love reviews (150 characters or more)! Check out: How to Review a Beer. You don't need to get fancy. Drop some thoughts on the beer's attributes (look, smell, taste, feel) plus your overall impression. Something that backs up your rating and helps others. Thanks!