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Brown Ale
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 11.73%
- Reviews:
- 210
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 25, 2016
- Added:
- Mar 19, 2002
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Zorro:
Reviewed by Zorro from California
3.88/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Clear brown ale with red highlights. OK tan head.
Smell is mostly chocolate and coffee with a little bit of citrus hop aroma. Lesser aromas of vanilla, caramel and butter.
Taste is slightly sweet with a woody dry finish at the start. Mild chocolate and coffee flavor but the taste of butterscotch is stronger. Mostly this is a tasty stronger flavored ale. Not EVERY West Coast beer must be a hop monster.
Mouthfeel is good and thicker than expected.
This is a beer that gets better and more flavorful as you drink it. DFH Indian Brown is better but this isn't bad at all.
Sep 25, 2006Smell is mostly chocolate and coffee with a little bit of citrus hop aroma. Lesser aromas of vanilla, caramel and butter.
Taste is slightly sweet with a woody dry finish at the start. Mild chocolate and coffee flavor but the taste of butterscotch is stronger. Mostly this is a tasty stronger flavored ale. Not EVERY West Coast beer must be a hop monster.
Mouthfeel is good and thicker than expected.
This is a beer that gets better and more flavorful as you drink it. DFH Indian Brown is better but this isn't bad at all.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.31/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.31/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Brown pour, lighter brown head, 1/2". Aroma had some brown malt, but not much else going for it.
Above average hops, but not blowing out the style guidelines either. Tea, toffee, caramel, nuts. Smooth.
Good beer, but you know how this brown ale style goes. . .
Mar 25, 2016Above average hops, but not blowing out the style guidelines either. Tea, toffee, caramel, nuts. Smooth.
Good beer, but you know how this brown ale style goes. . .
Rated by mlockman from Indiana
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Very light, and a distinct hop flavor, albeit mild, balances the malt and provides a crisp finish.
Jul 10, 2015
Brown Ale from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
241 ratings
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