#MashTag 2013
BrewDog
- From:
- BrewDog
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 12.13%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 17, 2014
- Added:
- May 29, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
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#MashTag is a 7.5% American Brown Ale loaded with New Zealand hops and aged on Hazelnuts and Oak chips.
#MashTag is a 7.5% American Brown Ale loaded with New Zealand hops and aged on Hazelnuts and Oak chips.
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Reviewed by Thehuntmaster from South Africa
3.49/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330ml bottle 7,5% Abv.
Served chilled in a wine glass.
Best Before: 20/05/2014
Appearance: Mashtag appears a very deep brown in the glass, with a backlight revealing an ultra deep red. A rough pour results in a massive tan coloured head (please tell me the beer isn't as carbonated as it looks!) that lasts fairly well and leaves a few patches of lacing as it recedes.
Smell: The nose is far fruitier than I was expecting and gives the beer an almost Belgian feel. The bulk of the aroma is made up of notes of chocolate, toasted malt, raisins, prunes and a general sweet fruitiness, however there is just enough nuttiness to hint at the addition of the hazelnuts. As the beer warms, a very light citrus hop character emerges, however sadly the oak remain absent.
Taste: As the nose suggested, Mashtag has turned into a very fruity (almost Belgian) Brown Ale. Notes include: Toasted malt, a hint of roast, a touch of nuttiness, raisins, prunes, a little brown sugar, a fruity yeast character and a little chocolate upon warming. The only trace of the NZ hops that remains is an out of place bitterness in the finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a fairly high level of carbonation.
Overall: Mashtag isn't the worst beer I have had from Brewdog, however I am not a huge fan of the combination of fruity malt and bitter finish. I also would have liked to taste more hazelnut.
Mar 13, 2014Served chilled in a wine glass.
Best Before: 20/05/2014
Appearance: Mashtag appears a very deep brown in the glass, with a backlight revealing an ultra deep red. A rough pour results in a massive tan coloured head (please tell me the beer isn't as carbonated as it looks!) that lasts fairly well and leaves a few patches of lacing as it recedes.
Smell: The nose is far fruitier than I was expecting and gives the beer an almost Belgian feel. The bulk of the aroma is made up of notes of chocolate, toasted malt, raisins, prunes and a general sweet fruitiness, however there is just enough nuttiness to hint at the addition of the hazelnuts. As the beer warms, a very light citrus hop character emerges, however sadly the oak remain absent.
Taste: As the nose suggested, Mashtag has turned into a very fruity (almost Belgian) Brown Ale. Notes include: Toasted malt, a hint of roast, a touch of nuttiness, raisins, prunes, a little brown sugar, a fruity yeast character and a little chocolate upon warming. The only trace of the NZ hops that remains is an out of place bitterness in the finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a fairly high level of carbonation.
Overall: Mashtag isn't the worst beer I have had from Brewdog, however I am not a huge fan of the combination of fruity malt and bitter finish. I also would have liked to taste more hazelnut.
Reviewed by CrazyDavros from Australia
3.54/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Pours dark brown with a fading head.
Nose shows cocoa, nut pralines and soft roasted malt.
Similar flavours, cocoa, nutty malt and a more dominant roasted character. Some coffee too. A bit harsh with the heavy roast and hop bitterness.
Carbonation seems a bit over the top.
Jan 30, 2014Nose shows cocoa, nut pralines and soft roasted malt.
Similar flavours, cocoa, nutty malt and a more dominant roasted character. Some coffee too. A bit harsh with the heavy roast and hop bitterness.
Carbonation seems a bit over the top.
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
3.54/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A 330ml bottle with a BB of May 2014. Purchased from the Brewdog online shop. This beer was the result of a crowdsourcing effort on social media - giving us an American brown ale with NZ hops and aged on oak/hazelnuts. I took part but the whole thing just didn't go my way....
Poured into a Duvel tulip. A dark reddish-brown hue that appears almost black in the glass. Decent carbonation. Yields a smallish head of beige foam that lasts for a minute or two before reducing to a patchy surface layer. Aroma of sweet, fruity malt with hints of roasted grain, dried fruit, caramel/toffee, mild nuttiness, faint brown sugar, a hint of marzipan, stewed leaves and ale yeast. A warming whiff of booze in the background. Not much in the way of aromatic hops, but quite nice overall.
Tastes of fruity caramel malt with a tenuously bitter finish. Notes of roasted grain, caramel/toffee, dried fruit, mild brown sugar, nuttiness, faint wood, a twinge of marzipan, yeast esters and stewed leaves. A hint of alcohol numbs the palate. Slightly sweet, followed by a restrained bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, with decent carbonation but a somewhat insubstantial body for its strength. Aftertaste of bitter stewed hops, fruity malt and dark caramel.
Not bad, but doesn't live up to expectations. Looks OK, though the aroma and flavour are dominated by fruity malt and caramel, with little of the hop notes, oak and nuts claimed on the label. So-so body. A decent but unremarkable brew, and probably a bit too boozy. No need to seek it out.
Oct 28, 2013Poured into a Duvel tulip. A dark reddish-brown hue that appears almost black in the glass. Decent carbonation. Yields a smallish head of beige foam that lasts for a minute or two before reducing to a patchy surface layer. Aroma of sweet, fruity malt with hints of roasted grain, dried fruit, caramel/toffee, mild nuttiness, faint brown sugar, a hint of marzipan, stewed leaves and ale yeast. A warming whiff of booze in the background. Not much in the way of aromatic hops, but quite nice overall.
Tastes of fruity caramel malt with a tenuously bitter finish. Notes of roasted grain, caramel/toffee, dried fruit, mild brown sugar, nuttiness, faint wood, a twinge of marzipan, yeast esters and stewed leaves. A hint of alcohol numbs the palate. Slightly sweet, followed by a restrained bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, with decent carbonation but a somewhat insubstantial body for its strength. Aftertaste of bitter stewed hops, fruity malt and dark caramel.
Not bad, but doesn't live up to expectations. Looks OK, though the aroma and flavour are dominated by fruity malt and caramel, with little of the hop notes, oak and nuts claimed on the label. So-so body. A decent but unremarkable brew, and probably a bit too boozy. No need to seek it out.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.93/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
(Notes of 10/08/2013) At 7.4%abv., coming in a slim 330ml brown bottle, not bottle-conditioned; BB 20/05/2014, served chilled in a GuldenDraak’s short-stemmed tulip-shaped sniffer.
A: pours a deep and dark brown colour with russet hues when seen against the light, coming with a thick dark tan frothy head settling to a 1cm cap to last; the carbonation level is hard to tell, but not too fizzy as far as I can make of it.
S: deeply chocolaty is the impression upfront, as well as being lightly winey-fruity and sweet nutty; given a very good swirl, vanilla notes (from oak chips?), sweet citrus, ripe melons (only just), and more sweet dark-coloured malts come to the fore. “Focused” is the term for the pleasant aroma, without going either very sweet or thick on the balance.
T: lightly effervescent, intriguingly light-bodied, the foretaste is mainly black prune-ish, burned walnutty, sour-sweet malty with a lightly gristy quality, but simultaneously going chewy on the hop bitterness with an elegant Munich-malt-like aroma lingering at the back of the palate, alongside a quietly deepening flow of hop bitterness. Oak chips don’t seem to offer much on the flavour, while hazelnuts perhaps contribute a little decent acidity to the balance of malts and hops.
M&O: refreshingly effervescent, medium-bodied, not thick and definitely not thin, this well-hopped “American Brown Ale” is quite different than most other ales I’ve ever tried, showing its own charm and characters although I can’t see how hazelnuts and oak chips have lent their influence during the brewing process. That said, I find this a very well crafted, light and drinkable ale with an unusual charm all in all. Even if it came in a 500ml packaging, I reckon I’d still be able to finish it effortlessly.
Oct 11, 2013A: pours a deep and dark brown colour with russet hues when seen against the light, coming with a thick dark tan frothy head settling to a 1cm cap to last; the carbonation level is hard to tell, but not too fizzy as far as I can make of it.
S: deeply chocolaty is the impression upfront, as well as being lightly winey-fruity and sweet nutty; given a very good swirl, vanilla notes (from oak chips?), sweet citrus, ripe melons (only just), and more sweet dark-coloured malts come to the fore. “Focused” is the term for the pleasant aroma, without going either very sweet or thick on the balance.
T: lightly effervescent, intriguingly light-bodied, the foretaste is mainly black prune-ish, burned walnutty, sour-sweet malty with a lightly gristy quality, but simultaneously going chewy on the hop bitterness with an elegant Munich-malt-like aroma lingering at the back of the palate, alongside a quietly deepening flow of hop bitterness. Oak chips don’t seem to offer much on the flavour, while hazelnuts perhaps contribute a little decent acidity to the balance of malts and hops.
M&O: refreshingly effervescent, medium-bodied, not thick and definitely not thin, this well-hopped “American Brown Ale” is quite different than most other ales I’ve ever tried, showing its own charm and characters although I can’t see how hazelnuts and oak chips have lent their influence during the brewing process. That said, I find this a very well crafted, light and drinkable ale with an unusual charm all in all. Even if it came in a 500ml packaging, I reckon I’d still be able to finish it effortlessly.
Reviewed by Dave1999 from Scotland
3.56/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.56/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours pitch black with the smallest of tan coloured head.
The smell is faint, what I can is mostly sweet malts. Not bad just very weak.
The taste is a little roasty, with some sweet malts. Surprisingly weak for such a high abv beer. It's not unpleasant and would be good for 4% beer but this weighs in at 7.4%.
The mouthfeel is medium bodied, finishes very wet with low carbonation.
Decent enough brown ale but feels a lot smaller in abv v body and taste. I don't feel the need to buy this again.
Oct 10, 2013The smell is faint, what I can is mostly sweet malts. Not bad just very weak.
The taste is a little roasty, with some sweet malts. Surprisingly weak for such a high abv beer. It's not unpleasant and would be good for 4% beer but this weighs in at 7.4%.
The mouthfeel is medium bodied, finishes very wet with low carbonation.
Decent enough brown ale but feels a lot smaller in abv v body and taste. I don't feel the need to buy this again.
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