Hash Brown
SweetWater Brewing Company

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From:
SweetWater Brewing Company
 
Georgia, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.84 | pDev: 10.42%
Reviews:
96
Ratings:
409
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 01, 2019
Added:
Aug 13, 2015
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  125
An "India Brown Ale".

Oh me oh my… what did we do?
We fired up the skillet to 420°, tossed in a sizzling concoction of 2-row, Wheat, Pale Chocolate, Cara-Brown and Midnight Wheat, then added in a hefty dose of hop hash and other dank-ish-ish-ish fixin’s to scatter, smother and cover this baby all the way.
Resiny, citrusy hops spice up the rich chocolate and caramel notes the malt brought to the mix, making this platter slide down the counter at 60 IBU’s.
Grains: 2-Row, Wheat, Pale Chocolate, Cara-Brown, Midnight Wheat
Hops: Mandarina Bavaria, Bravo, Hop Hash
ABV: 6.2% IBU’s: 60
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Ratings by zbooks:
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Rated by zbooks from Texas

3/5  rDev -21.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Apr 01, 2017
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3.42/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
"Best by 11/17/15"; drank 10/19/15 @ the Yarchives.

See-through brown/red appearance.

A gentle pour yielded a HUGE khaki head (careful pouring!); a curtain of frothy tree-rung lace.

Brown sugar & orange citrus notes in the nose.

Medium thin mouthfeel.

Brown sugar & orange citrus flavors up front; harshly bitter grapefruit bite on the finish.

Interesting but not very enjoyable do to the punishing finish. I've had my last.
Apr 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.78 by Karibourgeois from Texas

Feb 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.93 by DigitGrowler from Kentucky

Apr 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.8 by USMC_ATLTrader from Georgia

Jun 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by BeerTest from Florida

May 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by rsuarez1982 from Texas

Apr 11, 2017
 
Rated: 3.52 by jnorris404 from Alabama

Apr 07, 2017
 
Rated: 4.22 by Prue from Maryland

Mar 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.67 by DavidST from Texas

Mar 20, 2017
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Reviewed by nick_perry from North Carolina

3.74/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Piney hops at first, then a sweet malt finish subtly featuring notes of cocoa. Very smooth, good amount of carbonation. Interesting, and a great combination of an IPA and a brown ale.
Mar 11, 2017
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Reviewed by GrumpyGas from Illinois

3.34/5  rDev -13%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3
16oz draft pour into a pint glass shows a lovely clear shade of mahogany and floats a 1/4in creamy light tan head.
Little to no aroma, metallic, maybe.
Flavors are a mix of chocolate, vanilla, and caramel with a resiny hop bitterness on the back end.
Mouthfeel is crisp and clean, and appropriately light for the style.
I don't get what it wants to be, but I like the flavor, mostly.
Mar 11, 2017
 
Rated: 2 by duvel1979 from District of Columbia

Feb 09, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by archero from Texas

Feb 06, 2017
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Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey

3.73/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
11/11/16 notes - pours medium dark brown with touches of white foam. Malty nutty nose, like a brown ale, but faint. Starts bready and bursts into a resiny pine malt. Sharp tart citrus. Some cola/vanilla. Clever concoction. Well made.
Feb 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.31 by Urk1127 from New Jersey

Feb 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.84 by Yeldarb92 from Ohio

Jan 27, 2017
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Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania

3.81/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle into a pint glass. best by 11/29/16, so about 7 weeks late with this one.

amber brown body, frothy off-white head with good lacing.

some non citrus fruit aroma. a little on the "catty" side. no malt aroma.

a little spicy pepperiness. some piney resin. slightly sweet, which is the only hint of this being a brown ale.

medium to full on the mouth, slightly bitter on the finish.

overall, an odd beer. not much of a hint that it's a brown ale. but having said that, this doesn't taste at all bad, even with it's age. hop hash holds up nicely.
Jan 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Bearshawks85 from Illinois

Jan 13, 2017
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

4.03/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 10/26/2016. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy reddish copper/light brown color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a thick cap that lasts. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/pine/earthy hops and dark/bready/light roasted malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus peel/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted brown bread, light chocolate/cocoa, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine/earthy hops and dark/bready/light roasted malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6.2%. Overall this is a great hoppy American brown ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine/earthy hops and dark/bready/light roasted malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Very bright and pretty dank on hop flavors; but still really well balanced with the malt, and not overly bitter. A very enjoyable offering.
Jan 07, 2017
Hash Brown from SweetWater Brewing Company
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 409 ratings