Little Brown Owl
ColdFire Barrel House
- From:
- ColdFire Barrel House
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 3.23%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 01, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 22, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by McBorgBorg from Oregon
3.96/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Nice, marbley head. Very light body for a brown ale, but a distinctive taste. Lightly roasted coffee, toasted coconut, fresh apple juice, and pine. Reminds me of Newcastle Brown, but better.
Feb 01, 2025
Reviewed by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a brownish black with 2 plus fingers of rocky head that slowly settles to a thin cap with plenty of lacing. Aroma of roasted malt and cocoa. Taste follows nose. On the thin side.
Aug 31, 2023
Reviewed by Iamaskier from Idaho
3.89/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
L: Reddish brown body, big thick head.
S: Light and sweet. Caramel malt, bread dough, chocolate, roasty and nutty notes, and a hint of vanilla.
T: A tad hoppier than the nose lets on. Upfront there’s cola and a tinge of piney hops, but quickly becomes sweet malt with chocolate, caramel, and a nutty finish.
F: A bit thin.
O: A bit light, but easy to drink through quick and good enough to ask for another.
Nov 10, 2022S: Light and sweet. Caramel malt, bread dough, chocolate, roasty and nutty notes, and a hint of vanilla.
T: A tad hoppier than the nose lets on. Upfront there’s cola and a tinge of piney hops, but quickly becomes sweet malt with chocolate, caramel, and a nutty finish.
F: A bit thin.
O: A bit light, but easy to drink through quick and good enough to ask for another.
Reviewed by MaltsOfGlory from Oregon
4.23/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.5
4.23/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.5
16oz can
Pours a head that could eat a small child. Pillowy, though also a little fizzy. Despite its girth, it doesn’t actually look that nice. Retention is ok but the head steadily fizzes down from the get go, settles into a decent film though. Initial lacing looks sub-par. Body is dark brown with shades of mahogany. Overall it looks ok so far.
At first take the nose is extremely hoppy, a pretty large dose of dankness, some citrus even. That settles out and some of the malt shines through. Chocolate, toffee, and a large coffee presence for a brown. Not a huge fan of citrus in darker beers, but other than that this smells really good. Very aromatic, and unique.
Flavor is very good, and very complex. You get a nice jolt of that toffee right up front, some hazelnuts come in big and stick to the tongue. Dank hops come in towards the end, gooseberries too, tastes like Simcoe or Amarillo - again, slightly off for a brown but I’m actually enjoying it, no citrus is key. Not a lot in the way of coffee. Can’t even call this a hobby brown, this drinks all the way to brown IPA levels honestly, but there is certainly enough malt to make it an adequate hybrid. Very nice.
Mouthfeel is a little odd. The carbonation is medium-high, but that is somewhat dwarfed by a watery-thin body. Not sweet, nor dry, pretty middle of the road. Bitterness is pretty low especially considering the hop presence. The mouthfeel is certainly the weak link here.
Drinkability is great, this is super tasty.
Appearance had its moments but was generally poor, zero lacing.
Overall a super unique and flavorful brown ale. The dank gooseberries work surprisingly well with the hazelnutty malt.
Mar 22, 2022Pours a head that could eat a small child. Pillowy, though also a little fizzy. Despite its girth, it doesn’t actually look that nice. Retention is ok but the head steadily fizzes down from the get go, settles into a decent film though. Initial lacing looks sub-par. Body is dark brown with shades of mahogany. Overall it looks ok so far.
At first take the nose is extremely hoppy, a pretty large dose of dankness, some citrus even. That settles out and some of the malt shines through. Chocolate, toffee, and a large coffee presence for a brown. Not a huge fan of citrus in darker beers, but other than that this smells really good. Very aromatic, and unique.
Flavor is very good, and very complex. You get a nice jolt of that toffee right up front, some hazelnuts come in big and stick to the tongue. Dank hops come in towards the end, gooseberries too, tastes like Simcoe or Amarillo - again, slightly off for a brown but I’m actually enjoying it, no citrus is key. Not a lot in the way of coffee. Can’t even call this a hobby brown, this drinks all the way to brown IPA levels honestly, but there is certainly enough malt to make it an adequate hybrid. Very nice.
Mouthfeel is a little odd. The carbonation is medium-high, but that is somewhat dwarfed by a watery-thin body. Not sweet, nor dry, pretty middle of the road. Bitterness is pretty low especially considering the hop presence. The mouthfeel is certainly the weak link here.
Drinkability is great, this is super tasty.
Appearance had its moments but was generally poor, zero lacing.
Overall a super unique and flavorful brown ale. The dank gooseberries work surprisingly well with the hazelnutty malt.
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