Harvest
Long Trail Brewing Co.

 

 

 

2023-11-18
12oz bottle served in a footed pilsner glass. Not sure, but I think the date stamped on the neck is 07/31/23. Got it from @jonphisher.

Pours dark brown, almost coffee, with nearly an inch of creamy head. Smell is molasses, nuts, dark toast.

Taste is dark toasted nuts, light maple sweetness (but seems more like a maple woodiness), strong chicory coffee vibes. Interesting balance of bitter and sweet flavors.

Mouthfeel is on the heavy side of medium, smooth. Overall, it's an interesting beer, and pretty good.

Pours deep dark chestnut brown, crystal clear, very good retention and above average lacing on a light brown head; an absolute beauty of a beer.

Rich malt forward nose; some bitter molasses, darkened toast, some minor hop presence.

Taste is so rich in malt with no sweet or syrupy feel; the syrup contributes this interesting combination of molasses and darkened syrup but with bitter burntness to it; almost give impression like if you scorched maple syrup, finishes with a nice little hoppy bite that lingers with light earth coffee.

Light body but so full creamy and smooth, this thing drinks so easy; the richness dissipates immediately and it finishes clean with a lingering burnt bitterness.

Pours a dark amber with a two-finger tan head that dissipates fairly quickly.

I get very little aroma straight off the pour, just some malty sweetness. And not really much more as it warms.

Things improve with the taste. There's a great interplay between sweet and bitter, with browned caramel, toffee, molasses, dark fruits vying with brown bread, roast coffee, almost-burnt toast, hop bitterness. A medicinal undercurrent comes to the fore near the finish.

Medium-bodied with low carb with a smooth feel.

This reminds me of the taste profile of a doppelbock, but at only 4.4% ABV. Definitely one to try out if you're looking for a lot of flavor on an alcohol budget.

 

The pour is umber brown colored. The taste is roasted malts & caramel. I don't notice the maple syrup either. Cheers! B

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a pint glass; no birth date. Pours dark brown with decent initial foamy head; rapidly recedes. Tastes of thin maple with light hoppy after taste. A bit watery but expected at a low ABV. Good.

 

 

 

 

 

From a bottle. Poured with a nice tan-ish head with a maple leaf red to garnet body -- quite the look! Scent has a malty sweetness _and_ malty bitterness on the nose: caramel/toffee/maple sweetness versus burnt/smoke scents. Taste is pretty heavily smoke/burnt up front with subtle notes of the sweeter flavors; tastes and smells a bit like a fall campfire! Feel is on the lighter side with a touch of acerbic sensation on the tongue. Aftertaste has a lingering bitterness to it that is unexpected but not unwelcome. The title as a maple ale seems like the ratios should be flipped (a bit sweeter and a bit less bitter), but honestly I am quite pleased with the arrangement.

Edit: Upped taste and feel 0.25 after a few more tastings -- it is a *very* enjoyable if you go in knowing the taste is a bit more smoke-y/bitter than sweet.

 

Poured moderately hard from a bottle into a mug, forming quite a bit of frothy tan head, soon fading to just a hint of lacing. Slightly reddish brown, translucent color. Smell is a bit of maple. Taste is brown ale malt soon followed by a bit of maple, ending with a little hops. Becomes more earthy and less maple as it warms. Light bodied with some carbonation. Not much maple flavor overall, and more hops than I prefer.

 

I love maple flavored things. Beers, desserts, cocktails, you name it. Saw this on the discount rack and I just had to have it

Pours a slightly cloudy amber with just a finger of beige head that quickly reduces to a ring and leaves no lacing

Sweet maple is up front in the nose. Smoked beechwood and caramel malts are also pleasant. Doesn’t smell all that great tbh

The malt here is sweet in the beginning of the sip, but is offset by semi-sweet maple and earthy hops. Towards the finish, the smoke comes back in but does not feel intentional. Even though it’s not super strong, the smoke is overbearing and makes this feel artificial

For a brown ale, this is too light and thin. It is very mildly carbonated and drinks easy because of it. Finishes completely dry

Mehh, this one was just average. I’m always down to try new brown ales or anything with maple, but this just didn’t check any of the boxes for either category. That being said, it’s not a bad beer, and it could be a freshness issue