Sierra Nevada Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

SurlyDuff

Oregon

2.15/5  rDev -44%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Fresh in from the local Whole Foods, this new offering from SN has appealing autumnal bottle art, though being the end of July is more than a tad early. Guess this means their Celebration winter brew will be here in two weeks. bummer, nothing worse than this sort of commercial season creep.

This brew pours a fine brown color.

Aroma is HUGE sulphitic burnt match, bleh. Some eggy sulfur in here too, this is not promising.

Hoping that it airs out a bit, I gave it a swirl or two and took a sip. Big sulfur in the taste too. Skuzzy burnt malt and a bit nutty. Mouth is pretty full, and the hops are just enough to keep it on the malty side, which is true to style. Just can't get past the nast.

Wife thought it tasted like stale fireworks...I've trained her senses well...
Don't let this new offering from SN draw you in. Unless they just had some bad batches and plan to resolve this matchhead taste, IGNORE this beer like the plague.

Serving type: bottle

08-03-2010 01:23:57 | More by SurlyDuff

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