Mountain Ale - The Shed Brewery

MusicaleMike

Pennsylvania

3.85/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Original beer recipe designed by Shaun Hill from Hill Farmstead.

Poured into my Tired Hands stemmed glass. Deep ruby brown color with finger worth of tan, frothy head. Head drops down to some bubbly lace. Attractive brown ale, but I have seen better.

The aroma is familiar, but hard to pin down where I've smelled this before. Notes of brown bread, herbal hops, cherry cordial (yum!) and candied ginger, with a mostly lightly sweet malty aroma dominating this beer. It's a robust aroma and certainly fits their designation of this beer as a "Rugged Brown Ale." It's not very hoppy, but it's not one-dimensional either. Good. I like this complex malt aroma.

Flavor is full of rich, delicious rich malt notes and only a balancing bitterness in the finish. This dark brown ale shows no flavor of chocolate or coffee or any other roasted flavor, but what we do get is sweet notes of plum pudding, dark fruits, and brown sugar.

Carbonation is spot on and it has a medium to heavy body. Not overly sharp or effervescent, and enough carbonation to lighten up this 7.4% alcohol beer.

I found this brown ale to have a very unique character in the flavor and aroma. I'm not completely blown away by this beer, but I would buy this beer again and certainly would recommend this over some (most) of the other duller brown ales out there. Better example of an American Brown Ale than most.

Serving type: bottle

12-14-2012 03:44:34 | More by MusicaleMike

Lawl3ss

Texas

3.48/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Lightly chilled 12 oz bottle into a 33cl snifter. No visible bottling date, but it's been in my fridge for at least six months.

Look- Clear amber-brown with three fingers of off-white head that falls quickly. Bottle declares it's unfiltered, and the sediment in the bottle backs this up. Nice webbed lacing.

Smell- Mild, nutty, dark bread. Nondescript but pleasant.

Taste- Similar to the nose - pretty standard, even plain, but well done. Toasted biscuit and moderate yeasty breadiness, light fruitiness as it warms, subtle spice.

Mouthfeel- Medium body, light carbonation. Light warming on the back, but fairly light feel for 7.5%.

Overall- A pretty nice brown ale, nice flavor. Nothing too flashy but a decent easy-drinking robust brown ale.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 00:01:56 | More by Lawl3ss

RoryOMoore

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -18.9%

05-18-2013 03:56:51 | More by RoryOMoore

anvilx

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%

05-18-2013 03:28:11 | More by anvilx

Duesler

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -5.4%

05-17-2013 04:31:03 | More by Duesler

tnbeatty

Vermont

3.5/5  rDev -5.4%

05-15-2013 13:45:30 | More by tnbeatty

hphilip456

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +14.9%

05-15-2013 13:03:43 | More by hphilip456

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -5.4%

05-14-2013 21:26:34 | More by InspectorBob

HoistinBrews

Minnesota

4/5  rDev +8.1%

05-13-2013 01:31:07 | More by HoistinBrews

MAUEX_MFA

Rhode Island

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%

05-12-2013 18:10:43 | More by MAUEX_MFA

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -18.9%

05-12-2013 16:43:57 | More by mikeburd1128

GreenMountainBoy

Vermont

3.5/5  rDev -5.4%

05-12-2013 00:29:00 | More by GreenMountainBoy

Jersh67

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev -12.2%

05-06-2013 15:17:33 | More by Jersh67

Etan

Illinois

3.66/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

12oz into an MBC tumbler.

A: Pours a honey-hued amber with a thick off-white head.

S: Yeasty, dried fruit esters, apricot, brown sugar, multigrain bread, slightly buttery.

T: Caramelized grain, fruity British yeastiness, very light roastiness, toffee, a hint of alcohol, plum.

M: Medium-bodied with active carbonation.

O: This is ok. A very yeasty English brown ale.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2013 01:28:01 | More by Etan

SocalKicks

California

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%

05-06-2013 01:02:07 | More by SocalKicks

woodchipper

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -5.4%

05-04-2013 21:22:36 | More by woodchipper

PoppyParthenonE

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%

05-03-2013 22:53:53 | More by PoppyParthenonE

Gerardes

New Hampshire

4.5/5  rDev +21.6%

05-03-2013 16:58:07 | More by Gerardes

DrunkinYogi

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%

05-03-2013 03:41:49 | More by DrunkinYogi

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%

04-30-2013 20:05:04 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

Diskothek

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -5.4%

04-26-2013 15:04:29 | More by Diskothek

JakerLou

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev -5.4%

04-25-2013 18:56:58 | More by JakerLou

gkob

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -12.2%

04-22-2013 22:31:28 | More by gkob

In_Control_Mike

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +1.4%

04-19-2013 18:54:26 | More by In_Control_Mike

MACO

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +8.1%

04-19-2013 02:23:16 | More by MACO