Samuel Adams Hazel Brown - Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.83/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from bottle into pint glass

Appearance – Pours a light to medium brown color with a big billowy tan head. The head has very nice retention and slowly fades over time as the big bubbles trapped within the head pop. Once the head recedes it leaves a medium level of lacing.

Smell – The aroma is sweet and has an interesting mix of aromas. It is big of a sweet toffee and caramel with notes of some brown sugar sweetness and a lighter roasted smell. With this, there is an almost apple cider sweet smell. The spices and the sugary smells bring this on. Finally there is a lighter nutty aroma in the nose which, when combined with the rest, gives a very sweet and pleasant aroma.

Taste – The taste starts with a smooth roasted malt and sweet and buttery toffee flavor. A nice roasted hazelnut flavor along with some caramel soon meet the tongue and combined with the toffee and roast. These flavors take the taste to the end where they are joined by some lighter spice flavors as well as some earthy hop flavors. While these enter the taste, the hazelnut flavor gets even stronger and leave a pleasant sweeter roasted nut flavor on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the creamier side with the carbonation level being on the lower side of the spectrum. The creamy body is fantastic to the flavor profile with the carbonation level, being on the lower side, allowing all the roasted and nutty flavors to really be sensed by the tongue.

Overall - Very easy drinking and quite tasty. A pleasant drinking brown ale.

Serving type: bottle

10-12-2012 00:46:48 | More by Darkmagus82

MikeyC37

New Jersey

2/5  rDev -45.4%

06-18-2013 05:03:39 | More by MikeyC37

swinyeju

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev -4.4%

06-16-2013 16:09:26 | More by swinyeju

Satsuma

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -4.4%

06-16-2013 03:56:16 | More by Satsuma

IchLiebeBier

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Reddish/brown/amber; clear; big frothy beige head; long lasting

Aroma: Roasted malts; slight hazelnuts and chocolate (cocoa); coffee

Taste: Malty and nutty on start; creamy; quick move to dry, nutty notes in the middle with some bittersweet chocolate notes; finishes nutty and slightly dry

Remarks: Did not score A, T, S, M at that time; disregard those scores

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2013 13:38:45 | More by IchLiebeBier

jheezee

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -4.4%

06-14-2013 21:29:09 | More by jheezee

NMFB

California

3.25/5  rDev -11.2%

06-10-2013 05:02:05 | More by NMFB

AOShabaz

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +2.5%

06-07-2013 22:47:50 | More by AOShabaz

Camjmorton

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +2.5%

06-06-2013 13:03:58 | More by Camjmorton

ghowehattrick

North Carolina

3/5  rDev -18%

06-05-2013 20:18:36 | More by ghowehattrick

ShanePB

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -4.4%

06-03-2013 12:34:36 | More by ShanePB

csadkins54

Colorado

4/5  rDev +9.3%

05-30-2013 22:03:35 | More by csadkins54

Johnnyv310

New York

4/5  rDev +9.3%

05-30-2013 05:10:01 | More by Johnnyv310

Hopinista

Nevada

2.75/5  rDev -24.9%

05-30-2013 04:05:33 | More by Hopinista

fredmugs

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +2.5%

05-27-2013 21:59:01 | More by fredmugs

brewcifix

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +16.1%

05-25-2013 15:11:31 | More by brewcifix

LeahM

New York

4.5/5  rDev +23%

05-19-2013 03:21:38 | More by LeahM

jbarletto

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -11.2%

05-18-2013 14:42:32 | More by jbarletto

erialbill

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +9.3%

05-15-2013 12:56:56 | More by erialbill

russwilliam

New York

3.25/5  rDev -11.2%

05-15-2013 03:16:00 | More by russwilliam

lucasj82

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -4.4%

05-15-2013 01:43:31 | More by lucasj82

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

2.25/5  rDev -38.5%

05-09-2013 02:24:55 | More by tommyguz

ssimpson89

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -4.4%

05-06-2013 01:48:37 | More by ssimpson89

ZEB89

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +9.3%

05-04-2013 20:11:43 | More by ZEB89

FliryVorru

Alabama

3.75/5  rDev +2.5%

04-29-2013 17:28:48 | More by FliryVorru