Brown Ale - Legend Brewing Co.

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224 Ratings

rAvg: 3.85
pDev: 12.47%
Reviews: 117
Hads: 107

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Brewed by:
Legend Brewing Co.

Virginia, United States

Style | ABV
English Brown Ale | 6.00% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (90), on-tap (25), growler (1), cask (1).

Notes:
Our most popular beer, Legend's is a full bodied version of a British Brown Ale. Expect a rich, malt-forward brew with a beautiful mahogany tone. Generous amounts of specialty malts bring flavors of sweet caramel, toasted nuts, coffee, and molasses, all perfectly balanced by a steady but cautious hop dryness. Fruity undertones provided by our house yeast strain bring the final flavor element to round out this world class ale.

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Reviews by tone77:

tone77

Pennsylvania

3.53/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a dark brown color with a 1 inch head. Smell is of malts, a bit nutty. Taste is well balanced hops and malts, a bit of nuts, just a touch of caramel. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer.

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2013 19:48:46 | More by tone77

More User Reviews:

vtn

Virginia

4/5 rDev +3.9%

06-17-2013 00:08:12 | More by vtn

JMUbrewz

Virginia

3.75/5 rDev -2.6%

06-12-2013 20:45:29 | More by JMUbrewz

gleemonger

California

4.5/5 rDev +16.9%

06-12-2013 20:36:54 | More by gleemonger

Jimbo4430

Virginia

4/5 rDev +3.9%

06-08-2013 23:18:26 | More by Jimbo4430

woodychandler

Pennsylvania

3.69/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Once again, my local, in-person trader, tone77, has come through with an interesting beer for me to try. I tend to eschew beers not in CANs or other than AIPAs so he keeps me honest and in the game. Well done!

An aggro pour resulted in a brief finger of light-tan head with limited retention. Color was a mahogany brown with NE-quality clarity. Nose gave off notes of milk chocolate, nuts, caramel and toffee. Whee! Mouthfeel was unexpectedly effervescent with a very nutty flavor on the tongue. This was turning out much better than I had expected. Finish was semi-dry with the nuttiness being offset by a butterscotch-caramel-toffee flavor. For not being my cuppa tea, this was quite a nice beer. It just reinforces my need to diversify whenever possible.

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2013 16:47:03 | More by woodychandler

UltimateLivewire

South Carolina

3.75/5 rDev -2.6%

06-07-2013 03:14:19 | More by UltimateLivewire

SilentNature

Virginia

3/5 rDev -22.1%

06-06-2013 23:25:56 | More by SilentNature

george42

Illinois

3.5/5 rDev -9.1%

05-25-2013 21:04:34 | More by george42

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

1.56/5 rDev -59.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

First had: on tap at Legend

Clear, medium brown pour with a small white head that fizzled out pretty quickly, leaving a few spots of lacing on the glass. Very little in the nose, toasted cereal grains, and not much else. Buttery off-flavors, caramel malt sweetness, grainy, phenolic fruitiness, and a tiny hop bitterness coming through. Thin body, not very drinkable. I'm not a big fan of brown ales to begin with, but this one was just flat-out poorly made.

Serving type: on-tap

05-25-2013 02:14:14 | More by Rifugium

buckyp

South Carolina

3.75/5 rDev -2.6%

05-16-2013 21:48:31 | More by buckyp

djre4orm

Virginia

4/5 rDev +3.9%

05-16-2013 20:48:45 | More by djre4orm

BeastLU

Virginia

4.25/5 rDev +10.4%

05-13-2013 16:38:52 | More by BeastLU

JSouth

Virginia

4/5 rDev +3.9%

05-12-2013 17:41:53 | More by JSouth

rderedin

Maine

2.75/5 rDev -28.6%

05-05-2013 02:10:31 | More by rderedin

Shatter

North Carolina

3.5/5 rDev -9.1%

04-14-2013 00:28:20 | More by Shatter

marley2112

North Carolina

3.5/5 rDev -9.1%

04-13-2013 02:23:15 | More by marley2112

wac9

Pennsylvania

4.03/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

wow just wow my mother in law pick this up in virgina dam she can pick good beers out. just a great tasting beer a very sexy brown ale in a glass, brown , very little head smells boozy but its not and the taste is wonderful find this beer and bring it home just wonderful

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2013 01:40:00 | More by wac9