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Lilja's Hell Hound Brown Ale
Pangaea Beer
- From:
- Pangaea Beer
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 75
- Avg:
- 3.11 | pDev: 20.58%
- Reviews:
- 18
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 04, 2015
- Added:
- Aug 26, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by barczar from Kentucky
3.21/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.21/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a murky brown with copper highlights and a lingering thin layer if cream foam.
Nutty caramel and floral hops dominate the aroma, with a touch of sourness.
Flavor reveals more floral hop character underlying slightly sweet caramel malt. The finish is decidedly bitter, too the extreme. There's a touch of citrus.
Body is moderate to a touch full, with moderate carbonation and noted alcohol warmth.
Good malt character, but lacks flavoring hops. Bittering hops are just too bitter, and not in a good way. Flavor is pretty good, but the aftertaste is not at all.
Jul 11, 2014Nutty caramel and floral hops dominate the aroma, with a touch of sourness.
Flavor reveals more floral hop character underlying slightly sweet caramel malt. The finish is decidedly bitter, too the extreme. There's a touch of citrus.
Body is moderate to a touch full, with moderate carbonation and noted alcohol warmth.
Good malt character, but lacks flavoring hops. Bittering hops are just too bitter, and not in a good way. Flavor is pretty good, but the aftertaste is not at all.
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
2.84/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.84/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
No freshness dating
Pours an effervescent copper with 3+ fingers of cream colored head. Stellar lacing & head retention, the only good aspect of this otherwise sorry beer...
S: Toastyness & wet grain
T: Faint toastyness & brown bread, husky grains & astringency up front. Toastyness & a little caramel as this warms, then leafy hops & astringency. Astringency & old hop bitterness in the finish
MF: Light/medium bodied, moderate carbonation, somewhat grainy
Mediocre brown from a mediocre brewery, think I'm done with these guys...
Oct 16, 2013Pours an effervescent copper with 3+ fingers of cream colored head. Stellar lacing & head retention, the only good aspect of this otherwise sorry beer...
S: Toastyness & wet grain
T: Faint toastyness & brown bread, husky grains & astringency up front. Toastyness & a little caramel as this warms, then leafy hops & astringency. Astringency & old hop bitterness in the finish
MF: Light/medium bodied, moderate carbonation, somewhat grainy
Mediocre brown from a mediocre brewery, think I'm done with these guys...
Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
3.7/5 rDev +19%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev +19%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This beer is mostly clear with some noticeable floaters, a small head, and is a dark copper color. The smell is malty...bread, a little yeast, and pie crust. Some distant fruit..berries. The taste is firm, sweet, and very malty. Some warmth, it shows its alcohol at times. The body is full and just heavy. Not bad, but not outstanding.
May 18, 2013Reviewed by czfreeman from California
3.13/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.13/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a nice ruddy copper tone. Already looks quite like a Red or Amber to me rather than a brown. Head is light, leaves decent lacing.
Smells of corn syrup, or a fake nut extract. Really sweet, malty, and pretty one-dimensional.
I can't really pick up on a hop profile or something to clean up the aroma..kinda messy.
Flavor is half a notch better. Some good peppery bitterness, roasted barley, malt, touch of grass, finishing with an almost coffee bean flavor.
Pretty light for a brown ale.I would have guessed this to be an amber ale in a taste test.
Sand Creek produces some solid brews... unfortunately this one I'll pass on in the future.
Feb 20, 2013Smells of corn syrup, or a fake nut extract. Really sweet, malty, and pretty one-dimensional.
I can't really pick up on a hop profile or something to clean up the aroma..kinda messy.
Flavor is half a notch better. Some good peppery bitterness, roasted barley, malt, touch of grass, finishing with an almost coffee bean flavor.
Pretty light for a brown ale.I would have guessed this to be an amber ale in a taste test.
Sand Creek produces some solid brews... unfortunately this one I'll pass on in the future.
Reviewed by TaylorK from Virginia
2.83/5 rDev -9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Not sure what to think about this beer. The packaging looks a little wild and I've not heard anything about the beer or the brewer. The artwork seems a little erratic, strange and perhaps a bit over the top.
A: The beer is a very dark copper. The head, at least on my pour, was huge. It was a thick foamy head with large air bubbles throughout. The head dissipated unevenly and big chunks of the head clung to the side of the glass leaving little dry bubbles as the head went down.
S: The beer smells metallic. Almost smells like a light beer in a can even though I poured into a glass. There's also something in there with a dark roasty or chocolate aroma. That part is almost completely eclipsed by the metal though.
T: The flavor is okay. Particularly when it was cold. As it warms up, a metal flavor really comes out to match the smell. I found myself reaching out quick for a palate rinse after this one was over.
M: Light, but something from this beer really seems to feel like it sticks on the tongue.
O: Sorry. but no thanks. I was kind of unimpressed by the beer.
Jan 14, 2013A: The beer is a very dark copper. The head, at least on my pour, was huge. It was a thick foamy head with large air bubbles throughout. The head dissipated unevenly and big chunks of the head clung to the side of the glass leaving little dry bubbles as the head went down.
S: The beer smells metallic. Almost smells like a light beer in a can even though I poured into a glass. There's also something in there with a dark roasty or chocolate aroma. That part is almost completely eclipsed by the metal though.
T: The flavor is okay. Particularly when it was cold. As it warms up, a metal flavor really comes out to match the smell. I found myself reaching out quick for a palate rinse after this one was over.
M: Light, but something from this beer really seems to feel like it sticks on the tongue.
O: Sorry. but no thanks. I was kind of unimpressed by the beer.
Lilja's Hell Hound Brown Ale from Pangaea Beer
Beer rating:
75 out of
100 with
40 ratings
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