Beertown Brown Ale
The good folks at Bridgeport Brewing Company, Portland, Oregon, sent me a sample of their new ale: Beertown Brown.
This morning I tasted and photographed the product.
My assessment follows:
Beertown Brown Ale comes in a dark packaging, with silver lettering. The graphics are almost lost in a copper background set on a dark chocolate space. At a short distance, my 55 year-old bespectacled eyes find it hard to read.
The bottle was chilled to 50F. I poured the Beertown Brown Ale it into a beer-clean traditional straight-sided English pint glass.
The pour was easy and the resulting head was a rich, creamy, yet rocky, tan layer of foam. The aroma was soft and reminiscent of rock-sugar candy. There was a hint of citric (lime) from the hops.
The first flavor impression was of a medium to full body with a light malty flavor that echoed the sugar-candy aroma. The mid-taste continued these flavors, and was enhanced by a citric hint that softened at the end. The finish was slightly sweet with echoes of the citric tones that left a fine dry sensation at the very end of a rather long finish.
This is a brew that I would like to try on draft. Unfortunately, it will only be distributed in Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.
Until tomorrow...
Cheers!
Peter LaFrance
