Name:Harvey's Tom Paine: Brown Ale
Brewed In/Type: United Kingdom / Brown Ale
Bought at/Price: Binny's / $1.49 (clearance)
Dennis: The thing that always gets me about UK beers are the little differences in brewing culture. Such as low amount of carbonation and low alcohol content (5.5%) but if you can open your mind past that this is a pretty darn good beer. Smells real malty with a little hint of molasses, the taste starts out a little washed but grows on you a bit as it settles on your tongue. There's a really nice light bready/yeasty/fruity backbone to the taste that goes down easy. This is really an easy to drink English brown ale that will surprise you with how much you enjoy it.
Jen: This is not what I was expecting, but it is not too bad either. This is a creamy smooth ale with a sweet malty taste. Very low in carbonation. The ending has a slight hop bite to it, but nothing too noticeable at first. I wouldn't say that this that bad of a beer, but it really isn't my style. It is drinkable, but I seem to prefer the nutty brown ales, and not so much the malty brown ales.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5