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Big Time Brewery & Ale House

Seattle, Washington, United States
Bar/Tasting Room

4133 University Way NE
Seattle WA 98105
Telephone: +1 206-545-4509
Hours: Open daily at 11:30am.
Brewer: Bill Jenkins
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Notes

Visited: April 14, 2006

Opened: 1988

Annual Production: 1,500 bbl

Contributor: Diane Crawford

Owned by Reid Martin of Triple Rock fame.

Updated: May 14, 2009

Beer List

Atlas Amber Ale

American-Style Amber/Red Ale
- Date: April 14, 2006 (#6007)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 16½ points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Bright red-brown. Thick head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Very mildly toasty.
  
  Mouthfeel (8)
  Light-medium body. Fizzy. Big sweet toasty, caramelly malt flavor. Lots of dark fruity hop flavor and bitterness.
  
  Overall Impression (2½)

Barking Dog Scottish Ale

Scottish-Style Heavy Ale

Awards:

Gold (Pro-Am), 2008 Great American Beer Festival

Bhagwan's Best India Pale Ale

American-Style India Pale Ale

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6008)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright deep golden-orange. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Mild biscuity malt and spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big smooth bodyl Nicely malty, with fruity hops and a fair bitterness.

Overall Impression (2½)

Black Mulligan Dublin Stout

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6010)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Thick nitro head.

Aroma (3)
Very mildly roasty.

Mouthfeel (7)
Very light body. Quite roasty with a light malty background.

Overall Impression (2)
Very light beer.

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6009)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Nice creamy head.

Aroma (2½)
Pretty clean.

Mouthfeel (7)
Light body. Creamed corn — DMS. Malty and fairly sweet, with a touch of roast.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6011)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red-amber. Good head.

Aroma (3)
Big caramel malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body. Lots of toasty sweet biscuity malt. Big fruity hop flavor and bitterness at the end.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6004)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Good brown head.

Aroma (3)
Big milk chocolate.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, real smooth. Huge chocolate flavor. Lots of malt, and a bit or roast, and a bit of bitterness.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: September 26, 1996 (#1604)

Package: draught

Place: Great American Beer Festival, Denver CO

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression
Golden, some haze. Spicy aroma. Thick, smooth, toasty.

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6006)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Good head.

Aroma (3)
Mild fruity hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body. Floral, mildly perfumey hop flavor. Reasonably bitter.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6002)

Package: real ale

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright amber. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Nice and fruity.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body. Sweet and malty. Lots of fruity, floral hop flavor. Reasonably bitter.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6003)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Amber. Slight haze. Dense head.

Aroma (3)
Mild citrus-floral hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium creamy body. Really malty with a big spicy-citrus hop flavor and bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6013)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Brown opaque. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Mild clove, dark Munich malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, real smooth. Big raisiny dark caramel flavor with some cloves and some smoke and some alcohol.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6005)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Deep amber. Big tight head.

Aroma (3)
Mild spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body. Nitro-smooth. Malty. Mild spicy floral hop flavor, fairly bitter.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: April 14, 2006 (#6012)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden, hazy. Moderate head.

Aroma (3)
Malty. Very mild smoke and banana.

Mouthfeel (7)
Big body, smooth. Huge hop character, bitter. Malty, some banana and Belgian spiciness, but mainly hoppy and bitter.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: July 31, 1993 (#240)

Package: draught

Place: Oregon Brewers Festival, Portland OR

Score: 11½ points

Overall Impression
Yellow, not white. Oregon/Washington hop aroma, not spicy. Thin. Faint clove/spice flavor.