Hazel Brown - Samuel Adams Part 2

The second beer I am reviewing is Samuel Adams Hazel Brown. This beer is also from their Harvest Collection Variety Pack. 

Hazel Brown is labeled as being brewed with hazelnut, caramel, and toffee. They weren't lying. The Hazel Brown pours with a light foamy head, and in a dark brown color (just like the name!). I usually take the liberty of giving the beer a quick whiff to judge the smell. It's part of the experience, I guess. Some beers smell good, but usually they smell similar. This time though I didn't get the usual smell of beer, but of hazelnut. It also lives up to its name when you first taste the beer. It's a strong burst of hazelnut, with a hint of (to me) chocolate. I presume that's the caramel and toffee working in unison to give that particular flavor. The beer finishes nice and smooth, but that hazelnut taste still lingers which kind of kills the beer for me. I am not a big chocolate beer kind of guy. Beer should not be too sweet and candy-like, in my opinion.

Hazel Brown is not an entirely bad beer, but it's not one that I would eagerly pick up again. So, for the first time since starting this blog, and I hate to give it to a Sam Adams brew, Hazel Brown is a…

Bad Beer!