![]() ![]() ![]() No highlights can be seen, even at the narrowest point of the glass and before a strong light. ![]() Would be exceptional on a crisp fall night.Appearance A staggeringly large, incredibly dense and persistent cocoa-colored head rides atop a dark amber body. Traditional Brown Ale fans will be almost certainly jilted by this beer. It's just a fun, sweet brown ale but isn't particularly keen on depth or complexity. This beer just seems to be hitting the spot for me right now - and whether that's a one time thing or not, I'm not 100% sure whether I'd revisit it or not. Overall, this isn't a half bad beer, though I can understand the negative sentiment. Some burning alcohol tingling the tongue and gums while leaving a starchy sizzling coating. Body is medium-light, and has plenty of roastiness on the finish. It's not exceptional, but there's something about it that keeps me coming back.įeel is wet and slick, with a moderate to high carbonation. Has enough nutty English character peeking through to take it out of pastry beer territory. There's some grass on the back end, with hints of perfume and honey. I get some chocolate wafer and chocolate candy corn. Lots of caramel action and some bitter roasted chocolate malt. The flavor brings very sweet malt, almost like wort before you add hops. From the glass I get more balanced aromas of toasted malt, caramel, brown bread, and toffee. The head doesn't last long either, starts at 2 fingers and settles in at a creamy thin ring with moss on top and no lacing.Īroma from the can is fresh cut grass, chocolate milk, sweet caramel topping, brown sugar, fig, and toffee. Pours a dirty gold from the can - surprising - forming more of a Barleywine or Altbier color in the glass. This one was a fun can and I couldn't pass it up.ġ6 oz can, no date, into Boiler Red Logo snifter. I love picking up these awesome random little singles on my beer trips. It's fairly sweet as well, but not as sweet as some. I love this beer but I can't really see it as anything other than a dessert beer as it tastes like a dessert. It's medium bodied with a dextrinous feel and a median carbonation that leaves it gently bristling and then creamy smooth across the palate. Where was I before I got distracted? Mouthfeel. Why is that not on the label though? Does "natural and artificial flavors" cover adding coffee to a beer? Or are all of these just from flavorings? The cocoa powder flavor seems totally authentic to me but maybe it's just a chocolate flavoring. HA HA! I just scrolled down and the notes for this beer say that it's "brewed with chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar and Colombian coffee" which makes total sense. There's no lacing left either, which kind of sucks. The head has completely disappeared at this point and I didn't even notice when it went because I was so focused on the flavor. I'm guessing it's got somewhere aroung 12 to 18 IBUs to it and yet it somehow finishes mainly dry. It's not hoppy though, nor is it even bitter. I'm guessing the best way to describe it is grassy. and there's also a little bit of a hop flavor although it's far from clear. some reddish caramel as well as the gold. there is a brown sugar component as the name suggests although that wasn't what I first got. With that said, let me get back to it and see if I can find anything else to it. If I wasn't me, always thinking about what I'm tasting in a beer, I'd just drink this down. It's fairly complex, and yet at the same time highly approachable. I LIKE IT!!! There's some fruitiness to it as well that's like fallen apple, dried fig, and a little bit of black raisin. It tastes like a chocolate covered coffee bean. There's a lot of golden caramel and soft cocoa powder in there, and some vanilla as well. No, this is more of a brown ale as the color suggests. I'm not getting roastiness although there is a slight edge. well, that's different! It's not just a brown sugar "milk stout", and I don't think it's even a stout. It's a little bit nutty as well, kind of like a coffee bean. The aroma is limited but it suggests cocoa powder and vanilla to me more than brown sugar. It's poured a very hazy chestnut brown beneath a short head of off-white foam. Of course it doesn't say what those flavors are, but I'm guessing it's a kind of sweet stout. Ahh Haa, wait a second, the labels reads "MALT BEVERAGE WITH NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS". Notes via stream of consciousness: I'm not even sure what this beer is. ![]()
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