4 Hands Bog Cast Iron Brown Ale

Brewed by 4 Hands Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Draft at 4 Hands in a sampler tray. Pours a clear amber-brown color with a small, resilient off-white head. Aroma of toasty and chocolate malts, nuts, grains (from the oats, presumably), brown sugar, and some earthy hops. The flavor also showed those subtle earthy hops underneath a wide range of malts, toasty, sweet, and chocolaty, with faint coffee. Light-medium bodied, with a toasty mouthfeel and medium soft carbonation. Very good brown ale.

Shared draft at the brewpub. Yes, it’s brown, but has a definite reddish tinge, too. The aroma is of a nice chocolate malt. This drinks with a decidedly roasty base, ashy at the very finish. Carries with a little bit of a burnt edge. (#4505, 2/25/2012)

On tap at the brewery over X-Mas. Translucent mahogany and brown with an off-white head. Chewy malt flavor and great bitterness through. Lots of roast and some chocolate as well.

Sampler at the brewpub. It poured a dark brown color with a nice off-white head. The aroma was of roasted malt, some caramelized sugar, and a little chocolate. The flavor was of roasted malt, some coffee and hints of caramelized sugar. This was a very good Brown Ale.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours brown with a nice white head. Aroma is roasted malt with hints of chocolate and sugar. Flavor is pretty much true to the nose with hints of coffee. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Pretty good beer overall.

Tap at brewpub. Pour is a clear deep brown with a medium frothy white head. Aroma is lightly roasted malt, a touch of caramelized sugar, and a hint of dry chocolate. Flavor is pure with notes of roasted malt, light coffee, and a clean roasty finish with hints of caramelized sugar throughout. Very solid offering.