Agullons Runa Brown Ale

Brewed by Masia Agullons
Style: Brown Ale
Sant Joan de Mediona, Spain

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Bottle. Hazy brown color, medium tan head. Aroma of plums, raisins, subtle citrus. Taste is malty with dark fruit. Tasty.

750ml bottle at RBWG. It’s funky! Way too funky for a brown ale, almost like a Biere de Garde. Interesting.

Bottled. Dark brown colour with a frothy and medium creamy beige head with a decent duration. Aroma is toasty, light sweet and caramel. Flavor has toffee notes with caramel and toasted. Moderate final with a slight bitterness.

Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly lasting. Body is medium to dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted bread/grain, caramel, nuts, mild coffee), lightly to moderately hoppy (flowers), with notes of honey, plum, cola, cinnamon. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Another fabulous beer from this master of low gravity ales. Succulent malt matched perfectly with lovely floral hops. Super clean and balanced. How can anyone not love this stuff?

Rich burgundy. Eggshell head establishes a persistent collar as it slowly fragments. Complex malty aromatics of marzipan, chicory, cocoa, browned biscuit, black licorice, tealaves, leather and whispers of spicy hops. Subtle hint of plastic, as well. Soft and snug carbonation. Initial splash of ripe plum gives way to an elegant medley of mouth-enveloping malt which elegantly boasts a lush browned biscuit, supple bread, and cookielike crackle. Grains steadily take on more velvety richness akin to marzipan, tobacco, and cocoa-dusted truffles as they sluggishly unfold. Plenty of sharply defined edges, though, which perfectly counterbalance the more decadent chocolate aspects. Gains even more depth as the assertive dextrins grip the tongue before segueing to a silkier Crystal-derived toffee-drizzled-nut caress. Late flourish of gently ashy roast dries things out a bit. Vibrant plum is ripe to the point of yielding no acidity as its explosive succulence seamlessly merges with the residual sugars and mildly spicy, tealike British hops. Suggestive sassafras and licorice root add intrigue beneath the unwavering maltiness at the finish. Another delightful number from a fun little brewery. What makes these guys unique and thus pleases me is that they aren’t trying to do anything sensationalistic. Rather, they seem mostly content with perfecting these fundamental styles, and I’ll tip my hat to that.

UPDATED: DEC 19, 2012 bottle-conditioned 750ml.
porter brown body.
fine-bubbled tan head.
silky chocolate truffles.
toasty butterscotch-tinged British malt.
dry cocoa powder decadence.
singed bread crust.
fuggle-like herbs and moss.
rustic and hearty English ale yeast.
superbly made traditional English brown ale.
no doubt the geeks will yawn.
more for me.

Date: July 25, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Rare Beer Club
Appearance: opaque dark brown, frothy beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: rich dry chocolate aroma, spicy hops
Body: highly carbonated body
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, mostly dry with a touch of sweetness that pulls out a nutty character
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

(Draught at Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas, Brussels, 19 July 2012) Dark brown colour, almost black, with foamy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, dark bread and caramel. Roasted, malty taste with chocolate, raisins, dark bread, brown malt and a mild, spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain malt sweetness. Quite decent.

Tasted on 8/14/12 from a capped 750mL bottle from the Rare Beer Club. Pours dark, cola brown with a thick beige head that slowly recedes to very thick and rocky lace. The nose is nutty caramel and milk chocolate malt, with maybe just a touch of light coffee, and I don’t know how to describe it, but I can smell the carbonation. The flavor is the same nutty milk chocolate with some bitterness, and the same over-carbonation. The body is light with fizzy over-carbonation and a long bitter chocolate malt finish.

Draught at Chez Moeder Lambic Fontainas, Brussels. Dark brown, soapy beige head. Milk chocolate upfront, some nutty aromas as well. Light to medium bodied, low carbonation. Semi dry, medium bitterness.