Amherst Massatucky Brown

Brewed by Amherst Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Amherst, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Very weak and thin-looking body; flavor is very fruity, espescially apples; nuts don’t show up much at all; good balance, not too sweet as some browns, but overall rather pedestrian.

Draft at brewpub. Pours brown with a nutty caramel quality on the nose. Lots of caramel notes on the tongue with some hop balance. Finishes clean. Nice example of style.

Appearance: pumpernickel bread with no haze and mahogany hints along the edge.
Nose: chocolate front and center – chocolate cake, bars, and malted milk chocolate. Godiva hot chocolate. Chocolate wafers. Chocolate covered walnuts for some dry crunch.
Palate: chocolate shines but never overwhelms – good balance. Hint of burnt dark fruits, grapes and plums specifically, in the back with stones and seeds included. Chocolate and walnuts mingle. Something indiscernible in the back.
Final Thoughts: never could lay my tastebuds on that final flavor at the back of each quaff. Overall though quite the tasty sessionable brown ale. I’d drink it again.

Growler, thanks to LuckyDog. Nice malty aroma with roast and light cocoa. Mouthy, lightly sweet, slightly roasted, the bitterness is light and it would be better characterized as tangy. Toast/roast finish. Pretty drinkable.

On cask at brewery. Pours a murky/ cloudy moderate to light brown with no head. Flavors consist of cinnamon, clove and bread. Very thin and watery.

Cask at GBBF. Amber with a small off-white head. Nutty malt aroma, with caramel, and a slightly roasted note. Sweet malty flavour with some yeast character.

Cask at GBBF 2009 ....Brown ... big chocolate nose ... light hop ... sweet woody toffee malt.

GABF 2008 - Light and nutty nose, with some sweet caramel maltiness, and some herbal hops coming through as well. pretty bland overall.

Pours a light to medium brown. I couldn’t get an aroma from the sampler glass that it was poured in. High in carbonation compared to the other brews I sampled at the brewery. Sweet malts. A bit toasty. Reminded me somewhat of a root beer.

Cold on tap: Pours a clear dark golden color with a fluffy alabaster head. Aroma is of malt, grass, light fruits and brown sugar notes. Taste is of sweet malts and well blended grassy hops with some light fruits. Light bodied and smooth with mild carbonation. Ending is malty sweet with brown sugar notes.

sampled at the brewpub. reddish brown in color. light caramel aroma. Taste is caramel, light notes of nutty malts and chocolate. this was thin and watery though.