Arcadia Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

12 oz bottle from local Meijer. Aroma is dark malt, a bit of honey, roasted characteristics, and some light twangy hops on the back end. Appearance is semi-clear brownish/black with a medium tan head that lingers. Taste is roasted malt, caramel, a bit of coffee, nutty, and some grassy hop notes. Palate has a nice burst of carbonation in the mouthfeel, sweet, and the aftertaste has a lingering nutty malt texture. Overall, Flavorful, refreshing, if not a little bit sweet, but overall a nice brew. Cheers!

Arcadia Brewing Company--Arcadia Nut Brown Ale--2002 Release--12 oz. Bottle--5.40% ABV--21 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Thin wisps of CO2 haze clear rich red brown color. Light chocolate floral hop nut front. Rich creamy crusty malty light smooth chocolate malt light sweet nut fruit body. Malty light citrus end. Sampled 6/18/2002. Arcadia Brewing Company--Arcadia Nut Brown Ale--Longneck--2005 Release--12 oz. Bottle--5.60% ABV--26 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Brown Ale--Beer of the Month Club Selection January, 2005--Mild lace head. Slightly hazy rich amber brown color. Mild nut chocolate hop front. Mild creamy crisp mellow toasted toffee biscuit sweet body. Tangy clean citrus mild hop end. Nice & Tasty. Sampled 2/10/2005.

Pours coppery brown with an off white head. Aroma is rich malt. Flavor is malt, sweet fruity notes, hints of chocolate, and nuts.

Reddish-brown pour with aa light tan head. Aroma of toasted malt, a little sweetness, b.sugar or molasses?. taste was malty, a little nuttiness. Good for a rating. O.K. lacing.

Bottle ( 12oz ). Clear copper with an average fizzy-foamy off-white head. Smells like cocoa powder, roast chestnuts and slightly burnt brown sugar - tastes the same, maybe a tad grassy. Watery body, modest carbonation, a quick finish with a dry cocoa/woody linger. Simple, not too syrupy, thank goodness.

This beer has a brown pour with a minimal off-white head, aromas of toasted malt, nut and malt sweetness, flavors of toasted malt, malt sweetness with faint molasses flavor, has a good hop bitterness at the finish, and has a medium or so mouth feel, a ok Brown beer.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly’s, 11/12/09

Aroma: The nose on this one is sweet malts, some nuts, dark fruits, and chocolate
Appearance: A clear dark copper-red color, actually, the descriptions right, mahogany describes it better, minimal head, some lace
Flavor: The flavor is like the nose with more emphasis on the toasted malts and a little more bitterness
Palate: This is a medium bodied brew with a decent mouthfeel, and quite a bit of carbonation
Overall Impression: I actually thought this one was pretty solid, and it appears to be just a bit underrated here in my opinion. I’d buy this one again, it drinks pretty nicely.

bottle. pours a thick dark brown color with not much head. has a sweet, malty aroma with a bit of chocolate. flavor is bitter with a very nice warm, nutty aftertaste.