Big Boss Bad Penny Brown Ale

Brewed by Big Boss Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Raleigh, North Carolina USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of brentfeesh. Pours a clear deep warm brown with a reddish hue and an off-white head. Roasted yet vinous aroma. Medium body, a little roast, vanilla and dried fruits. Some sweet burned caramel. A little ashes. No real bitterness. Delicious. 091109

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown, reddish deep amber glare and a small tan head. Aroma is roasted caramelish and slight breadish. Caramelish and toffeeish roasted to light liqourice malt driven flavoured. Light bitter and lingering malty flavoured finish.

Deep amber pour with tan head and lace. Toasted malt with a light b/ale sour. Toasted malt with a hint of sweet and an almost saltiness. Medium bodied but foamy.

Bottle courtesy of Bill on 07/12/2009. Clear dark brown body with ruby highlights and a small off-white head. Sweet nutty and malty aroma. Sweet roast and nutty flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2011 Bottle. The pour was a clear dark brown with a small (less than 1 finger) tan foamy head which dissipated soon after the pour and had fair lacing. The aroma was of a roasted caramel malt and a sweet yeast with a hint of chocolate, a mild roasted coffee and had a slight sweet nutty presence. The taste had a nice rich maltiness to it and was a bit sweet in the beginning and pretty much the same throughout with a hint of chocolate, coffee and a mild nuttiness at the end with the flavor lasting quite a while after the swallow letting the Chocó-coffee flavor linger for a decent while. Mouthfeel was smooth and creamy in texture with the body being about medium and had a mild carbonation. Overall definitely a good tasting brew, easy to drink and had a nice lingering aftertaste. Just right for the Brown Ale category!!

12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with AtlAggie. Pours a dark brown with a moderate creamy tan head that dissipated very quickly and left only a transparent thin film on the glass. Faint aroma of malt and brown sugar. The flavor is weak malt up front followed by a decent dose of chocolate. The chocolate becomes more apparent as the beer warms. Very mild hops bitterness at the finish. Light, almost watery body. A middle-of-the-road brown ale.

12 oz bottle. Deep & dark reddish brown, 1 finger tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, sweet malt, hints of roasted coffee, slight smokiness. Slightly smoky flavor too, as well as lots of malts, plums, figs, just a slight hop bitterness at the end. Fairly thin body, easy to drink. Very drinkable and enjoyable.

12 oz bottle. Pours a nice dark brown body with a fizzy soda-pop like light brown head that ran to a thin ring quickly. Nice nutty nose with some cocoa powder and a touch of huskiness. Some fruitiness as well. The flavor is pretty standard, the usual mix of chocolate, nuttiness, and a bit of dark caramel. Just the slightest touch of hop bitterness on the finish. Lighter bodied with fizzy prickly carbonation, it’s pretty easy to drink and fades from the palate fairly quickly. Overall, about what you’d expect.

Bottle from biergarden in Asheville. I was on a bit of a brown ale kick tonight apparently. Pours dark brown with a nice frothy tan head. Meaty nutty aroma and flavor with some sweet candi sugar. The hops are off for me here and they are not complementing the sweet malt very well. A sort of a stinging hop bitterness that never sits well with me.

Toasty, nutty, sweet with a thin mouth-feel. Easy drinking. Not a great beer but certainly not bad!