Big River Nutbrown

Brewed by Big River Brewing Co (Canada)
Style: Brown Ale
Richmond, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Clear reddish brown colour with thin tan head. Mild carmel malt nose. Mild sweet carmel malt taste with slight malt finish.

Draught at Big River Brewpub. Pours coppery brown with off white head. Faint aroma. Light bodied and watery. Some sweetness and nutty notes. Less distinctive than I had been led to believe.

Name: Nut Brown Ale
Date: September 06, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear copper, fine off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet caramel and chocolate aroma, nice nutty character
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, light caramel sweetness, touch of chocolate
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

On draught at the Big River Brewpub south of Vancouver, BC. Pours adark copper brown brew with a creamy beige head that slowly dissipates to a thin off-white ring and some spotty lacing. Aroma of roasted caramel malt, some roasted nuts, a hint of flowery hops and toffee. Taste is medium bodied, with flavors of roasted munich malt, a hint of toffee and roasted nuts. Finish is light in flavor with a crisp finish with hardly no aftertaste.

Draught at the brewpub
Dark mahogany color; creamy head. It has mild notes of roasted malt, not too invasive, nutty, with low bitterness. Easy but not bad.

Also had the vanilla/honey cask version of this. All told the many flavours confused the palate, with the sweetness of the honey battling the slightly burnt vanilla for dominance.

Had this in a cask, primed with Honey and Vanilla. Very dark brown, with a molasses nose and the very faintest touch of a head. The vanilla was very overbearing. I found this beer too sweet in general - maybe it was just the cask.

Tried at a beer festival. I believe my notes reflect that because my ratings are much lower than for those who have tried the brew at the brewpub. I should mention also that generally this is not my favorite style. A thin and disappointing texture with a correspondingly light to medium body. Alright. It is fresh beer.

(Draught) Sampled on November 23rd, 2006 at the brewpub. Thin white head with a red-brown body. Nutty roasted malt nose. Toasted flavour has an almost sugarless cocoa powder and marzipan undertone. Nice complex and easy to drink!

Dark garnet witha big head. Medium body very smooth & mild. A little nutty. A little tart aftertaste. Good effort!