Poured deep brown with no head (bartender)...smell is a littly nutty with lots of resin in the nose...taste is vey similiar...sweet up front but way over hopped everywhere...just not a great example...interesting for a brown but just not good...

Clear redish color with good head and lacing. Bread dough nose. Creamy texture. Bready chocolate notes with some fruitiness. Light in body. Very drinkable.

On tap in Austin, Tx. Deep dark brown color with a decent sized off white head. Fresh aroma of coffee and a wee bit of bitter chocolate. Thick, creamy mouthfeel. Flavor has some chocolate notes with an underlying fruitiness - not too unlike a cheap wine (in a good way), pleasant combination. Some nuttiness makes its way through in the back end. An excellent brown ale - one of those that you go back for and have more than one of.

Tap. Opaque brown-black, mellow head. Good consistency in the mouthfeel. Malt-dominant, and the lack of a single prominent flavor makes this very interesting. Some chocolate-coffee and hints of fruit that I can't quite place, especially toward the finish. A basic but satisfying beer. Good on a cold night...a "Texas cold night", anyway.

Pours a deep dark brown with a thin off-white head. Lightly sweet caramel malty aroma. Body has nice complexity of mildly roasted malts and a good hop balance toward the finish. A good brown ale.