Black Oak Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Black Oak Brewing
Style: Brown Ale
Etobicoke, Canada

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007. A brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of nuts and malt, while the flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and nuts.

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Nut brown. Orangey nose. Sweet and medium bodied with clean mouthfeel. Light roasty malt with some careful orangey hops over. Low bitterness. Not thatmuch going on here.

Bottled@SBWF2007. Deep brownish amber colour, mediumsized head. Aroma is caramel, earth, malts and some slight metal. Flavour is the same without the metal, with some slight chocolate notes. Some slight hoppyness in finish.

I used to say that this beer had potential if they would get the malt extracted properly. Well, Ken from the brewery told me to try it again. Yup, they’ve got it right now. There is a lot more chocolate and toasted malt flavour now. A subtle nuttiness as well, and it really plays off the hops well (previously I felt it was overhopped). The finish is dry, almost smokey, and with good length. Well worth a pint or two.

Bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007
Bright mahogany color. Some nutty aroma. Light mouthfeel, dry, with some caramel and hazelnut flavor, dry finish too. Not my style.

Caramel and toasty aroma and flavor. More hops than you’d expect. Good overall beer, eminently drinkable.

Bottled@SBWF 2007
Nutty brown color, expresso head. Light malty and caramelly nose. Light hoppy, a bit toffeish flavor. Maybe some coffee beans there too. Easy to finish, easy to forget.

Generous off-white head is mostly lasting over the clear chestnut hue. Straightforward leafy hops intervene amidst the chocolatey and roasted malts. Clean malty flavors, slightly fruity and indeed procuring hazelnut hints. Dry palate, hoppy. Supporting carbonation, good flavor balance. More than fair brown ale.