Bowling Green Brown Ale

Formerly brewed at Bowling Green Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Bowling Green, Kentucky USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Bottle. Poured a dark brown with a one finger tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and nuts. Flavor had a heavy amount of vinegar taste. Could make out any of the other tastes.

Date: November 01, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: clear brown, scant head
Aroma: nutty chocolate aroma, light caramel sweetness
Flavor: slightly sweet chocolate flavor, touch of nutty character, light balancing bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Appearance: Pours a clear, dark mahogany-hued body with a thin, bubbly head. Smell: Altogether weak, mild nose smelling only of a roasty nut character. Taste: The malts exhibit a roasted nut taste with only a faint amount of sweetness. Hmm, not too much in the way of hops either beyond a tiny, tiny bit of bitterness. Finishes dry and bordering on out-and-out watery. There’s really just not that much to it at all, unfortunately. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium-low carbonation. Drinkability: Rather lacking, even for a brown, but, as this is a new brew from a new brewery, perhaps in a year or two’s time they’ll be blowing my mind with a hellstorm of awesomeness.

Pours brown,nice white head fades fast.Smells of roasted malts and nuts.Sweet light hopps,turns sour as the beer finishes.Ok nothing great.

12oz bottle. medium brown, Dr. Pepper color. Aroma of toast Flavor of tart fruit, some malty sweetness. Not the best brown ale. Could use some more body.

From a brown 12oz bottle - Pours a clear brown color with a slight head and very low carbonation. Smells of roasted malts and nuts. First sip is sweet, not very hoppy but a pleasant balance. Some nutty flavor notes present. Finishes just slightly bitter Decent mouthfeel but very under carbonated. Pretty nice brown ale.

Light brown pour with off white head and lace. Sweet roasted malt on the aroma and flavor. Semi sweet flavor with a sour bitter finish. Not bad.

Sampled at the 2008 Music City Brewers Fest. Cola brown with a thin off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma with hints of nuts. The flavor follows much the same (caramel and nuts) with light hints of chocolate and roast. Light body and a slight watery texture. Very decent.

From a sixpack bought at Chuck’s Liquor Store in Bowling Green. Pours a clear mahogany body with an attractive beige head that leaves some sheets of lace. Aroma has some nuttiness and faint chocolate, plus a green apple note that probably doesn’t belong. Medium body and carbonation. Taste opens with an appropriate malty nuttiness with a hint of chocolate. Some Coca Cola notes appear midway through and last to the finish. A hint of spicy black pepper at the finish. Not at all bad for this fledlgling western Kentucky micro. Their labels remind me a bit of New Glarus.

Bottle from Chucks Liquor in Bowling Green. Dark amber with a crystal clear body and a light tan head. Aroma of maple, caramel and nuts. Taste is like a caramel maple nut crunch candy bar – caramel, nuts, maple, toffee, light sugar. On the malted side with a light roasted malt finish that’s a little dry and peppery too.