Brooklyn Brown Ale

Pours a less than completely clear ruddy brown with a film of a tan head. The nose is sweet with malt, though not over bearing. Substantial chocolate and a bit creamy. A bit of floral hops, but also something slightly caustic smelling. A fruity slightly out of place roastiness. Cherry? Oak? A full creamy body, particularly for a session style, very substantial. Fruity round malty beer. A bit of roasty astringency seems to suggest oak and cherry. Not so much chocolate, but maybe a small hint of coffee with that roast. Relatively smooth, with the astringency a bit over the top. Reigned in, this could be a nice way to bring balance to a beer on the malty side. Lingering roast leaves me a bit confused, but not a bad beer by any account.

12 ox bottle from Quake1028; nose of sweet caramel with some light banana; clear dark cherry brown with a medium, lightly lacing, beige head; flavor has an immediate coffee hit, then more caramel and sweetness fading to light hop bitterness.

a brown ale for ipa fans. it’s hoppier than your run of the mill brown ale, and really drinkable, especially on tap. its a fairly different animal on tap - i get the feeling its a little maltier when bottled, could be me though. i’ve actually come across this beer in bars more often in D.C. than in new york.

35,5 cl bottle. Brown/reddish color. Small beige head. Sweet, caramell malt, fruit, hops.

Caramel and malt aroma, slightly nutty, but pretty much sweet aroma. Nut brown color with a thin white head that disipates. Smooth caramel malts, with good spicy hops, very well balanced, although pretty its slightly hoppy for the style.

35.5 cL bottle. Pours deep brown with a hazzlenut brown hue, creamy off-white head. Sweet fruity aroma with a mild roasted malt beneath. Light to medium bodied which is in contrast to the quite flavourful experience that follows. Starts dark roasted with a clear acidity before a more breadish malt note turns up. It does however never get to the point that the flavour shows the sweetness that seems present in the aroma, it rather stays acidic for then to turn into a more bitter and hoppy finish showing some flavour smoothness along the way: caramel, chocolate and a whiff of vanilla. Has a slight liqourice edge in the finish. Clearly the most hoppy brown ale I’ve had. Nice.

Fairly clear, but surprisingly dark mahogany body with deep reddish hues. There’s a small, densely packed, spongy off-white head that settles to a thin film with a pronounced edge. Spotty trails of lacing dot the glass. The aroma shows dry roasted barley, cereal grains, resinous pine hops, and faint traces of coffee. The hop presence is surprisingly strong on the nose for a brown ale. The flavor is again very dry and roasty, Toasted bread and cereal grains comprise the base, while mild piney and floral hops add a little depth. Medium body with a lively, fizzy mouthfeel. Clean, dry finish. Overall quite boring and uninspired.

From the bottle this pours a clear chestnut body with a healthy beige head. Little lacing. The aroma has lightly roasted malts with soft caramel and a mild nutty bitterness. Tastes much the same but with a light astringency near the finish that detracts somewhat. Sessionable.

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