Buffalo Drool

Brewed by Buffalo Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Name: Buffalo Drool
Date: February 27, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: opaque dark brown with ruby edges, scant head
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma, dark caramel sweetness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, dark caramel sweetness mixed with a hint of butterscotch, touch of toasted, nibble of nuttyness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

on tap-pours a tan ring for a head and dark brown color. Aroma is medium malt-roasty/cocoa. Taste is medium malt-roasty/cocoa, some earthy hops. Gentle in style, full flavored. Too soft on carbonation since not on hand pump.

Draught at Buffalo Brewing Co. Pours clear brown with a small, fizzy, off-white head, mostly diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, cookie, chocolate, nutty), light hops (herbs), average yeast (leather, leaves) with notes of date and toffee. Medium bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation, and a chalky finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, light acidity and bitterness.

UPDATED: FEB 4, 2011 Sample at the brewpub. The beer is a brownish color with amber highlights and a medium thin and creamy beige head that dissipates to an outer ring. Spotty lacing. Grainy malt and slight hops aroma. Light body with flavors of bready malt, grain and light hops. The finish is mildly roasted malt and nuts with an aftertaste that does not linger. Count this as the second animal’s drool that I have had with a beer named after it. Slightly above average overall.

The deep brown body was topped with a khaki head. The aroma was caramel with some chocolate. The taste was strong chocolate with toffee and tea. There was a strong malty note. Nice.

UPDATED: JUN 2, 2011 Draft at the brewpub. Pours a cloudy nut brown color with a two-finger thick beige head, even more cloudy because of the foggy glass. It was served a little too cold for my liking. Notes of roasted malts, some coffee grinds, nuts, toasted brown sugar, leafy hops, overripe plum, and caramel. Medium-bodied, with mild carbonation. Some mild bitterness late but mostly nuts and roast on the finish. Decent brown ale, just would have liked it a bit warmer. Re-Rate- not necessarily new notes, but served in a non-frosted glass, this opens up more. Nice roast and toast, and a good brown ale that pairs well with the whole menu here.

Dark brown beer with a small tan ring. Aroma is roasted notes. Flavor is very malty with lots of roasted coffee notes and a dash of chocolate. Hops are noted but are almost overpowered by the malt. It is semi sweet. A nice brown.

Pours very dark brown with a small white head. The aroma has some toast and no roast - seems like there may be some diacetyl hiding back there. This was odder than I expected for a brown ale. It is medium body that is very smooth with minor micro carbonation. The taste starts buttery, but doesn’t fully seem like diacetyl. There is very heavy toastiness, some nuttiness, coffee-like bitterness and some crisp hoppiness. The finish has a creamy coffee bitterness. This is a decent brown, but it is not my fave style by far.

Pour is a brown with a small tan head. Aroma is a slight roasted malt and not much more. Flavor is the same. Roasted malt and a little tobacco. Its thin and a fairly average brown ale.

Tasted sometime back in October. Part 1 of the sampler from the brewpub. Filtered with a dark amber hue. Ring of off-white head. Caramel and toffee aromas with a slightly nutty undertone. Touch cookie in the nose. Medium bodied with a bright and crips malt character. Mild cola note. Touch nutty malts. All malt palate with a faint hop character. Sticky finish. Solid brown.