Callys Nut Brown Ale

Formerly brewed at Cally’s Restaurant & Brewing Co. (formerly Calhoun’s)
Style: Brown Ale
Harrisonburg, Virginia USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

Amber brown pour with off white head and lace. Aroma of toasted malt and light chocolate. Roasted malt, light chocolate, and earthy hops. Medium bodied with smooth carbonation.says retired but that was the name on the chalkboard.

This was the best beer CAlly’s had. I was shocked when my girlfriend agreed. A nice nutty flavor with some chocolate flavors as well. Not amazingly complex but a great balance of nuts and chocolate, whats not to love with that combination?

On tap at the brewpub. Deep black pour with a thin layer of tan head. Nose was nutty with roasted notes. Flavor was full of chocolate and rye. Hops add some zing and bitterness. A nice brown ale aided by that brewpub freshness.

On tap at the brewpub on 11/21/2008. Dark brown body with ruby highlights. Sweet caramel and molassas aroma with some sweet nuttiness. Nutty flavor, light molassas and chocolate and hints of caramel. Medium body with moderately light carbonation.

From a sampler at the brewpub. Pours a dark ruby red color with a medium head and nice lacing. Big aroma of caramel, toffee and roasted malts. Taste is roasted malts, coffee, caramel and dark fruits. Medium bodied.

Draught at the brewpub. Decent effort from Erik and the brewers. Dark brown pour with a fleeting head. Slow and soft carbonation is a slight dissapointment, the malt here is strikingly sweet and kind of boring. A bit thin and lacking in flavor, but nothing offensive.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours deep reddish mahogany with small tight beige head. The aroma is chocolate, raisin, pistacchio, some green bark. Flavor is creamy with chocolate at first, then some more nut husk tones. The finish is quick and smooth. No depth, but ok.

on tap-pours a creamy light brown head with dark brown-red color. Aroma is malt, sweet. Taste is malt, sweet, good secondary hops, nutty. Good carbonation.