Casco Bay Brown Ale

Brewed by Casco Bay Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: Brown Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

Nice nutty with slightly coffee aroma. Bitter cocoa with rich and deep malt flavor. Says Brown Ale on the bottle but closer to a Nut Brown Ale due to the slight aftertaste of hazelnut. Not very impressive, sort of mild and bland.

Slightly roasty soapy aroma. Color is a light translucent brownish red. Palate is surprisingly thick, warming. Flavor is caramel, dark roasty malt, smooth and slightly sweet. Not as bad as I expected.

12 oz bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with moderate beige head. The aroma is sweet with chocolate and caramel notes, some slight fig and molasses, a touch of leather, and a distant hint of wet forest. The flavor is chocolate and caramel with an ashy bitterness (good- the nose worried me that it would be super sweet). The finish is a bit roasty with some wood and moss hints, and a bitterness that lingers for a bit. Not bad.

Dark brown color with little head. Bready but fruity aroma. Fairly balanced but a slight bit of hoppiness in the flavor. Nuttiness on the finish. Clean and crisp.

Pour is a dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma is sour with some malt. Flavor is about the same a strange sour with a little malt aftertaste. I’m sure this was infected but even if it wasn’t this was not going to be a good beer.

poured from 12 oz bottle - A decently malted brown ale that is tasty enough. That is all for right now you bastards. Thank you.

12oz bottle pours amber/brown with a medium off-white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, cocoa, nuts, and dark fruits. Taste is bitter chocolate, into mild caramel and toffee, ending on bitter nuts. Not bad, not amazing.

A clear brown color with an off white head that quickly faded away, a slightly over carbonated appearance. Aroma had a nice caramel malt profile and some mild toffee/nut aromas. Flavor was similar. A little too gassy. Beer wasn’t bad or offensive in any way it just wasn’t great.