Dark Horse Boffo Brown Ale

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Marshall, Michigan USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Tap @ GTMW. Beautiful deep chestnut in color with a thin, foamy grey head. Big caramel and nutty whiff with some chocolate dinner roll hints. Full, nut laden quaff, lining itself with the likes of hazelnut casings and caramelized pecans. Carbonation might be a little too accentuated, but the rest of the balance is achieved. Otherwise, it’s about as good as a brown can go.

On tap at the brewery. Thin, slightly tan head. The color is a very dark amber with some brown coloring. The aroma is pears and light cinnamon with a hint of oranges. The taste is bread crust, oranges and high waulity dried tobacco. Very nice and satisfying brown.

Dark brown with a small light tan head. Light cardboard and nutty aroma. The flavor also has some cardboard as well as nutty roasted malts. Lightly hops. Watery body. This bottle was past its prime but it seemed rather uninspiring regardless.

pours a brown color with a small white head. aroma is malt. flavor is not too great. body is alright but this is just pretty bad.

Thin looking brown color with large chunks of floating sediment and a small tan head. The nose is a malty mix of toffee, some chocolate, raisins, alcohol and a hint of hops. Light bodied and watery. With roasted nut and a touch of coffee and hop flavors. Not a bad brown ale, but far from a classic.

Bottle. Very nicely done brown ale. Rich malty aromas mix with hops in the nose. Deep chestnut color. Thin head. Malts dominate the taste, very rich and nutty. Hops show in the tail end nicely. Recommended!

Thanks to Mike at the brewpub ( a customer) for an old bottle! Very dark brown, nearly opaque. Chocolate and toffee nose with some bitter hints! Rich and chewy body, I think this has aged well, pure toffee aftertaste and some dryness, coffee hints, alcohol and bitter chocloate. Very good all warm and straight out of a car trunk!

good beer overall....very dark pour with beige head...toasted nutty taste, with a smoky aftertaste; an enjoyable beer

small beige head on a dark beer--closer to black than brown. nutty, toasty, malty, almondy. flavor is very almond-like, plenty of toasty malt with only a tiny bit of hidden bitterness. earthy, soily feel, some woody tannins. good brown ale.

Nice beer bottle brown color, nearly opaque with rusty edges, thin tan cap adorns the top A thin collar keeps and the lacing is spongy in strings. Nose is mild with a slight roasty malt and a bit of caramel and toffee. Taste brings out much more, thank goodness for that, and whats there is quite nice for a brown. Well rounded taste, mild and foregoing, lengthy and bold. Roasty, husky, earthen malts speak easy across the palate, moderately sweet with a dark toffee tang. Some astringencies are present, but not eagerly so, just right I think. Feel is good with about a medium body and a peppy carbonation. Lightly dry roasty touch slips into the finish. A fine brown ale to be sure, not as sweet as others which was good. More of a straight up roastyness with a small earthy, raw grains taste that’s nicer then most browns.