Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Disappointed in this beer. Very sweet without much bitterness to balance it out. At the point of being cloying

Appearance: Pours a dark, deep brown color with a small, tan head. The lacing’s pretty good at the beginning. Smell: Smells like you’d expect it to after it’s been in a bottle for so long. Mild malt notes, but a sour, vinegar-like trunk smell is there as well. Not an overpowering smell... quite muted. I would certainly expect a fresh batch to smell a lot more pleasant. Taste/feel: Tastes about as good as a 17 month old beer should be able to. It’s drinkable, has a very nice and deep malty/coffee aftertaste. The hops seem to be almost completely gone in the taste and aroma, and it just drinks like a heavy brown ale ... almost like a porter or a stout with the super rich aftertaste. The feel’s pretty decent. Low carbonation and somewhat creamy. Not bad. Overall, hard to accurately score this one due to the sheer age of this beer. Regardless of its age, it tastes better than a lot of beers do fresh. I’d definitely try this again either on tap or out of a fresher bottle.

In the middle on this one. No aroma Looks great with a very thick head. A slightly dusty bitter finish. Very good not great ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Pours clear dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of various fruits, caramel, spice, and some licorice. Taste is sweet and spicy up front, with caramel and a little chocolate. Hoppy bitterness only creeps up after a while. Sticky mouthfeel. A nice brown ale, but I’m not getting as much hoppiness as I was expecting.

From bottle. Pours a deep brown color and small head. Aroma was sweet bread, brown sugar and coffee. Taste followed with a lot of sweetness. Medium body.

Pint on tap. Mahogany color, small persistent head - . Smells familiar (I think it’s the scotch ale), rich aroma. I taste toffee, toasted notes, marshmallows, a little vanilla (so a little sweet), but it has a pretty bitter aftertaste - overall it has a big body with lots of taste. Quality beer.

12oz bottle. I know I’ve had this in the past and it certainly wasn’t $11 a sixer. Good thing I only bought one bottle. Dark brown, decent head. Aroma is a sugary brown ale, malts. Flavor was more sugar, decent brown ale and oh yeah it does have a hit of hops behind it. Overall its pretty boring. I’ve heard this described as a brown IPA but nah. Serving type: bottle 01-21-2013 05:42:21

Interesting brown ale concept. I was a bit hesitant, but pleasantly surprised. The sweet smell of coffee and caramel mixed with the hopy flavor made for a good beer drinking experience.

Dark brown pour with a small amount of off white/tan head. Smells of brown sugar, caramel, banana, fig, raisin. Initial taste is a dusty hop with some caramel like sweetness. Gives way to a slightly spicy carbonated briney and finishes with somewhere close to a coffee ground. Fairly complex and changes mid drink. Overall surprising, but doesn't quite do it for me. Makes me want a stout. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle poured a cloudy brown hue w/ a creamy mostly diminishing tan head and excellent lacing. Aroma of dark breads and molasses. Initial flavor moderate sweet to a light bitter finish of short duration. Tastes are coffee, molasses, citrus - lemon, raisin, and lightly roasted barley. Medium to full bodied, dry texture, soft carbonation, and light alcoholic feel in the finish.