Sampled at the brewpub. AU15/08.

App.: Medium ruby, clear, remnants of a light tan head. Aroma: Nice burnt sugar and light molasses, hints of warm spices, coffee, treacle, slightly nutty, somewhat fruity, a bit of alcohol. Palate: Medium-ish body and fairly soft carbonation. Flav.: Much like the nose, full and lovely; dry with a nice amount of bitterness.

I really enjoyed this.

In short: An “Amber” Ale calling itself a Brown ale. Basic caramel, a little woody and slightly fruity. Boring
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Clear redish-amber body topped by an beige ring of foam
In long: Kind of a more caramelized version of their Amber ale. Just caramel and some woody notes. Not very nutty or anything except maybe a distant hazelnut flavour. Something strange in the hopping as I got some unexpected fruity note in the come-back (strawberries and such). Short but sharp astringency in the finish. I actually preferred the lighter Amber ale, this one was more tasty but the flavours were just like a bunch of overpaid baseball players, they were not working together and trying to steal the spotlight from each other.

A golden brown ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, caramel, nuts and chocolate. In mouth, bitter chocolate and coffee, with no sweetness, very dry. A bizarre porter like brown ale. Good. On tap at Empire, Nov. 17 2007.

From 2002: Ruby/deep brown color with not much off white head. Some sweet malt and nuts in the aroma. Tastes dry with some nuts, but a strange flavor of metal as the two other raters have mentioned. Nicely bitter, with some fruitiness as well.

Not crazy about browns and not crazy about this. Not much aroma, maybe some plum/maple syrup notes in the aroma. Seemed drier than a usual brown and the flavor became dull and I agree has some sort of metal/burnt/alcohol flavor that is out of touch with this style. Strangely bitter, but that's not a bad thing, still, needs more malt and sugar.