Falls Nut Brown Ale

A beer I had not tasted in a while until recently, and it rekindled my memory. Reminiscent of New Glarus Fat Squirrel, not as silky, but the sweet malts are still there, and nutty aroma. Toast, barbecue and fall! Yes the smell of autumn, and scrambling critters...

Hmmm... Where to start. Looks decent enough. Little head that’s gone in no time leaving no lacing. Smells sour. Not the good kind of sour, like bad food. Very off flavor to it throughout drinking it. As stated in other reviews, it’s hard to put your finger on it. There’s a mineral undertone to all their brews I’ve tasted so far. There are a lot of kinks for this young brewery to work out. Very unimpressive.

Picked up a single 12-oz bottle from Flanagan’s in Appleton, Wisconsin. Pours a dark cola caramel brown brew with a fast dissolving light tan head that leaves behind a fine film and an off-white ring. Aroma of dark roasted malt, some milk chocolate, flowery hops and a touch of multi-grain biscuits. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with a slight tart berry with a caramel malt flavor. Finish is slightly tart, some roasted malt and a dry malt aftertaste.

I found this to be a below average-yet-not-awful brown ale. It was a million times better than the Falls Fuggled Up IPA, which is the worst beer I’ve had in recent memory! Still, this is nothing to write home about. It does taste like other brown ales I’ve had, although it has lots of misplaced off-notes like sourness (not the good kind), staleness, and card-boardiness. Not good, and not recommended. It poured a dark color with a medium tan head composed of variously sized bubbles. Aroma was slightly sweet and stale, and wasn’t all that pleasant. Flavor was as I described above, although mouthfeel was lousy, with a ton of flatness up front that hits you before you taste the beer. As the beer warmed I got a very off and uncharacteristic sourness which I did not enjoy. I won’t be having this again.

12oz, no date. lightly hazy brown orange with a one finger beige head that quickly fades to a film. Aroma has some nuts, odd sour something that tells me this is probably infected. This is a brown ale, not a sour brown!! I think the brewers forgot this key thing. Flavor is kinda flat but the odd tang sourness dominates until the ashy finish. Slightly roasty finish. Overcarbonated with a thin body. You suck Falls Nut Brown Ale!