Flat Branch Brown Ale

Brewed by Flat Branch Pub & Brewing
Style: Brown Ale
Columbia, Missouri USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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On draft at the source. The beer is chestnut brown with a thin, light beige collar. The aroma offers some sweet, fruity notes atop a light malt bill. The flavor is decent, albeit a bit to sweet. A bit more bread and malt character would serve this beer well. Decent beer, and easy enough to get through a pint, but this could stand a few improvements.

Sampled at Flat Branch. Pours a brown color with white head. Nutty, malty, roasty flavors. Decent brown.

Very brown, with a ruby tint. Mild chocolat and roast aromas. Dry, chalky on the palate, with some chocolate, and maybe some spices, like cinnamon. Also a molasses component? A little on the thin side.

Date: February 25, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy dark amber, fine dirty white head, scattered lace
Aroma: sweet chocolate aroma, nice nutty character, light caramel sweetness
Flavor: sweet caramel and chocolate flavor, nice and nutty, light toast, just a hint of earthyness for balance
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Nice dark color with very thin head and almost oily looking once the head fades. Taste had the raisin flavor that is used in a lot of the dark/sweeter flat branch beer (one that I do not enjoy). Tasted malt and a little toffee flavor too, but no real nutty flavor. I was disappointed, but still a decent beer.

Tasted at Flat Branch Brewery in Columbia, Missouri. Medium brown appearance with a dark malty aroma. Body almost like a stout but still has nutty characteristics.

It poured a brownish color with a small head. The aroma was of malt and mild hops. The taste was sweet that expanded into a hoppy malty flavor.