Flossmoor Station Pullman Brown

Probably my favorite from Flossmoor. Nose is sweet and dark caramelized syrup and roasted malt. Taste is molasses, bacon fat, smoked meat, tar, and bitter chocolate. Mouthfeel is thick but lively. Medium to long finish. Very complex taste.

Sampled from 22-oz bottle during Dark Lord Day ’09 at table 5. Pours a clear brown caramel brew with a thick off-white head that has good retention and lacing. Aroma of toasted multi-grain biscuits, roasted nuts with a touch of flowery hops. Taste is full bodied, very light carbonation with a sweet malt and light dry bitterness with flavors of roasted dark malt, chocolate and some flowery hops. Finish is syrupy, dry with a toasted biscuit and nutty aftertaste.

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of chocolate, malts, light roasting, bitter coffee, oats, molasses and grains. Poured very dark brown in color with a huge, fluffy, rocky, brown head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Flavor is light to medium sweet. Tastes of malts, chocolate, nuts, oats, light roasting, light molasses, and a hint of vanilla. Medium to full body. Smooth, creamy, airy texture. Average to lively carbonation. Sweet, chocolate, nut, slight molasses, slight roasted finish is a tad chalky.

22oz bottle courtesy of wkcyr4 poured into a pint glass. This one pours very dark brown, darker than I was expecting with a small tan head that recedes pretty quickly and leaves only a trace of lacing. The aroma really blew me away, probably the best brown I’ve ever smelled. Tons of dark roasted malts balance with the sweetness of the molasses - a perfectly balance combination with a hint of coffee and smoke in the nose as well. The taste picked up where the nose left off, with tons of caramel malts and some roasted coffee forming a solid backbone. The molasses really balances that roasted character before the finish provides a bit of chocolate sweetness and a hint of hops. The mouthfeel is pretty full and the molasses consistency can really be felt as it gets almost syrupy...but not quite. Well, this is one of the best brown ales I’ve ever tasted. Flossmoor continues to impress and this is no exception.

On tap @ brewpub. By far the best brown ale I’ve had. Rich, complex, honey, nutty,etc. Don’t remember the details, but this was beautiful indeed.

Floosmoor pre DLD ... deep brown ... thin brown head ... rich toffee ... woody malts ... little syrupy ... little treacle ... toffee malts ...

Plenty of scrumptious dark caramel malting in aroma, i wonder if that is the molasses, taste is chocolate cake with caramel frosting ,finish is light and bittering, actually not that appealing for a brown ale.Pretty good stuff until right at the end

This poured a murky brown color with a light tan head. Aroma was sweet malts, roastedness and hints of coffee too. Flavor was really nicely roasted but sweet as well. A really good example of the style.