Garage Project Golden Brown

I was told that this was a cock-up this beer. I colossal, beautiful cock-up. It wasn’t golden or brown, being a good amber colour and having an off-white head that lasted longer than the gas-flow pourage would otherwise have permitted. The aroma was American hops all over with redwood and amber malt. I was thinking "Hang on, someone has dropped a bollock. It doesn’t look like brown ale, it doesn’t smell like brown ale." and then I caught a whiff of caramel and chocolaty malt that you usually get in Brown Ale. The flavours were sweetish, without overwhelming carbonation but with plenty of silky mouthfeel. It was a warm, amber ale with a good nod to American hops and flavours of the same chocolate and caramalt. The finish owes a lot to those hops. I’d call this a happy accident, a tasty fuck up. I’d also call it lucky to be got away with (brown ale, my arse).