Gaslight Bison Brown Ale

Draft. Brown body with a tan head. Nutty and malty some lightly toasted malt. A non aggressive hop character with little etoh. Not much here.

Deep brown pour with tan head and lace. A bit of a sour stale aroma but not really bad. Lemon and the sour I all too often associate with a brown. Cardboard was a flavor that I got here as well. Thin and watery. I know it didn’t sound like I liked this beer very much but it was a decent drinker.

Growler. Pours a light brown with a slight tan head. Aroma is only oddly sweet, some light roast. Taste is a bit out of whack - overly sweet, kind of fruity. Drank 1/2, just couldn’t finish. 2nd strike for gaslight.

Tap at the brewpub. Pours a deep brown, moslty clear with a thin short lived head. Aroma was very dull- some light nutty malts and hints of chocolate and light floral hops. Dull flavor as well, a bit fruity, nutty, toasted malts, very light dry chocolate finish. Pretty boring and flavorless.

Clear copper body with beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, caramel, some coffee, light roast. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, caramel, some coffee, nut, roast. Watery light-medium body. Porteresque.

on tap-pours a light tan head. Color is brown with a red tint. Aroma is malt. Taste is malt, creamy, smooth,. Mild carbonation.

5/25/05 Garden State Brewfest. Finally found (some) of these notes. Overall probably the better of Gaslight’s entries. I haven’t known The Gaslight to be a very good brewpub but they try and sometimes produce a halfway decent beer. This was a standard nut brown.

At the 2005 Garden State Brewfest. Probably the best one that Gaslight brought that day. Not the best example of a nutty brown ale, but it sufficed.