Gearys Autumn Ale

Brewed by D.L. Gearys Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

On cask at the Great Lost Bear
Brownish-amber colour. Slightly spicy (nutmeg) aroma with hints of sour milk and nuts. Toasty, milky (I think this is a by-product of their mutated Ringwood yeast because it appeared in other Geary's I sampled later), with some earthy hops. Finishes earthy.

Draught at Pony Bar, New York
Brown color. The aroma is too light. Dry and dark caramel flavor; strong bitterness; the final is very dry. Boring.

(12oz bottle) Smallish beige head that mostly dissipates atop a clear copper body. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, cherry, some earthy, light nut. Taste is moderately sweet, cherry, some sourness, raisin, earthy, light chocolate. Watery light-medium body.

Deep brown pour with a thick but fast-fading tan head. The nose is quite cocoaish with a distinct herbal spiciness. A nice light sweetness and a good balance of toasted malt and soft hoppiness. This is a simple but tasty brown ale.

Practical hazelnut sweetness overseeing a distant mud bank of toffee and orange rinds...Short, grassy hops and pomegranate seeds appear in an otherwise very placid end...An easy-to-drink offering for those who venture out of the swill path but are still not ready to stray very far...

Pours a dark amber with a decent off white head. Smells nuttey with some nice dandelion like undertones. Tastes of yogurt, toffee, caramel and rose hips with a bittersweet finish.

Bottle. Pours a brown body with an off white head. Light nutty maltiness with hints of cherry wheat and sour fruit. Light dusty earthy hop character.

I tasted this back at the brewery over the summer before it was even released to the public, so it was very young. This beer was very good- nice color, great aroma and flavor. Lots of nutty and toasted flavors, with some darker malts lingering in the background. Also- there is a complex subtle sweetness from some crystal malts. Possibly hopped with some english hops to give it that slight floral/ woodsy aroma.