Glenwood Canyon No Name Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Glenwood Springs, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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UPDATED: OCT 13, 2010 No Name Nut Brown Ale was always a local favorite. Probably still is. It’s been too long since I’ve had a glass of it.

Draft at 2010 Brewers rendezvous. Pours an off white head over a light brown (SRM 20) clear body.....nose is light and "beery".....taste is also light and "beery" ....mouth feel is light and thin, carbonation medium. This is much too light overall. Tasting of 7/10/10. BJCP 4/3/8/4/5

A growler at Petalax Beer Festival 2010. Brown amber color. Mild nutty and slightly vinous aroma. Nutty, caramelly and slightly chocolatey flavor. Mild taste, has lost some of its freshness.

Growler 1.5 Gallon @ Petalax Beer Festival 2010 - the 4th. edition.

Light unclear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light nutty, moderate hoppy, dark orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100702]

Growler (PBF)
Dark amber color, small off-white head. Nutty, a bit caramelly aroma. Nutty, caramelly, some tartness and berries with wineous notes. Aftertaste is caramelly. A bit thin and not really fresh.

Growler thanks to Kalevi Kurronen, thanks a bunch!@PBF2010. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel malts, some mild wooden notes and mild spices. Quite pleasant. Flavour is quite fruity, wooden, caramelly and some spices.

From tap. Pour is clear mahogany red brown thin off white head. Some caramel and coffee in the nose. Taste is strongly of hazel nut with slight hop finish. A thin mouth feel (not atypical for style).

Had this brew at the All Colorado Beer Fest 08". Aroma is a sweet malty nut scent. Color is deep brown with a thick tight head. Its a medium bodied brew that has a smooth creamy feel a nice malty flavor and a touch of hop flavor and bitterness. After taste is clean and a little dry. This is a very good Brown.

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2007 The mountains of Colorado harbor many niches, nooks and crannies, within which lie a bounty of hidden mines, towns and even the occasional bakery (Silver Plume). Glenwood Springs is not what you’d call a quaint mountain town, exactly, but it’s not a global tourism destination either. Home to a therapeutic hot springs, it sees its fair share of visitors, and those who do go get a chance to visit the local brewpub: Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company. It is by no means an infamous brewery, or a landmark in craft beer, but it provides better beer to a town with one foot still in the past, and that makes it all the more charming. My family and I ordered a sampler to get a well rounded taste of the offerings, and I came away reasonably impressed, considering my expectations. Much like their ESB, the No Name struck me as an elegantly simple brew that matched the atmosphere and feel of Glenwood Springs with its casual approach and simple but pleasurable flavors. It is a nice, deep woody brown color, like heavy-set syrup, clear, with a wood shaving head. The brew’s musk is deep and sweet, leading a strong, aromatic charge with slightly roasted caramel, malts, wood chips used in grilling, cocoa powder and a little hint of Scotland with peat moss. Already the No Name is more compelling and impelling than the average brown ale. This enticing bouquet stirs itself into a bubbly frenzy in the mouth, like an agitated sea vent, slightly smoothed over by a plain milk chocolate taste and texture, more of the same Highland peat, and a generic coffee sensation. Again, it’s a fine example of easy, relaxed, care-free drinking, like a gentle float down a river with nothing else to do but watch a parade of clouds. It is a weekend beer, to be imbibed and digested after a long bout of work and labor; for refreshment and relaxation. And that, while not exactly an august pursuit, is still admirable in my book.

on tap-pours a light tan head and dark red color. Aroma is caramel malt. Taste is sweet caramel malt, nice secondary hops and finished with hops. OK carbonation.