Illinois Big Beaver Brown Ale

It pours a deep chestnut with a tan head that does some good lacing. The nose is of sweet malts, lightly roasted malts, apples, and a slight sourness. The latter becomes pronounced both in the taste and the finish. Something wrong here.

<font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=4654>Illinois Brewing Company, Bloomington, IL<font size=-1>

Had it on tap at the brewpub in Bloomington. Not much taste in this one, just ok.

a nice brown ale from this tiny brewery in bloomington, il. ill need to go back and try some more next time im in town. lower carbonation in this one. the fruitiness that mcdermott describes below was apparent. good beer. much of the appeal of this place is that the beer is very fresh being a brewpub and all and the only one that i am aware of in the bloomington normal area

Draft, at IBC. Still fruity after all these beers. All the beers I tried there had some estery aftertaste that may have been part of the package when brewing in the summer. Still, this went down very well and finished pretty smoothly.