Little Creatures Single Batch Brown Ale

Brewed by Little Creatures Brewing
Style: Brown Ale
Fremantle, Australia

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Nice aroma, and generally agreeable flavours over a relatively thin body, but a nice beer halfway between the english northern brown ales and the american brown ale styles.

Pours a perfect deep onion brown colour, with ample off white foam. Gently carbonated, but that’s about all an Ale should be. The nose shows sweet & spicy hops, clean as a whistle. The palate is initially opulent and obscenely malty, before a reasonably bitter kick towards the back. Fantastic style & execution. The best beer I’ve had from this brewery.

Bottle into pint glass. Pours bronzed brown with a good sized yellowish-tinged white head. Aroma is toasty dark malts with prominent tropical fruity hops. Palate is nicely balanced between the sweet malt base and the fruity lingering bitter hop finish. Easily drinkable smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and lowish carbonation. Very enjoyable.

Not a laid back as an English and not as hop crazy as an American, this is a really nice interpretation of a Brown that I’d love to see them take mainstream.

Pint bottle in Sydney.

Deep cola pour, moderate head. Interesting to pick up the cascade notes in the aroma atop a brown ale nuttiness; some gentle sweetness to the flavor and even roast, but the hops are doing the majority of the work here, making for an enjoyable and distinctive brown ale. Not in the league of their pale ale, but nevertheless very nice for an Australia craft beer.

23-Jul-2010 (The Local Taphouse - Melbourne) - Light malt, hoppy fruit aroma. Light brown amber colour, ordinary head and decent lacing. Hoppy fruit and light sweet caramel malt flavour. Bitter finish and fruity hop aftertaste.

Thick white head strong carbonation red brown clear pour aroma fruit light caramel flavour toasted malts caramel passionfruit grapefruit good bitter has a fizz morishing beer finish mildly gry fruit and malt lasting bitter good one

568mL bottle. Pours dark golden brown with a small off white head that leaves some lacing. Aromas of caramel, grass and citrus. Low sweetness, low bitterness, some hop flavours. Light-medium bodied, soft-medium carbonation and a bit starchy in the finish.

Deep amber/light brown colour. Aroma really packs a nice hoppy aroma, quite complex with good malt there too. Palate backs this up with medium to full body, sweet caramel malt and clean bitterness. I’m really enjoying this beer, great flavour would definitely order again. On tap, Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide.

568mL pint bottle. Deep amber body with small beige foam persisting. Quite a mild aroma; subtle yet complex. Resiny hops, fruity lime, bit of tropical fruit (pineapple maybe?). Toffee malt in the background, a hint of chocolate and bread dough. Texture has a distinct husky dryness about it, some sweetness adds body with a medium carbonation. Decidely spicy flavour of medium intensity. Burnt caramel, rye bread, cocoa combine well with resinous hops with notes of tobacco leaf, tomato stalk, orange rind and guava. Bitterness is oddly subdued considering the hop intensity, drying rye-spice finish. Quite a different offering from these boys. Very well made and hoppy, like their legendary pale ale, but somewhat understated in comparison, with a complex malt backbone. Enjoyable, in a unique sort of way.