Lost Coast Downtown Brown

Brewed by Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe
Style: Brown Ale
Eureka, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

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This beer is the greatest. What can I say? It’s the nectar of the gods. Also, if some restaurants/bars have the large bottle and it just keeps on giving. It has a nice subtle scent. The appearance is quite dark, however the beer goes down surprisingly light. I have found my beer. I have been drinking Downtown Browns for over five years now. I could never pass on this one.

This is the best Brown Ale that I can find to date. I wish I could find better just to experience beyond perfection.

This is by far my favorite beer, ever. Very smooth, and flavorful. Not quit sure whats up with the picaso style label. But after a few brews, he starts look almost normal.

I fell in love with this early in 2007. It’s very English in style, but much stronger in body and flavour than the likes of Newcastle. It’s a full bodied, richly falvoured brown ale, kind of between something like Newcastle and an English strong or old ale. It is almost black, red brown, with a thick tan head that dissipates slowly bt faster than, say, Moose Drool, and has only weak lacing. The aroma is rich caramel, yeasty bread. The taste is rich, toasty malt, sweet, smooth and very full-bodied. It has barely even a hint of bitterness, & could in fact probably use just a bit more of a bite. However, it is a full-bodied, very tasty, and smooth ale.

One of the premier brown ales out there. I measure browns against this one. Slightly sweet, but with great hop balance.

Lost Coast Downtown Brown is a dark brown ale that has a shade of dim garnet. It’s crystal clear with a dense, creamy, light coffee colored head. It has excellent retention and leaves thick sheets of lacing on the glass. It has a toasty, nutty aroma with notes of roasted dark chocolate, walnut bread and a fruity grassiness. It’s medium bodied, soft and smooth with a slightly gritty finish. It’s fruity and roasty tasting. It’s chocolaty but only a hint sweet. It has nice balance and it’s a bit warming. It’s a well executed brown ale.

UPDATED: APR 4, 2003 What a stellar session beer. Don't expect Belgian bliss, but for a really great beer to drink all afternoon while working at just about anything, look no further. Extraordinarily drinkable American brown.

pours a translucent brown out of the bottle with minimal head and carbonation. tastes of roasted nuts with some mild coffee flavours. finishes with some hop on the tongue not to mention some stronger coffee/ roasted malt.

This bottled brew poured a large head of light brown colored fine to medium sized long lasting bubbles that left behind a very good lace. The body was nearly opaque and dark brown in color with no visible carbonation. The aroma was very nice with a good blend of caramel malt notes. This was a mose excellent aroma for a good brown beer. The mouth feel was smooth crisp even and nicely balanced with a lingering brown beer aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of mild coffee mollasses and sweet malt. It is an excellent brown beer taste that I will definately seek out more of tor try again.

I believe Rogue's HazelNut Brown Nectar defines a great brown ale, however Lost Coast's Brown compares rather well. Medium brown with a nice head. The head, however, disapates after a short time. The flavor is a muted, creamy, sweet caramel. The weak finish keeps it from the top, however, all and all, an excellent brew.