Midnight Sun Kodiak Brown Ale

OTH tasting 09/06/08 courtesy of THE gillard, thanks again Ryan you crazy beer loving bastard. Pours deep clear copper with thin tan head. The aroma is mild with hints of roasted malts and a larger nutty sensation. The taste is rich nuttiness mixing with roasty malts and sweeter malts. It is smooth and full flavor boldness for a brown. I love bold beers and this suits me very well.

Pours clear brown with a thick and fluffy off-white head. Meidum body and carbonation. Brown sugar, chocolate and roased nuts in the aroma and taste. Dry finish. A nice brown ale, kinda hits the spot for me.

Bottle courtesy od tpd975. Pours a clear brown with a one finger light tan head. Light aroma of sweet malt, caramel, toffee, and light roast. Taste is the same as aroma with a touch of dark fruit. Medium thin mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness. Good.

Pours very dark ebony with red hues at the edges and a thin tan head. Nutty chocolate up front, dry and a funky bitter finish with cocoa lingering off in the aftertaste. The beer starts with a nice roastiness, but the finish was thin on flavor and didn’t have enough malt depth to really win me over, just so-so.

Amazingly smooth. Buttery. Great malt and lacing beautiful color and creamy head. Amazingly made but something small overall come up short keeping it from a higher score. A wonderful brown ale.

Purchased online from Bottletrek, poured into a Duvel tulip. Appearance is a dark rich brown with amber highlights, frothy tan head mostly sustains, thick lacing on the glass. Smell is roasty sweet malts with a dominating tone of nuttiness, some hints of cocoa/coffee, dark fruits, molasses, alcohol. Taste is good for the style, caramel and roast malts complimented by the nutty overtones, some sourness and light cocoa creep in towards the middle, finishes with the nuts and malts. Mouthfeel is light/medium-bodied, creamy smooth texture borders on watered down and thin, low carbonation. Drinkability is moderate, a fairly pedestrian example of the style, no major flaws but nothing tantalizing to warrant a repeat tasting, there are better Browns out there for the money.

Deep ruby red with khaki head. Mild aroma is brown sugar and caramel. Medium body. Decent nut brown flavors of molasses, brqwn sugar, light cocoa with some dusty roasted malts.

Bottle, purchased at Thibideau’s in Juneau. Bright red-brown, thick tan head leaving generous lace. Very bready aroma, along with nuts and chocolate. Breadcrusts, caramel, mild nutty and chocolatey notes. Hops were there too, but really take a back seat to the malt here. Very nice.