Midnight Sun Kodiak Brown Ale

Had this beer on 6/5/2000. Aroma is a slightly sour burnt malt scent. Carbonation is out of control with way too much head. Color is a rich brown. Taste is a mild roasted malt flavor. Starting with a mild medium body it goes down with a smooth roasted malt flavor coming on. Finish is this malt flavor getting a bit stronger and backed by a light bitterness. I feel the carbonation is too high and flavor is a little lacking.

Deep dark ruby. Very thin light brown head. Light caramel, spices, oak aromas. Rich chocolate flavors, finishes quickly. A decent brown.

Date: 03/21/2004
Mode: Bottle
Source: Vintage Cellar, VA

dark with lots of ruby highlights, roasted and chocolate aroma, rich malt flavor with a good amount of chocolate, nice touch of bitterness in the finish, a lot like a good porter
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Date: 11/24/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

clear brown, wispy off white head, specks of lace, rich chocolate aroma, rich chocolate flavor, lots of nutty character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

while strolling through what some alaskans might consider a liquor store in Valdez, I came across this nut brown from midnight sun, I had been looking all over the state (all the way up to denali) outside of anchorage for something other the the popular alakan, I grabbed the last one. While not too overly harsh on the palate it had good notes of caramel and a slight coffee taste.... wasn’t too impressed though as it reminded me of several run of the mill nut browns I had drinkin in the past years.... so for this it wasn’t too original and didn’t stand out above the rest

On tap at the Midnight Sun tasting room. Pours a brownish amber with a medium off white creamy head that left some lacing. Aroma of nuts, toasted malts, some light coffee and cereal grains. Flavor of teh same, some nice hop bitterness with your classic brown ale characteristics.

Malty, caramelly aroma. Dark reddish color, like it’s almost opaque. Beige head. It didn’t leave, but it didn’t lace. A bit thin bodied. Caramel sweet. A hint of citrus sour. Kind of grotty, like dirt and mushrooms have been here. The finish is sort of dirt. Not a lot of bitter. It will do. Newcastle Brown it’s not. Good. Just a bit too smooth for the grotty characteristics. A contradictory sort of brown, which makes it unique? Hey, it’s very, very drinkable.

Bottle at Barcade for tasting. Reddish brown in color with a medium tan head. Malty bandaid aroma. Caramel notes. Malty metallic flavor. Finishes with a weird bandaid flavor. Not a great beer. Pretty disappointing.

Reddish-brown color with a medium tan head. Aroma is light, malty, with some nutty graininess. Flavor had some rough grain and nut, but also some weird metallic taste. Could have been decent, but ended up below average.