Mission Street Brown Ale

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale
Paso Robles, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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This clear brown ale had a foamy head that almost got out of control, huge and growing, then slowly collapsed in chunks. The aroma was sweet, toffee-ish with a splash of almond extract, and had a very light earthiness. The flavor was much the same with a soft addition of chocolate. Very smooth and drinkable.

A raw hide leather brown beer with a light brown head. Nice malt notes with roasted nut flavors.

Bottle from Trader Joe’s in Eastlake: Created a monstrous sizing of foaming head where as the liquid was a medium leather brown color. In the nose, a delicate touch of toasted toffee like malts hangs in the balance with a background of raw almonds. The flavor is boring and not a whole lot of action going on other than a smooth and subtle taste of caramel malts and perhaps a notice of pistachio or cashew nuts in the aftertaste. Very simple and easily quaffable which is cool since a bomber bottle only cost $2.

Pours a nice dark but transparent brown with a medium tan head. Nose is mostly sweet malt, maybe a little chocolate. Taste is good and balanced, nice roasty malt and chocolate but there is bittering to it. This probably one of my favorites of this style, especially for the price.

bottle, thanks to bitbucket in trade, brown color with frothy foam, aroma and flavor is nice leather and chocolate, some roast nuts also, lightly bitter finish

Most browns leave me cold, but when they’re not over sweet it’s one of my favrite styles. This is a nice one - lingers a little bit in the aftertaste in a way I’m not crazy about. but a pretty darn good brown and an excellent value.

A: Choclately, mealy, little to no hops. A: Nice brown with ruby highlights and a nice off-white head lacing the glass. Very clean as well. T: Malty with some underlying bitterness. Also it is nice and creamy at the finish letting me believe there is some flaked barley or such involved. Chocolate and slight roast. P: Goes down nice and smooth. O: I think this was a pretty good beer. It is definitely malt forward with just enough underlying bitterness to balance. I don’t think it’s a very complex beer but it is nice and smooth going down and clean.

Pours clear mahogany with a thick foamy beige head that recedes quickly leaving a small ring of foam. Aroma of cola, roasty caramel malt, overly sweet. Taste is not terrible but something is just odd, body is thin carboantion is high, too sweet, bitter finish is not enjoyable.

Malty aroma has tones of molasses and cloves. It pours a clear chocolate brown with a decent light tan head. Flavor has a malty core and hints of caramel and cloves. Texture is smooth, average bodied and minimally fizzy. Not great, but give it a try.

Pours a translucent chestnut with a creamy off-white head. The nose is fairly simple with nutty toasty malt with a touch of sugar thrown-in. On the light side of medium-bodied the palate is fairly slick up until the swallow when fine carbonation accents a slightly astringent finish. The flavor is of nutty malt with a sourish transition to a burnt toasty finish. Overall, it’s a fairly typical brown: decent but not particularly exciting. If you enjoy this style, it’s certainly worth trying at 3 bucks for a bomber.