50cl bottle from Centra Colosseum. Batch 207. It poured a red-brownish colour with a medium head that settles down fast. The aroma smells of liquorice, caramel and roasted malts. It tastes of coffee, dark chocolate and roasted malts. It has a short aftertaste.

Bottle: Poured a dark brown color with a nice tan head. The aroma was sweet coffee and caramel malts. The flavor was the same but with a light hoppy finish. Overall, an excellent Brown Ale...one of my favorites so far.

(500 ml bottle). Dark brown colour, slightly hazy, some sediment, good head. Lovely aroma of caramel, cedar wood, nuts and cookies. Flavour is nutty and biscuity with burnt edges. Not too sweet. Aftertaste has some bitterness with burnt notes. (Some might not like the burnt part, but I do!) If Newcastle Brown is your idea of a brown ale, you're in for a surprise!

From a bottle purchased at John’s in Iowa City. The body is dark brown with deep amber at the edges. The head is dark khaki with large bubbles. The aroma is sweet pancakes with some ginger. There is a hint of a tropical fruit note, like mango. The taste is deep roasted walnuts with some rich milk chocolate. There is a hint if biscuits in the finish. The mouthfeel is slightly thick and sticky. An exceptional brown ale.

A gift from my friend Audra. 22oz bottle. Pours deep, even brown color with a thin white head. Nice lace. Smokey, roasty, porter-like aroma. I sense complex malts and a nice hop presence. Very crreamy body. Big roasted malt notes, followed by a lingering hop bitterness. Bigger bodied than most other brown ales I have had. This one tops the cake!