Nodding Head Grog

Brewed by Nodding Head Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

On tap at Nodding Head in Philly, PA. Pours a deep brown body with a tint of red. Finger-width, creamy, tan head that dissipates slowly and leaves a good amount of lacing. Aroma is like a musty and dirty brown. It has a real dusty fruitiness to it with some chocolate and roast hints. Very interesting aroma. I like the flavor a bit more. Starts with a sweeter and somewhat dusty fruity malt before some brown ale chocolate and a touch of roast come in. Finishes with that same dirty fruit, musty sweet malts, and chocolate brown roasts for a somewhat dry ending. Lingers for a moderate duration after a medium, smooth body. Overall, this is what I would expect from a beer named "Grog." A nice blend of somewhat smokey, dirty, and musty flavors with some fruit and chocolate to balance. A unique beer all-around. Not bad.

Not huge but pleasant beer. Dark brown, small tan head, vanishes with moderate lace. Sweet nose, chocolate and coffee. Sweet taste to match. A bit thin compared to most American stouts, but correspondingly low alcohol makes it an appropriate session beer.

Very dark brown color with a small tan head. Very sweet aromas of caramel and chocolate. Smooth, malty flavor is very sweet, packed full of caramel up front, followed by some chocolate. Thins out as it goes along.

From the Jug at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 11/10/2008 Smoky malt aroma. Black strong in alcohol and a little rich on the palate with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.

Deep brown pour with hints of ruby red. Burnt malt aroma domintates. Chocolate/cherry flavor stands out. Medium bodied with low carbonation.

A beer, my girlfriend has always loved, and not that I wasn’t trying everything they had, but I knew I had to have this. Pours blackish with a 1 finger tan head. Nose is deep malty. Taste has some nice choconess, syrupy and pretty decent.

Tap at the brewpub. Smells like burnt rubber tires, or maybe burnt out clutch. Yuck. Rubbery, chemical flavor, with a mild chocolate. Low carbonation, a bit nutty in the finish. A bit of an odd-ball beer. I appreciate the effort, I guess.

Dark brown beer with a thin tan head. Aroma is lightly phenolic as well. A bit of earthy chocolate in the nose. Malty sweetness with more caramel obvious through the middle. Slightly astringent toward the back of the palate. The body is initially full-bodied, but it seems to thin the more of it you drink. It’s okay, but it’s no brown ale....