Nodding Head Grog

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

Draft. Pours deep brown with a thin beige head. Light sweet malt aroma with a hint of roast. The flavor has a nice sweet/roasted malt balance with a hint of hops in the finish.

Tap at the brewpub. Aroma of smoke, sweet malt, coffee. Flavor has a hint of chocolate, more smoke, sweet malt. A touch sweet, but not disastrously so.

dark brown with white head. flavor of some chocolate malt, not much depth. dry finish that leaves a somewhat acidic aftertaste. pretty standard brown. ordinary at best

On tap at the brewpub. Pours black with a pretty thick tan head. Aroma of sweet malt. Flavor of crystal malt, roasted malt. Sessionable, certainly, but this is TOO sweet (a common theme among Nodding Head beers it seems...). 6/4/6/3/14 (3.3/5)

Pretty good for a brown. Simple, clean, and easy to drink. I’m really impressed by how flawless Nodding Heads brews are, meaning no off-flavors in sight. I could drink this all night.

This is a nice session brown ale. Had at the brewpub in a pint glass. Appearance of dark brown with no head (although this could have been because it took a while for the beer to arrive at the table). The aroma and the taste matched up on this one with sweet and nutty roasted malt. Some toffee flavors also.

Porter aroma. Malty dark flavor. Medium body. A little astringent. Chocolatey finish.

(10/19/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in Philadelphia. Brown color with a beige head. Aroma of slightly smoked malt, some caramel, some nuts and bready notes. Sweetish flavor with malt, nuts, a bit of smokiness and some toasted bread notes. Medium-bodied. Nice. Has more character than most Brown Ales.