OGriffs Haleigh’s Honey Brown

Brewed by OGriffs Irish Pub, Grill and Brew House
Style: Brown Ale
Quincy, Illinois USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Draft at O’Griff’s. This was one of the better beers here. Pours a deep brown/amber with an offwhite head. Nose is toasty and nutty, faint honey notes.Clean. on tasting, nutty with a light sweetness. Spicy honey and toasty malts. Some black malt ashyness on the finish. Really solid. stuff.

Pint served on draft at the brewpub in a big plastic cup (Quincy, IL). Pours a dark rusty brown, moreso on the edges, hazy, decent offwhite head that dies to a film and laces lightly. Aromas are lightly sweet, a touch of honey and caramel malts, grainy cereal quality. A bit one dimensional. Initial is sweet, caramel malts, raisin, honey, and a bit of vanilla. Faint bittering, as the malt really takes over as a whole. Light sweetness is nice, a good sessioner if the ABV wasn’t as high, which I guess lends to some residual sugars. Light on the palate, leaving a sweet typed coating. Cereal, almost cheerios. Ok. A bit underwhelming overall.

On tap as Haleigh’s Honey Brown. The body was deep copper brown with a khaki head. The aroma was strong with caramel and apples. There was also a leathery note along with a little soap. The taste was lightly sour at first with a sweet note as I went along. There was some leather and peaches. Woody along with and ashy, light honey finish. Strange.

Darker color but, not really a brown color. Next to no head for a beer that usually has at least some. Don’t remember there being much to smell. Somewhat sweet taste but, not as much as normal. I really wonder if they gave me the right beer.

Light red in color, no head. Rye bread aroma. Sweet, nearly berryish aroma. Mildly sweet flavor, with some sweet malts. Extremely dry. Neither honeyish nor brown.