Port Brewing Dawn Patrol English Brown

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Brown Ale
San Marcos, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Brown in color with a khaki head. Nose is somewhat sweet and nutty. Decent toast and cocoa aromas, some roast, toffee, and a light earthiness. Hints of fruit esters, too. The flavor is okay. Some roasted malt, toast, bread, and light toffee sweetness. Mild coffee, chocolate, and very light fruit notes. A bit of earthy hop flavor and bitterness.

It’s alright Brown pour with thin head. Mild easy to drink. Faint nose. Nutty notes, light body. Inoffensive but nothing to write home about.

Sampled at the brewery...i thought it was pretty decent. Nice roasty nutty flavor that lingers and has a good bit of hop. More refreshing that I would have guessed, nice overall balance.

A clear dark brown colored beer, with a beige head. The aroma of dark roasted malt with fruits and a little hop. The taste of dark fruits, some roasted malt and notes of hop. The aftertaste is some sweet with bitter notes.

Draught at Port Brewing/Lost Abbey. Hazy, deep chestnut/brown liquid with medium off-white head. Aroma of biscuit, earth, dark chocolate, smoke and light caramel. Taste is dry and light bitter with notes of biscuit, caramel and earth. Medium bodied with medium carbonation.

Draft with Linh at the brewery. Pours a deep reddish brown body with nice town lacing. Aroma is sweet malts, light fruit and nuts. Mouthfeel is light and creamy with notes of fruity malts, light brown sugar and nut.

Lightly hazy dark brown color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malts, some toast, and also burnt notes. Taste of caramel malts, toffee, toast, and lightly dry / yeasty.

Draught; served as Dawn Patrol Dark Mild Small light-brown head over dark cola-coloured beer. Chocolate, chocolatemalt, pine pulp, cacaopowder; very layered-complex nose for such a low ABV beer. Sweet, milkchocolate, touch of alcohol (!?), less complex than the nose. Maybe a bit young sample. Medium bodied, slick to a bit oily, maybe again the youngness. Good mild, excellent nose.

Draught at the brewery. Nice Enlgish brown with a toasty, lightly chocolatey malt flavor, modest hops, dry finish, and very high drinkability. Just a nicely sessionable and malt-focused ale. I was surprised at the dark malt flavor present, considering that this is the base for Red Poppy. Good pint.

On tap at the brewery for a taste of this base beer. Light brown in color with some tan head. Light to medium bodied beer. Flavors are simple with roasted malt and just a touch of background hops. Not bad and seems like a good neutral profile for a base.