Rock Bottom San Diego Coronado Nut Brown Ale

A light nut aroma. This is nice. Not too nutty but with a hop bite coming through near the end. A good beer of a style I’m not particulary fond of.

Sweet and bitter, a smooth connection between the malt and the hops. It doesn’t strike me as a great brown ale but it is an interesting beer. Brown in color, highly carbonated, and sweet.

Draft at the San Diego brewpub. The chalk board put the alcohol at 5.6. Nutty dark malt aroma. Clear deep brown color with a creamy beige head. Thin to medium bodied; moderate, almost creamy, carbonation. Strong dark malt with light sour notes. Willamette hops. Finish is less than dry, and reasonbaly balanced. Final finish impact is dark roast malt with light hop.

The appearance was quite impressive. Great lacing and amazing light brown head that was fully diminishing. The Coronado had a light brown/dark amber murky body. The nose didn’t detect anything special other than a light malty aroma. Initially light bitter moving into a moderately bitter taste for an average duration. Light to medium body with soft carbonation and a watery texture on the palate. One of the highest scoring beers, it wasn’t great --- it was all right. Tastier than the red, but needed more body and flavor. At the end of the 8 beer sampler, there wasn’t a single beer that Sean wanted to drink a pint of. It was quite depressing Reviewed on November 12th, 2006 during a trip to Southern California.

Draft sampler at brewpub. Poured clear brown with a moderate fizzy white head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Light toasted chocolate malt aroma. Medium body. Moderate roasted sweet flavor with an average sweet finish of moderate duration.