Samuel Adams Hazel Brown

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Brown Ale
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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11/6/12. 12oz bottle from Publix. Decent brown pour, plenty of red and definitely clear under the light, under a nice khaki head that cuts quickly but laces plenty with every sip. Huge nutty aroma with plenty of hazelnut and touches of caramel and chocolate. The flavor basically mimics the aroma’s prediction, showing a ton of nuttiness with lingering chocolate and caramel. This is perhaps a bit sweet and nutty for me, but overall it’s not bad.

Bottle. Dark amber pour, with an off white head. Quite sweet, toffee, hazel nut, musty malts, and sugar. Not easily drinkable, taste is ok.

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2012 Burnt orange color great lacing taste of vanilla and hazel nut it’s like a drinkable dessert so enjoy! Hazel nut bias! So if you don’t like hazel nut you won’t like this at all

12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a dark nut brown with about a half finger of white head. Aroma is mostly sweet malt. Hazelnut coffee creamer, caramel, toffee and some light coffee and cream. Taste is light bitter. Coffee, cream, hazelnut and light herbal hops. Medium bodied with a slightly thin texture. Slightly fizzy carbonation and a decently long finish. Overall, pretty good. I could easily drink this one again.

Smells strongly of hazelnut. Tastes like hazelnut. Clear brown. Medium body. This is one of the best Sam Adams I can remember.

Bottle from Joe. Pours a deep amber color with a thin tan head that lingers. Aroma is hazelnut and a bit floral. Mouthfeel is overly fizzy for me. The hazelnut flavor is sweet and up front and lingers a bit but not too much. You would definitely have to like hazelnut or this is not for you. Reminds me of Sea Dog’s Hazelnut Porter but not quite a full bodied or as good. I do like this but probably wouldn’t want many of them in one sitting as it does get a bit cloying.

12 oz bottle dated best before Feb. (2013) and served in a Unibroue snifter. Pours a clear ruby-brown, with a weak beige head that leaves a moderate amount of lacing. Plenty of hazelnut in the nose, along with caramel, toffee, and a touch of hops. [8.5] The taste {8.5] still has hazelnut in the forefront, but with a nice roasted nut aspect. Enough hops to add some spiciness, but not enough to fully tame the sweetness. Light-medium body; moderate carbonation. A bit too thin. Overall: a surprisingly good hazelnut brown. Bettered by the world-class Rogue Hazelnut but closer in overall quality than I expected, even from this highly reliable brewery.

Pours clear dark brown under a tall, quickly falling, off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt and some phenols. The flavor is washed out; lightly sweet with a bit of dryness in the finish. Barely passable.

Bottle from Fresh and Easy: Liquid was a dark brown with a bit of red tint while a frothy topping of head that retreats quickly. Aroma is fragrant with hazelnut that smells authentic instead of an artificial smell than Sam Adams sometimes has with their fruit beers, but also has a decent base of toffee like malts holding this brown up. The drink also delivers a real authentic taste hazel nutty flavors that work well paired with the sweet toffee malts. Not as good as Rogue’s hazel nectar but actually quite decent considering it was from Sammy.

Poured from a 12 oz bottle at home. Pours a dark reddish brown with a tan head. Toffee aroma. Hazelnut flavor is noticeable but nicely balanced with caramel malts. Quite tasty.