Sebago Boathouse Brown

Brewed by Sebago Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Gorham, Maine USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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Draught, 4.8% at the brewpub. Subtle but good roasted aroma. Very dark brown colour. Small tan head. The flavour is also roasted, a bit like the aroma, but slightly watery. Still nice, though.

Dark brown; nutty, toffeeish aroma. Sweetish palate with decent malt development. Toasty, toasty, toasty.

(draft, S.Portland) Tan head with nice lacing, atop clear mahogany body. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, some nut. Taste is medium sweet, chocolate, some pine/earthy. Light-medium body.

@CBC–22oz bottle-pours a light tan ring for a head and brown color. Aroma is roasty, sweet dark malt-chocolate/toffee, some earthy. Taste is roasty, sweet dark malt-chocolate/toffee, equal earthy/spice hops which the malt doesn’t quite hold up.

Draft at the source. Hazy amber brown color. Aroma of nutty caramel on toast. Taste is lightly burnt caramel.

Deep brown ber with a thin white head. The nose is lightly sweet with a bit of light cocoa and a touch of soft caramel malt. The beer is fairly sweet, but still has a decent amount of malt complexity. The light caramel works well with the cocoa, and there is just enough lightly earthy hoppiness to balance it out. Pretty solid brown ale, really.

On tap at Sebago, Portland ME in April 2010. Dark red in colour with tawny highlights. Some caramel in the aroma. Lots of dry malt character on the palate. Not at all sweet. Decent and drinkable. Went down fine.

Passable brown, quite malty, nutty, still with some hops. Downtown Marriott location.Lacey brown.

Any first impressions?
-An obscure brown gown supports a lasting ring of foam.
-Roasted malts and chestnuts are appropriate and enticing in both aroma and flavor.
-Roastiness continues into an appreciated back bitterness.
-This is a fairly straightforward, well-made, if not boring brown ale.

What if you dig deeper?
-Some citrusy hops admire the malt’s earthy nuttiness.
-Mouthfeel is lean, straddling the crunchy and the quaffable.
-A vague fruitiness finds safety within the roasty malts.
-Carbonation is rather active, but doesn’t bother the mouthful.

Bottle; no date.

12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market, Darien. Pours a clear brown color with a large frothy brown head. Decent head retention. Aroma of nutty, chocolate malts and faint hops. The taste is caramel malts and citrus hops. Medium bodied.