Smuttynose Old Brown Dog

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

Pours a dark brown with a quickly fading tan head. The aroma is quite malty. This brew is very smooth & well balanced. It’s fairly malty up front with subtle hints of chocolate & finishes slightly bitter with some hop character. A very solid brown ale.

Its been a while since I’ve had one of these, and since I haven’t reviewed it, today is the day to change that. Pours a deep slightly cloudy crimson color with a huge off white head that recedes but never leaves. Smells of toffee and brown sugar with some earthy hops thrown in the mix for contrast. Slight bit of dark fruits like plums and cherries, a hint of alcohol and butter in there as well. Taste is malty sweet with a distinct bit of dark fruit and ethanol. Lots of toffee and brown sugar and luckily not much butter survives. Light earthy hop flavor helps balance the malt. Medium body and level of carbonation with a sweet earthy mineral mouthfeel. Don Henley said "Don’t look back you can never look back." I remember really enjoying this beer but today I fell like I could take it or leave it. Decent beer but not my cup of tea anymore.

I just tried this beer for the first time, I loved the contrast of flavors, sweet and caramel like. with a strong presence of hops. definitely a winner

Thanks to iNBe for this. Quite a nice brown ale. Some caramel flavors and some mineral aroma and taste. Serving: Bottle

#1084 bottle; nose is early caramel whiff, cake, mellow rotten fruit, plum, fig, feel is mediumwatery, carb is mediumheavy, taste is decent bittersweet malt, little moldy, leaves, weak earth, late bittersweet hops note

Red-amber-brown with a pinkish-brown cream head the color of a dog’s nose. Simple caramel and melanoidin malt nose. The body is of brown malt and full of melanoidins, perhaps some Belgian Aromatic. Full malt ball taste entwined with caramel along with some alcohol palpable in the background.

12 ounce bottle, the stamp on the bottle is smudged but it says it’s best before some time in February 2012. Bought it as part of a mixed 6 pack at a local Kroger. Served in a pint glass, the beer pours dark brown with a half inch light tan head. Head retention and lacing are both good enough. Aroma is nice and malty, the brew smells like bready and caramel malt, nuts, bittersweet chocolate and toffee. Taste is pretty much just like the aroma, but there’s also a bit of dark fruit flavors noticeable (cherries, raisins). Mouthfeel/body is medium, it’s a bit slick and coating with good carbonation. I think this is a good overall brown ale, I’d buy this again in the future. I liked it.

bottle thanks to mora2000 or thirdeye11. light brown pour with a white/cream head. nose is hops, light and light caramel malts. easy on the palate, heavy caramel flavor, light hops, and a bittersweet finish.