 jpm30 (1588), East Central, Georgia, USA
Oct 24, 2007 12 oz. bottle, no freshness date, sampled in a pint glass.
Clear appearance when you hold it up to the light, otherwise, a deep rich looking reddish hued dark brown. Pale tan head that slowly dissipated in a creamy, bubbly topped lacing with a small amount of sticking.
Mild roasted malty nose, traces of caramel, cocoa and nuts. A little Fuggles fruitiness, a sweet tropical, hang out in the background. This has the smells one expects in a good brown ale.
Well rounded feel in the palate, quite smooth, making this very sessionable. Nice mild roasted malt flavors, caramel and hints of chocolate. The proper soft Fuggles hoppiness, tropical and aniseedy, providing an amiable bitterness. Finishes with a dry roasted nutty maltiness along with a little aniseed spiciness.
True to the English Brown Ale style, in ways a simple one, but with a balanced flavorful taste.
sneezey (110), Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA
Oct 17, 2007 Nice brown color, slightly toasty malt but not overwhelming. Relatively bland in other respects, very little hops, certainly not bad, just fairly non-descript.
webjedi (249), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Oct 13, 2007 Waaay too peanut shell aftertaste. Slight sweetness to offset it. A little thin on the mouth given it’s a nut brown. Just a slight bit of butteryness with a light hop bitter. Not as creamy as described above... probably better I had it on tap at the brewery, I doubt this would taste better bottled... nut, but not the right type of nut for me! (On Tap 10/13/2007)
ScottB (73), Bristow, Virginia, USA
Oct 12, 2007 From bottle into pint glass. Nice sweet caramel and malt nose. Thin head dissipated quickly. No residual lacing. Deep, rich brown color. Caramel and malt follow through in the flavor along with a really nice chocolate note. Medium-bodied with a slightly sweet finish that leaves me wanting more.
clueo (112), Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 11, 2007 Pours dark brown with a very small head. The beer has a slight hoppy aroma. Nice taste with a slighly bitter finish.
Cruzan59 (197), Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 7, 2007 Draft at the Lancaster Arts Hotel bar...pours dark brown, average off-white head...smell of toasted malt, mild chocolate, toffee...taste was mildly sweet, some caramel with hints of chocolate and coffee...body was thinner than what I anticipated but overall was pretty good.
dancatts (91), Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 4, 2007 A little less exciting than other troegs beer. Has an real smoothness that almost makes this beer taste flat.
tronraner (1906), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
Oct 1, 2007 Bottle. Pours the color of mahogany varnish with quickly disappearing beige head. The aroma is very, very sweet with maple syrup, caramel, molasses. The flavor is also heavy on syrup and caramel. There’s some interesting pumperknickel in there, and the finish dries out at least a little bit with some carbonic acidity and some dust and bitter chocolate notes. Sweet but good.
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