Tröegs Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

Dark brown in color. Big malty nose. Flavors of caramel, nut, semi-swet chocolate. Mildly dry finish. Smooth mouthfeel. Not bad at all.

deep hued reddish brown. mild roasted malty nose with a touch of chemical ie soapiness. moderate palate is a bit chalky. a bit too mild for me. carbonation a touch too low.hardly bitter in my book. creamy and mild fruitiness like a fruit punch. short watery finish.

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.

Nice brown color, slightly toasty malt but not overwhelming. Relatively bland in other respects, very little hops, certainly not bad, just fairly non-descript.

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)

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.

Pours dark brown with a very small head. The beer has a slight hoppy aroma. Nice taste with a slighly bitter finish.

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.