Tröegs Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale

Fairly typical brown ale that is not entirely bad and not entirely good. It’s fairly weak in body and while the aroma is good, it left an unpleasant sour taste.

The aroma has caramel, toffee, chocolate, coffee, brown sugar, and a tiny bit of hops. The appearance is brown with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma but with some unpleasant vinegar. The palate is thin. This one had lots of potential and I was excited after getting a whiff but I don’t think it lives up to it’s potential.

starts off with nice head that dissapates soon like most troegs do.. a good slightly above average brown ale.

eh, not really that great. Dark brown, obviously. Very nutty but light in body. Just kind of nutty but little of anything else. It’s always been a weak style, and I use the Rogue nut brown as my archetype but this falls short. A lot better than most nut browns but I still can’t figure out when I’d actually want to drink a nut brown. Rerate. eh, this is just kind of chalky and thin in texture.

Pours clear brown with a big chunky tan head. Sweet caramel aroma with a hint of ashy smoke. The flavor was a big letdown and didn’t match what the aroma had hinted to. There’s some initial sourness at the sides of the tongue that diminishes with following sips.

A relaxing, subtle, hazelnut prailene aroma. Lightly chewy in the mouth, with a bit too much bite, though a balanced, gentle flavor, slighty roasty, burnt. This would be a great brown if it didn’t have the cold, CO2 bite.

Pour is a translucent dark brown with a medium head that dies quickly and leaves just a hint of lacing. Aroma is grainy-with hints of chocolate, toasted nuts and yeast. Flavor is good, much of the same but comes off slighly watery.

pours with a small head that gets thin but does persist. Very nutty, almost TOO nutty aroma. Vaguely - oh I don’t want to say it....... I like the flavor. very good nut brown. Nice mahogoney color. good body. very drinkable. Got it as a gift from friend Paul B. Thanks man!