Tröegs Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale

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

Subtle, but I loved this one. Mild flavor, but very smooth and delicious. Another good one from the brothers Troeg.

Dark brown appearance, medium tan head, little lacing. Aroma is toasted malt, hints of coffee, with late developing nuttiness. Taste seems dead on for the style: malty, noticable nut-like quality, mild sweetness, with enough hops to add balance. Medium-bodied with a soft, sweet, lingering finish.

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.