Two Brothers Brown Fox Session Ale

22 oz bottle from Malloy’s (Naperville, IL). An Anniversary series release I was pretty excited about given the success of Dark Mild. Pours a rich deep brownish copper hue. No real haze, instead deep dark colors throughout with deep reddish copper glow in body and edges. A small frothy offwhite head sits atop and laces small, dies to a small loose ring. Aromas are sticky brown malts, earthy and carmelized. Touches of toffee, toast, biscuits. Gentle bit of dark fruit and mellow earthy hops. Kiss of cocoa, more biscuits and toast, with crisp maltiness, gentle carmelization grows as it warms, earthy. Initial is lighter bodied overall, a touch of girth into the middle from the darker malts. Offers toast and carmelized malts up front. Biscuits, mellow sweetness, earthy and a touch of caramel/toffee element. Pretzel elements, biscuits, toast as the middle shows a bit of cocoa, but not much, a good deal of earthy and semi-sweet darker sweet mellow brown malt. Earthy, touches of toast, caramel, bit of dryness and earthy hops, toastiness into the backend. Fairly easy going, lighter body makes it quite quaffable. A bit roasty/toasty with some mellow cocoa elements lingering into the backend and finish. Overall, I think Dark Mild was a better option but this certainly is a solid sessioner with a darker slant. Dark Mild had some more complexity from the coffee element, but this is solid as well. Another smaller beer solid offering from the Anniversary line that would be a nice regular session Brown Ale/Mild offering, I think. But Dark Mild was preferred.