Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 3/18/13,

Aroma: The nose is heavy malty, with lots of toffee, plenty of nutty notes, light caramel, and roast
Appearance: It pours a clear mahogany color with a thick foam of beige head and fairly heavy lace
Flavor: Tastes heavy malty and pretty sweet, fairly nutty as well, and doesn't have much bitterness
Palate: This one is medium bodied with a solid mouthfeel that's fairly typical in the style
Overall Impression: This is a decent beer for what it is trying to be. All the components seem to be pretty well intentioned and well executed, but the beer itself just isn't all that exciting.

Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a red-brown color with a huge orange-tan head. The aroma was toasty cocoa with a fruity presence and a touch of licorice. The flavor was bitter and fruity with notes of cocoa, toast, anise and bourbon. Medium length finish. Medium body. Ok.

Draft at OTH. Pours amber, off-white head aroma, lots of roasted goodness, coffeish, malts, grainy, mild nuttiness. flavor, reminded me a lot of Ft Collins common ground coffee amber, a dry palate, plenty of roast/toast and mild coffee presence. Grainy palate, mild chocolate. Love the balance of mild hop bitterness quickly followed by a good caramel, nutty roasted finish. Overall profile is really favoring the toasted malt side. Tasty.

Bottle thanks to Butters on 07/12/2009. Somewhat hazy brown body with a medium frothy tan head. Sweet chocolate and caramel aroma with a touch of spice. Sweet caramel and chocolate flavor with a touch of pepper. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.

Pours a hazy dark amber, with a sticky, thick lace - a lot of hazelnut in the aroma, along with vanilla, hints of wood, and even a little bit of spiced rum character - fairly sweet, but tempered but moderate hop bitterness - a lot of nutty character, hints of chocolate, coffee, toffee, toasted grains - lightly bitter and spicy in the finish - this is pretty good - a somewhat underrated brew, in a severely underrated style.

A deep dark reddish brown ale with a thick receding light moka head. A sweet nutty aroma with vanilla, vinous notes, a bit of mashed peas. In mouth, a good nutty malt, with wooded notes, molasses, and some lactic notes. Rich, earthy and warming. Bought at Half-Time, Summer 2008, tasted Sept. 2008.

Pour is a dark red with an average tan head. Aroma is sweet malts with some toffee and alcohol. Flavor is a nice big dose of chocolate malts with some breads and roasted nuts. Finish is is smooth and has an alcohol aftertaste. I was ready to not like this one b/c of some of the beers i have had from this brewer in the past but this was an above par brown ale.