The Brown Note
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.91
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The brown ale to end all brown ales. Enjoy it, because there is no longer any reason to drink another. You’ve reached the pinnacle. A healthy blend of traditional British malts give this popular style a semi-sweet, biscuity, slightly roasted flavor. Oats thicken the mouthfeel, and a handful of specialty malts add complex chocolate, toffee, and caramel notes. The hops are mostly traditional, earthy British hops, but we cocked it up a bit with some Cascade late in the boil just to show those snooty Brits that we don’t approve of that Constitutional Monarchy crap.
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5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2020
at 21:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear brown colour with lasting head. Aroma and flavour have bittersweet malts. Hints of toast and cocoa powder. Light bodied. Sessionable.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2020
at 17:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep brown color. Chocolate and nuttiness in the nose. Very malt forward, slightly sour. Strong nuttiness. Frangelico dripped over chocolate cake. Yum yum
Tried
on 03 Jan 2020
at 03:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Chocolate notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2019
at 13:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Got it for the can art, but the beer ain't half bad either. Pretty standard American brown, little bit of roast and a good pinch of hops. Easy drinking, good flavour.. but quite boring, actually. Bonus for the can art, but it did not make me shit myself.
Tried
from Can
from
Van Erp Dranken
on 23 Aug 2019
at 22:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap @Mad for Beer (Rome). Bruna, intensa, schiuma avorio media, discretamente persistente. Al naso note tostate, nocciola, caramella d'orzo, zucchero di canna, leggero erbaceo. In bocca è pulita, morbida, equilibrata, attacco dolce con finale amaro leggero, secca. Corpo medio-leggero, carbonazione media. Da bere e ribere, gradevolissima!
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Apr 2019
at 16:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep dark brown, almost black beer with good and stable, cloudy head. Aroma has malts, roasted nuts, vanilla and milk chocolate. Taste has roasted malts, nuts and dryer coffee at the end. Nice brown ale.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2018
at 19:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
That can art. Ugh. But for the beer, it's good. I don't know if the description on the can, that this is the pinnacle of brown ale, but I think it's at least 90th percentile. Poured with a massive head, like one oz of beer filled my imperial pint glass halfway full of foam. Even being careful, it took me awhile to finish this pour, I was afraid it was infected but I smell or taste nothing to indicate that. Aroma is very mild, biscuity, nutty, with an earthy hoppiness. Flavor similar, very biscuity and earthy, wee hint of bitter chocolate, very lightly hopped, just a balancing bitterness at the finish. Good rich mouthfeel for a moderate ABV beer. Lightly cloudy brown color.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2018
at 20:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at BD 7D, 16/04/18. Chestnut brown with a well presented beige covering. Nose is cocoa powder, toffee, mellow roast, chocolate biscuit. Taste comprises dried fruits, raisins, brown bread, chocolate sprinkle, toffee, cheesecake base. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with earthy hop bitterness. Solid for the style.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2018
at 12:52