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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
475ml can at Agenturet Øl og Vinbar. Deep dark brown body with a reddish shade. Clingy lacing from a remaining, low off-white head. Inviting aroma of brown malts, slightly roasted. Well blended taste profile of caramel, nuts, chocolate and bread. Rounded, mid-sweet malty ending. Medium bodied. Cleverly made version of the style and a fine partner to my beef stew at the bar (TIFF, Tromsø 18.01.2017).
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2017
at 04:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tall boy can from Brewcraft at home. Translucent deep mahogany brown pour. Thin dense white head. Aroma is hoppier than usual for a brown ale but still nutty toffee malt. Taste is bitter hops up front then rich toffee malt with heavy biscuit nuttiness that stays balanced throughout by the hoppy bitterness. Very good brown ale just not my favorite style.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2016
at 09:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nitro tap at Gambrinus. Pours a deep brown to black with 2 fingers of creamy tan foam that last throughout. Yoo-hoo, ovaltine, milk chocolate, pudding, coffee on the nose. Smooth, rich and creamy mouthfeel. Balanced finish: sweet and roasty. Wow. Very complex brown, but that label is foul. --- Beer merged from original tick of The Brown Note on 25 Nov 2016 at 00:05 - Score: 7. Original review text: Yoo-hoo, ovaltine, milk chocolate, pudding, coffee on the nose. Smooth, rich and creamy mouthfeel. Balanced finish: sweet and roasty. Wow.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2016
at 11:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brown with off white head - Dark malt aroma with hints of coffee - Malt body with some roasted notes and some coffee notes with bitterness - The roasted malt goes into the finish with bitterness - This was nice
Tried
on 24 Nov 2016
at 14:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This brew is a dark brown color with a medium beige head that dissipates steadily to a film. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roast malt, chocolate and slight hops. Light-bodied with flavors of malt, butterscotch and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a roasty malt aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2016
at 21:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On nitro at Drake’s. Pours a clear amber with medium creamy beige head leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is english yeast and toasted malt. Medium body, bready malt, raisin, light dry finish, good.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2016
at 23:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned @ Olutexpo 2016. Dark brown color with a thin white head. Sweet malty, bready aroma. Salty nutty notes, same in flavor. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2016
at 09:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can @ OlutExpo 2016. Pours brown with a smooth head. Aroma of roasty malts, coffee, hints of chocolate and cocoa. Taste is smooth, slightly roasty and sweetish with some cocoa and coffee. Finish is smooth, slightly roasty and sweetish with some cocoa and coffee. A bit smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2016
at 09:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sample from the can at Olutexpo 2016, Helsinki. Colour is clear brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Some chocolate, dryness and and malts. Watery.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2016
at 09:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at Rosses i Torrades, RBESG 2016. Dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma is big malty, toffee, caramel and dark fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. [09-07-2016]
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2016
at 04:03