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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Mastikim. Thanks Ariel. Deep amber to brown color with a beige head. Aroma of malt, mild roast, nuts, a coffee note, some hops and a chocolate note. Sweetish flavor with malt, nuts, toast, light roast, a coffee note, a bit of caramel, some hops and mild bitterness. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2014
at 08:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours fairly crystal clear deep ruby red color with a 2 finger dense light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, toasted oats, brown bread, nuttiness, herbal, grass, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, toasted oats, brown bread, nuttiness, herbal, grass, and herbal/toasted earthiness. Fair amount of earthy herbal/toasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, toasted oats, brown bread, nuttiness, herbal, grass, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and robustness of dark/bready malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent brown ale style. All around great complexity, balance, and robustness of dark/bready malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2014
at 19:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 650ml @ fonefan
Pours clear copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, nuts and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long nutty and caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, nuts and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long nutty and caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 08:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 5%. Clear dark brown/amber with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted, nut, chocolate and a little dusty. Flavour is malt, caramel, medium sweet, chocolate, nut, little dusty, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 08:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 22oz. A clear-looking pale brown beer with a dense, light beige head. Roasted aroma with caramel sauce, some dried fruits and a nutty touch. There’s a nice sweetness in the flavor, with nougat, caramel sauce and roasted malts. Full body and a pleasant carbonation. Feeling sweet, but it’s quite dry on the palate. Lasting rosted and nougat-ish finish. A really pleasant brown ale, and at least more beautiful than the label. 140830
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 08:13