Brown Ale
Legend Brewing Company in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.38
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The is a pretty beer almost an amber/brown color. A well balanced beer that is great for the summer months. Unlike the porter, this is the beer that put them on the map.
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6.6/10
Tried
on 02 Aug 2025
at 00:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Brown pour duh. Malty Ness and a bit of hops but pretty thinninsh with some toffee OK but not amazed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:05
7/10
Drinking with friends.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:53
7/10
Amber brown pour. Thin foam. Sweet malt flavor with a nutty palate. Nice and balanced. No carbonation.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2022
at 02:08
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2022
at 16:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from a branch of Total Wine in Sterling, Virginia. Deep brown in colour, with moderate carbonation and rocky, off-white, head. An easy-drinking brown ale, with some brown sugar, bready malts, a hint of leafy hop and gentle finish. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2018
at 10:34
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled from a bottle this beer poured an orange-brown color with a medium sized foamy tan head that lingered. The aroma was sweetish and malty with a touch of toffee. The flavor was sweet and malty with caramel, molasses, a bit of dark fruit, wood, bread dough and a hint of smoke. Medium length finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2018
at 19:08
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4
From Jul 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with jwc215. Thanks Joe!
My first sampling from this brewery:
It pours a...whoah...lots of foam here and I just took it out of the fridge. Anywho, it has a nice hazy brown with some gold colour and a very thick head of off white foam.
The smell is nice and malty with notes of caramel, some earthiness, a touch of nuttiness, and something with a slight tart tinge to it.
The taste has a nice caramel malt base that is followed with some nutty tones, toffee, earth, and a noticeable tinge of tartness. I don't know if that was intended but it sure makes this Brown ale different.
The foam is really sticking around and there's sheets of lacing on the side of my glass. Pretty looking, I'll say.
Mouthfeel is on the thin side but it works.
Overall an interesting interpretation of an English Brown Ale that for me, lets down only because of this tartness that I find out of place. Other than that, it sure is easy enough to drink. I'd say, try it if you see it.
I got this bottle in a trade with jwc215. Thanks Joe!
My first sampling from this brewery:
It pours a...whoah...lots of foam here and I just took it out of the fridge. Anywho, it has a nice hazy brown with some gold colour and a very thick head of off white foam.
The smell is nice and malty with notes of caramel, some earthiness, a touch of nuttiness, and something with a slight tart tinge to it.
The taste has a nice caramel malt base that is followed with some nutty tones, toffee, earth, and a noticeable tinge of tartness. I don't know if that was intended but it sure makes this Brown ale different.
The foam is really sticking around and there's sheets of lacing on the side of my glass. Pretty looking, I'll say.
Mouthfeel is on the thin side but it works.
Overall an interesting interpretation of an English Brown Ale that for me, lets down only because of this tartness that I find out of place. Other than that, it sure is easy enough to drink. I'd say, try it if you see it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2017
at 14:04
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draft at Yard House-Springfield. Normal looking pour, faint aroma, then goes horribly wrong in the taste. Metallic bitterness, cola sweetness. Not sure what this is supposed to be, but not very good. No drains nearby....
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jun 2016
at 21:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rich deep brown coloured body with a nice tan head - dense haze of brown as well, about 80% opaque. Aroma of rich malt, molasses, sugars and even bit of light fruit - very nice for the style. Medium-bodied; Rich roasted malt flavours show through with hints of earth, but a lot of sugars, caramel, toffee and especially molasses - very nice with the sweet and complex flavours at the end. Aftertaste shows some subdued complexity of malts along with a touch of alcohol notes, but the real flavour is in the sugar - nice! Overall, a much better beer than I was expecting and rich in flavours and in texture - a good beer for the style for sure. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 16-July-2014 for US$3,59 sampled after a hockey game in Washington.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2015
at 15:05