Durty Mud Season Hoppy Brown Ale
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Spring|
Score
7.29
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Smuttynose is proud to introduce our eighteenth Short Batch Beer, "Durty," a brown IPA!
There’s no denying that IPA is king of the craft beer world right now. The style is getting so popular that even the big brewers are attempting their own versions, while IPA sub-styles, like session IPA, double IPA, white IPA and black IPA, continue to be created and defined. Brown IPAs combine the caramel and nutty-biscuity flavors of a brown ale, with an American IPA-sized does of hops; it’s pretty straight-forward, but pretty delicious.
On to the beer...Durty is a big beer (8.4% abv, 55 IBU) packed full of big hops. We’ve used Polaris, a new German high alpha variety for bittering, followed by American hop icon, Nugget, for the flavor additions and finally, a boatload of Simcoe post-fermentation for dry-hopping. The malt selection isn’t too different from Old Brown Dog, but it’s a bit heavier on the nutty character and dark cocoa notes.
There’s no denying that IPA is king of the craft beer world right now. The style is getting so popular that even the big brewers are attempting their own versions, while IPA sub-styles, like session IPA, double IPA, white IPA and black IPA, continue to be created and defined. Brown IPAs combine the caramel and nutty-biscuity flavors of a brown ale, with an American IPA-sized does of hops; it’s pretty straight-forward, but pretty delicious.
On to the beer...Durty is a big beer (8.4% abv, 55 IBU) packed full of big hops. We’ve used Polaris, a new German high alpha variety for bittering, followed by American hop icon, Nugget, for the flavor additions and finally, a boatload of Simcoe post-fermentation for dry-hopping. The malt selection isn’t too different from Old Brown Dog, but it’s a bit heavier on the nutty character and dark cocoa notes.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour into tulip glass from Hannaford, Exeter NH. Aroma is roasted malts with fruity/resiny hops with mild chocolate and caramel, whiff of dirty clothes hamper. Appearance is almost black (hazy dark ruby red with light source directly behind) with mild discernible sparkle, finger-width off-white head with poor retention and fair sudsy lacing. Taste is mix of roasted malts with some chocolate and floral/resiny/citrus hops with mix of bitter and sweet trading off. Booze hidden well. Palate is medium bodied with creamy texture, late lively carbonation at tip of tongue and all the complexity present in the finish. Overall, this is very black IPA-like and quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2016
at 21:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a reddish brown color with a moderate frothy beige head. Rich toasted malt flavor with herbal hop notes. Rich complex roasted malt flavor. Spicy hops and cocoa notes. Peppery hop notes in finish. Boozy coffee liqueur notes as well. Quite nice is this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2016
at 21:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Aroma: chocolate, roasty, caramel, bread, Appearance: amber with a beige head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, average carbonation, long finish, Delicious
Tried
on 25 Feb 2016
at 16:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle. Clear, dark hazelnut colour with ruby red glimmer and late awakening, huge, thick, creamy, mostly to fully lasting, superbly lacing, beige head, building ’latte macchiato’ layers like strata appropriate to ecstasize every geologist. Malty aroma is rich in nutty and toffee notes, hoppy overtones span a broad area from fruity orange to herbal mint. Taste is minimally sweet nuttily malty, toffee notes, a touch of caramel, butter, nougat and cocoa, hoppy counterweight serves up orange, orange zest, mint - flavours fully compatible with the malt body, whereas the bitterness is not. Not that far from a Barleywine...
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2016
at 18:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ BeerTemple, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 250, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1012 RR. [ As Smuttynose Durty ].Clear dark red brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, bread, dark malt, caramelized malt, light caramelized maple syrup, moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, caramelized malt, dark malt, light caramelized maple syrup. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light light alcoholic. [20150923]
Tried
on 20 Nov 2015
at 04:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the beer temple. Pours deep brown, nose is crystal malt, toffee, roasted, taste is sweet toffee, dry, chewy.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2015
at 11:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at the beer temple... Dark red brown... Small white head... Soft sweet toffee fruit malt nose... Soft sweet toffee malts... Sweet red malts
Tried
on 24 Sep 2015
at 10:50
6/10
Tried
on 23 Sep 2015
at 07:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Beer Temple. Pours hazy brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, fruity hops and overripe dark fruits. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Over medium bodied with a fairly thick mouthfeel and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Sep 2015
at 13:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, 12oz. As Smuttynose Durty Mud Season, An almost clear one, brown in color and with a small, beige head. The aroma is lightly roasted and quite hoppy. Caramel, pine cones and orange zest. It’s full-bodied, soft and with a nice carbonation, quite dry. Roasted malts and some coffee blends nicely with the citrusy, piney and bitter hops. Lasting finish. A quite nice one, easy drinkable, lovely hoppy and tasteful all the way. 150611
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2015
at 15:38