Bottle. Chocolate malt aroma with light metallic hint. Dark reddish brown color with moderate head. Chocolate and brown sugar malt flavor with moderate hops finish. Very nice flavor. An overall nice tasting beer.

This beer does nothing to make you take notice of it — nothing good and nothing bad. You could drink several in a session and not be disappointed. Translucent brown body with a moderate tan head. Aroma is malty with some notes of grain and earth. Flavor is sweet and slightly hoppy in the finish. Watery texture and active carbonation.

Bottle from Porterhouse; Nose was grainy with some caramel and roastiness; Transparent brown with a medium tan head; flavor is malty with some small coffee notes and a little hop bitterness that lasts into the finish.

2005 bottle drank 8/20/2005. Pours a dull/drab olive-brown with some deep chartreuse tinges, giving it a slight orange tint in the sunlight. Bottle conditioned, with plenty of sediment, leading to a fluffy, light beige colored head, well-retained and providing plenty of lacing. Aroma is dry nutty, earthy dull notes, with musty yeast, milky chocolate like notes, lightly roasted grains, toasted brown bread and a touch of something lightly sour/astringent. Flavor is lightly woody, nutty, very dry raisins and a mix of milk and brown bread again. Medium body, with plenty of carbonation and not as much malt sweetness as I think it needs. Though it’s always better to go less sweet than too sweet. Dry brown sugar and plenty of yeasty, moderately sour notes. I really despise Northern Brown ales, but this one is well-done. Hops are not terribly flavorful, not very bitter either. Just sort of there. Nutty and rather dull. Drinkable though, and as the carbonation recedes, it feels pleasant and substantial on the palate.

One of the most unfortunate names I''ve ever come across in the world of beer. Cloudy red-tinged brown; light toast & Mexican drinking chocolate; sweetish chocolatey finish. Not bad, but too simple.