7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can pour into nonic pint glass from the brewery. Appearance is opaque black (dark brown at the bottom of the glass) with decent sparkle at the edges of the glass, finger-width light brown foamy head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong roasted malt and nuts, vanilla. Taste is strong lightly burnt malts, vanilla, earthy bitterness. Palate is medium bodied with frothy texture, lively carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, really nice aroma but the taste isn't as complex and roast is too much to the burnt side. Good enough but short of the lofty bar this brewer sets.

9

Solid, tasty brown ale. Super malty, kinda coffee taste and smell

Thanks Jay T.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can shared cheers to Max; brown pour with a bubbly off white head, aroma has autumnal brown leaves and red fruits, taste has light toast, hint of smoke, chocolate, ok.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Poured from can dated 10/20/17 Run Forest run nice vibrant brown color with a frothy cocoa head. Aromas of roasted chocolate toffe grains light hops. Taste is luscious smooth balanced full flavored not watery. I could drink this all day.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can - pours brown with a tan head - nose and taste of caramel, toffee, cinnamon toast and light coffee - medium body

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours a dark, cola-brown, with little in the way of head. Aroma has some coffee, some chocolate, some nuts. Flavor has notes of coffee, chocolate, nuts, roasted grain, some leather. Not a bad beer--nice to see these guys can do more than a hazy IPA.

8.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Canned 9/28/16, drunk 10/6/16, thanks Nelson for sharing.
Good clarity throughout this maple-mahogany body with a dark beige head atop showing strong retention.
Hazelnut and walnut-laden specialty malts are balanced nicely against light honey-vanilla and moderate caramel-toffee. There’s a kiss of pine sap, lots of spicy, green hop character and zero resin or alcohol. Soft and mild with low roastiness and a touch of moderate fruitiness on the end - plums, raisins, currants. Clean, mineral and ester-rich yeast complements the nutty and fruity malts, while the hops help add some zestiness without unbalancing what should be a malt-forward style.
Creamy-sweet malts are nonetheless well-attenuated, with a spicy and herbal element from the hops. Caramel, walnut, currant, plum are all evident here and provide a very by-the-books brown ale. Tight carbonation and not too much influence from the specialty malts on the texture (ie. it’s not hard and iced tea-like). Low bitterness, but enough to balance the malts gently. No alcohol or flaw. Soft, malty, fruity and low on the roast and bread. Reminds me a lot of Hill Farmstead’s George.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

The beer is dark brown with a medium-small beige head. The head is somewhat fizzy and proves delicate to the ravages of about a minute of contact with the air. The aroma is nutty and toasty with a firm caramel base. Mild to moderate cola flavor. Some earthy hoppiness, milder than expected. It’s clearly well made but still very much a classic brown ale. Tree House played it straight and did an excellent job. The flavors mesh well, and those nutty, toastier malt flavors get a chance to play center stage. The taste follows suit. It’s mildly sweet. While the caramel sweetness makes its presence felt, the beer is a showpiece for those more interesting deeper malt flavors. Mouthfeel is very normal with a touch of creaminess. Full enough but this is a brown ale that could make an old homebrewer smile. While that’s not something that I normally care about, it’s done very well, and the beer is quite good.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

750 ml growler from the brewery shared by Mark! Typical dark brown. Aroma shows some earthy nuts, hints of caramel, English toffee and light bitter coffee.

Flavor is as it smells. Body is on the fuller side for a brown with a decent underlying grassy bitterness that lingers after the sip. Pretty good balance of roast and hops. For the style it is finely made and show please hop head and malt people alike.