Brown Ale
New Planet Beer Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Speciality Grain Regular|
Score
4.51
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This rich, dark and decidedly tasty ale is brewed with coffee and cocoa which lends a complex and roasted flavor profile to balance brown sugar notes of a typical American Brown Ale. In 2012 NPB won a Silver Medal at the GABF in the Gluten Free Category with the Brown Ale, and starting this September, will be packaging and distributing this ale nationally.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Clear, medium brown color. Medium to small head. Funky, sweet, molasses aroma. Taste, toffee, molasses, touch of funk. Not really bad for a gluten free beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 06:53
7/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly reddish orange/copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, nutty coffee, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with light notes of molasses, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of cocoa, coffee, sorghum/rice extract, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, nutty coffee, brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with light notes of molasses, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, spicy hop; and roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, milk chocolate, cocoa, nutty coffee, brown bread, toasted biscuit, light molasses/fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of cocoa, coffee, sorghum/rice extract, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a nice sugar/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is okay. Pretty rough finishing, but not too bad. Zero warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is a pretty good gluten free brown ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of cocoa, coffee, sorghum/rice extract, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; smooth and easy to drink with the lightly bitter/drying finish. A little weird at first, but it grew on me. Well balanced flavors; with light earthy hops against sweetness. Good representation of the intended style overall, and still kind of tastes like beer. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2018
at 22:22
1.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
Bottle. Acetone aroma - just a hint of malt comes through. Brown with small head. Sweet tangy acidic light caramel malt and light grass. Solvent aroma and smell overwhelming - no date on bottle so not sure how old this is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2016
at 17:41
1.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
Bottle: Clear, coppery-brown with a frothy tan head. This tastes and smells like spray paint..... Tangy, metallic..... Absolutely VILE..... I hope for New Planets’ sake that this was just a bad bottle....but looking at the rates, it might be a false hope.... Hard to believe someone authorized this for production....
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2016
at 16:33
2.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 1
Texture 4
Overall 1
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a nut brown color with red highlights and a medium sized foamy tan head that left decent lacing. The aroma was off, medicinal, metallic and had a bit of molasses. The flavor was bitter, sour, medicinal, metallic, off and odd. Unfortunately long finish. Medium body. Disgusting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2016
at 10:37
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2
This brown ale poured a deep amber colour with next to no head. Even after a vigorous pour. Scents include herbal liquor and cardboard. Flavours of very light vinegar and ripe fruit. This has to be off. Otherwise you guys have alot of work to do...
Tried
on 02 Nov 2014
at 14:40
3.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours rather dark copper with a slight beige or tan head. Aroma is strange, but does have a cocoa note. Med minus body. Flavor is rather ugh, and finishes somewhat thin and acrid, tho the cocoa survived. Not liking it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2014
at 16:53
3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
12 ounce bottle. Pours a bright copper red color. Brief beige head dissipates quickly. Peculiar metallic, sweet dark corn syrup aroma. Flavor is cola-like and tart. Slight medicinal flavor throughout. Unpleasant bitter aftertaste. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 19:14
2.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 1
Bottle @ home, picked up at Wilbur’s Fort Collins. Pours a copper appearance with a brown head. Nasty caramel, cola, veggie, a touch metallic aroma. Sour kraut, caramel candy, veggie, burnt flavor. No chance I would drink this garbage if I was a glutard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2014
at 19:22