Penn Brewery Nut Roll Ale

Nut Roll Ale

 

Penn Brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular
Score
6.35
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 20 Ticks: 11
Spiced Nut Brown Ale. Our Holiday Spiced Ale. A semi-sweet nut brown ale spiced with cinnamon and vanilla. Reminiscent of the nut rolls Grandma used to bake.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine - Naples, FL. Pours a crystal clear dark mahogany color with a khaki head and very good retention. Decent lacing. Nutmeg and cloves aroma. As expected, it tastes like nutmeg and other spices mixed with a dark ale and caramel. It's hard to define the brown ale flavor because of the spices. If you mixed a pumpkin ale with a brown ale, this is what you get. An enjoyable change from the norm. Medium body and medium carbonation. Not bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2023 at 23:43


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle. Somewhere between a Nut Brown and a Winter Warmer. Flavored, but not overly sweet or sticky overboard like most modern beers. Drinkable, easy on the palate. OK.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2021 at 02:09


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

(Tap) clear, bright reddish amber colour with a small beige head; faint aroma of chocolate liqueur, hazelnut; creamy palate; balanced flavour with a medium long, very light bitter and tart finish

Tried from Draft on 03 Jan 2017 at 12:01


Tried on 26 Dec 2016 at 20:54


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled on draft this beer poured a dark brown color with a medium sized foamy tan head that left decent lacing. The aroma was a bit roasty and malty with notes of cinnamon and nutmeg. The flavor was strong cinnamon and nutmeg followed by a bit of bread and a hint of dark fruit. Long finish with lingering spices. Medium body. Ok.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2016 at 18:18


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into an English pint glass. Clear copper with small off-white head. Aroma is rich nuts, medium body, medium/low carbonation, and pretty good small-bubble lacing. Taste is slightly rich nuts, caramel malt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lactose. The nuts and lactose don’t completely meld for me, but still pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2014 at 20:47


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Nutty herbal pine and caramel malt aroma. Cloudy brown with small head. Sweet nutty caramel malt and lightly bitter pine flavor. Light body. Nice balance - not overly spiced.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2014 at 17:26


3

Weak. Slight chocolate flavor on the back end.

Tried on 21 Nov 2014 at 16:39


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

On tap at the house of 1000. Not up too snuff with the rest of the penn beers. Yes, quite unique I guess for penn’s first spicey herb veggie style BS. Somewhat spicey aroma from the start. I’d like to see a brewery discription of this stuff. Dirt for a backbone. Well behaved but so strange. Makes me think of well water I drank in the country park as a kid. Slaggy. A little dull n the finish. Thought it would be sweeter considering the name. Perhaps a little dissapointing.

Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2012 at 14:39


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12 ounce bottle. Dark reddish brown color. Small beige head disappears immediately. Faint roasted malt aroma hints at cinnamon and allspice. Roasted malt flavor with notes of currants and toasted nuts. Flavors develop as brew warms up. Some fruity citrus hops in finish. Definately improves at about 55 degrees.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2012 at 19:04