Kourage
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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superspak (10160) reviewed Kourage from New Holland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, bottled on 5/15/2017. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep reddish/copper/light brown color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, nuts, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toffee, dark fruit, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roasted malts, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, nuts, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toffee, dark fruit, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy, peppery hop; and roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, nuts, toasted biscuit, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toffee, dark fruit, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a great hop/roast bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is a delicious American brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Not overly roasty. Nicely rich and well rounded malt complexity; nice earthy hop balance, and mild fruity yeast presence. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Glad I was able to try it from the anniversary pack.
ericsc (2955) ticked Kourage from New Holland Brewing Company 15 years ago
Silphium (4309) reviewed Kourage from New Holland Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at New Holland. Deep sanguine red-brown body (probably the darkest brown ale I’ve tried), thin off-white head. Light aroma (I hate it when brewpubs serve their beers too cold), grainy and toasty/nutty. Flavor was very chocolatey and nutty with some raosted toasty aspects, kind of winey/grapey and woody. Has a tannin-heavy mouthfeel that coats the mouth. Just a touch of dark fruits before the long, roasted bitter finish.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Kourage from New Holland Brewing Company 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark burgundy; glosette raisins aroma; some paper but beyond that light fruitiness and a pleasurably mellow brown.