Downtown Brown

Poured into a pint glass at the brewpub, the appearance was a moderately dark brown color with a sly transparency to it. Bar pour’s kind of slim white head dissipates immediately. No lacing.
The aroma starts with roasty sweet nutty to caramel and then some nutty malts. Sly grassy, semi-dirty/earthiness, mostly acceptable.
The flavor leans nutty sweet, nice roasty level, acceptable bitter grassy happiness to balance. Sly sweet nutty aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this was a decent sessionably smooth Brown ale deep with a rich sly maltiness laying down on my tongue appropriately. Carbonation seems to ride nice and low.
Overall, nice English styled brown ale that I would have again.

Dark in the glass. Not pitch black. Small roasty nose. Silky mouthfeel. Taste is slightly chalky. Some chocolate peppercorn and candy corn.

Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear amber brown with an off-white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was full of dark grains and bread with a hint of bitter chocolate. Flavor had a slight chocolate note with growing dark grain and bread notes.

on tap-pours a light tan head and deep red color. Aroma is peat, medium malt-cocoa. Taste is peat/roasty, medium malt-cocoa, nutty, some hops.

A deep reddish brown ale with a thin light moka head. A pleasant pungent chocolate, sweet and light vanilla aroma. In mouth, a good nuttiness permeated the malt, with light chocolate notes. Medium bodied. On tap at brewpub, Dec. 27 2008.