Downtown Brown
Amsterdam Brewing Company (Canada) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.13
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 15
A very dark brown body with a lively tan head. The nose is relatively understated with touches of malt, nuts and a hint of milk chocolate. This is a nice fall beer. The body is a solid medium texture and the taste is subtle and well blended. Malt, slightly roasted nuts and a hint of cream and chocolate work well together. The continental hops are understated and hard to find and there is some spiciness in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
another brown ale that looks like a stout, very very dark pour with a beige head. Aroma is very very roasty, some nice malt, and coffee, with a touch of chocolate. mouthfeel is a tad wattery, but the flavour is nice, lots f roasty malt, and some chocolate, with a little hops, overall a nice beer. but i would say leaning more towards a stout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample at the brewpub.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Thanks Tim for the can.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a slight dark amber almost brown color with a finger and a half’s worth of white foamy head that held for a little bit before gently dieing. Just a wisp of messy lace.
The aroma had some sweet caramel/toffee malts up front with some nuttiness. Light toast and then some earthy/grassy hops.
The flavor did a decent job of blending sweet to roast and that slid into the aftertaste and sliding into the finish.
The feel was about medium bodied, maybe just a tad under with a pretty good sessionability about it. Good carbonation. ABV felt good.
Overall, nicely done English brown ale well worthy of having again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
16oz can. Ruby-brown body, deep sweet caramel brown ale. Medium bodied, with an obvious UK influence. Some amber malt undertones. Smooth, sweet specialty malt tones. Easy going malts. Enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap. Pours dark brown with a deep orange glare, small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty and caramelish. Sweet, toasted, bitter and slight breadish. Dry and dark malty far finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ the brewpub. Pours hazy dark copper brown with small but stable off-white head. Clear aroma of malt, with hoppy and fruity notes. Bitter, roasty and hoppy flavour with notes of nuts and malt and some estery touches. Nutty and bitter finish. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can from the LCBO. Deep clear mahogany with a one finger fluffy khaki head that fades slowly and laces well. Nose is light caramel, roasted nuts and chocolate. Light sweet toffee up front with light bitter chocolate, coffee and nut middle and a short finish. Mouth is a bit thin with average carbonation. Decent enough brown ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Nice, easygoing brown. Pours dark mahogany with decent lacing and head. Some roast malt and nut in aroma. A little hops, though minimal. Finishes a touch bitter with some sense of musk. Tap at new brewpub on the water.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Originally rated May 2005 (under the name Nut Brown Ale). This is Amsterdam’s competition brew to KLB Nut Brown (both brewed in Ontario - before Amsterdam bought out KLB). This one poured a copper colour with a tanned head and decent retention. The lacing was not much and the carbonation was heavy. Had roasted malt scents. The taste was bitter and roasted with a smooth drier aftertaste. The nut was also pronounced. Full mouthfeel. Not a bad beer, but very close to the Kawartha Lakes Brewery one. Note: This Downtown Brown version (many years after - end of 2013) has a nice, long lasting head. Nice coffee nose with the roasted malts and hints of vanilla. The taste is watery with some light rusty hops. Mild bitterness. Smells better now than the taste and mouthfeel. Points are for the old version.