Brown Hound Brown Ale

Can pour from trade with AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! Cloudy, maple syrup brown with nice sparkle, thin head with fair retention and nice lacing. Aroma is caramel, toasted earthy malt, dead leaves. Taste is toasted earthy malt, toffee, hint of dark fruit. Smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Good brown.

16 oz can. Aroma is caramel, nuts, and weak fruit. Malt backbone gives the caramel, nuts, and soft dried fruit characteristics. Dry finish. Body is on the lighter side of medium. At this point in my life it is hard to get excited for a brown ale. However, it certainly is well made.

Though retired, here’s my take on this. From the growler, poured into a pint glass and a mug. There really wasn’t any difference between the two.
The appearance was a hazy brown leaning towards a fairly darker complexion. The head was about a finger’s worth of off-white to slightly tan foaminess.
The aroma had a sweet and nutty malty chocolate. There was a light coffee subtly in the background.
The taste wrapped itself in the nutty part with a dark choclate and coffee. The palate/mouthfeel consisted of a light to medium with a smooth feel rolling over my tongue. The carbonation was good for the style and for me. Overall, in my opinion, I used to love this brown ale when I lived in Maine, very solid for the style.

22oz bottle–pours a foamy to rocky tan head and hazy copper/amber color. Aroma is spice-persimmon/mint-herbal hops (towards metallic), secondary medium malt-cocoa. Taste is spice-persimmon/mint-herbal hops (towards metallic), sour fruit-lambic like, and secondary medium malt-cocoa.

2005 bomber shared with Muzzlehatch on 5/22/2005. Layered maple brown to blood orange color, with a yellow bottom. Off white head is well-retained, some lacing. Nose is dry/astringent, tree bark, woodiness, earth, diacetyl. . you know, the whole, "I was walking through the woods with a bottle of cider vinegar in one hand and some walnut paste in the other when I slipped and fell in to a patch of thick soil and mushrooms." sort of thing. Good malt extraction again. Too much cider/rubber. Bottle conditioned, medium-full body, easygoing mouthfeel. Lightly acidic on end.