Hometown Double Brown

From my brother: well this is old but it is a brown ale so it ahould probably be fine. Pours reddish brown with a beige head. Looks pretty nice actually. Taste is nutty with loads of caramel. Actually pretty good. I was impressed. Makes a brown ale pretty interesting.

Poured into a mug, the appearance was a rugged semi-dark brown color with a nice finger’s worth of white to off white foamy head that dissipated at a decent pace. Stringy lace.
The aroma centers around roasty nuts, sweet toffee malts and a light breadiness. Some dry roastiness to earthy bitter to spicy hoppiness rounds it all out.
The flavor is a balance of roast to sweet to earthiness. Breadiness seems to slide further into the background. Roasty to earthy aftertaste. Slim dry sweet finish.
On the palate, this one has a light to medium body with a decent sessionability about it. Mild carbonation.
Overall, nice English styled brown ale that I would have again.

trade with mcox90 thanks!-22oz bottle-retaining tan head with trailing lace-dk copper/brown. A-sweet caramel/roasty-med malt, slight earthy. T-sweet caramel/roasty-med malt, slight earthy/minty hops. The hops keeps this from being cloying, but its still a sweet, malty beer. Next time John, remember to have a brownie or some fudge nearby. Oh, I have a few Hershey kisses…that works :-)

22 oz. bottle purchased at the former Village Market in Somersworth, NH. Yep, the color is brown, thin lasting head in a shaker glass. Aroma is roasted nuts, caramel, hints of chocolate and mild earthy soil.

Flavor is spot on the aroma with a thicker body for the style, displaying a silky/ creamy/ velvet feeling over the tongue. Also shows a light hop character toward the finish. This hop is needed and a welcome addition, really for a ordinary brown ale, this is really nice drinking.

Bottle from a lazy dog. Slightly hazy dark brown with ruby highlights and a creamy bubbly beige head that slowly dissipates to a cap. Earthy caramel and chocolate dominate the nose. Light to moderate roast with a hint of vanilla cream round us out. The flavor is sweet and malty with lots of caramel and chocolate offset with some creamed coffee and a bit of earthy hop. I question the 55 ibu’s here, but maybe the malt is hiding it a bit. Medium body with alight to moderate level of carbonation and a creamy silky mouthfeel. Straddles the line between brown ale and stout, but quite flavorful; I enjoyed it.