Old Brown Dog
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.58
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Curled up with a good book or cutting through whitecaps in your trusty canoe, there is simply nothing better than the companionship of a loyal, loving dog. We know from experience – our dogs come with us wherever we go (including to work at the brewery every day).
Taking this bond to heart, we first brewed our award-winning American Brown Ale, Old Brown Dog. Years later, it remains a stalwart example of the style, beloved across New England for its distinct and refreshing flavor. When the occasion calls for something big on flavor but without the hop punch, Old Brown Dog is an unbeatable choice.
Reliable and robust, playful and adventurous, it’s the beer we reach for no matter where we’re headed – just like our trusty pup.
Taking this bond to heart, we first brewed our award-winning American Brown Ale, Old Brown Dog. Years later, it remains a stalwart example of the style, beloved across New England for its distinct and refreshing flavor. When the occasion calls for something big on flavor but without the hop punch, Old Brown Dog is an unbeatable choice.
Reliable and robust, playful and adventurous, it’s the beer we reach for no matter where we’re headed – just like our trusty pup.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
04.02.2016, 12 oz bottle sampled @ local tasting:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, weeds, caramel malts, grass, almond essence, sour caramel, minerals, bark. Taste is slightly sweet and harsh, weeds, caramel malts, hay, grass, sour caramel, almond essence, paper. Medium bitterness, harsh watery mouthfeel. Meh!
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, weeds, caramel malts, grass, almond essence, sour caramel, minerals, bark. Taste is slightly sweet and harsh, weeds, caramel malts, hay, grass, sour caramel, almond essence, paper. Medium bitterness, harsh watery mouthfeel. Meh!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 13:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Flaske fra helsekosten på Kvaddå, delt med Ovesen mens vørteren koker i Grainfather: brunlig rav med kort, storboblet skum. Urter og malt i aroma, i tillegg litt innslag av kjeks, røde bær og mørke fløtekarameller i smaken. Slank, med en tørr og behagelig lett bitterhet i avslutningen - glir sorgløst innenfor snippen.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2016
at 10:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with JMD at HNB 24.01.15. Muddy brown. Small, pale brown head. Not much lacing. Some aroma of brittle, dark caramel and dark malt. Similar taste, with hints of unfermented wort. Low bitterness, but high drinkakability.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2016
at 10:41
6/10
Tried
on 14 Nov 2015
at 15:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap@ Kitty’s. Pours dark brown with a thick off white creamy head. Aroma has dark bread, molasses and toffeeish notes. Flavor has caramel sweetness, spicy notes, dark bread. Quite full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2015
at 09:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at gbbf 2015 day 4. Nice reddy amber coloured pour with a fading loose greyish head. Aroma is dry candied ginger, spicy wood, bit odd. Some pine needle hop on the nose as well. Flavour is composed of nutty grains, faint toasted bread, wood, some stale malts, ginger. Palate is light, semi sweet, lowish carbonation. OK, maybe not in great condition
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2015
at 08:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Signal Variety, Plaistow NH. Aroma is bread, cereal malt, hint of caramel. Appearance is clear light amber color with minimal head, fair sparkle, minimal lacing. Taste is moderately sweet. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture with average carbonation that gives a little zing to the tip of the tongue. Not much finish. Overall, a drinkable brown ale. It’s not complex and it’s not terribly strong, but competent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2015
at 18:05
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours a brown from a bottle, khaki head. Smells thin somehow, some caramel in the nose. Tastes like soda, overly fizzy, some roastiness, almost smoky meatiness. Too thin and fizzy for my taste. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2015
at 21:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Hazy, Brown coloured, small persistent off-White layer; dry nose of toasted malt and herbal hops with a certain fruitiness in the Background; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied; lingering and drier bitter finish with subdued traces of dark malt and caramel. Good, yes...
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2015
at 07:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle 355ml @ The Pig, Washington, DC
Pours hazy amber brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with along malty, caramel, nutty and floral finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy amber brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with along malty, caramel, nutty and floral finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2015
at 19:55