Brown's Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Troy, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Brown's Brewing Company

Established in 1993

Contact
417 River St, Troy, NY, 12180, United States

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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: pale copper color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy hops, some caramel malts
Flavor: basically the citrusy hops and malts - so sweet and bitter in it's character; brisk finish of the hops
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smooth tones but sturdy bitterness does clamp down on the tongue
Overall: old school APA, not bad, maybe again.

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2026 at 20:59


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: burnt orange haziness with a half a finger of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: peachy, piney and orangey hops with some fresh clean laundry scents and a stiff malty note
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a semi-sweet and bitter character; finishes with a piney stiffness and malty vibe
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, pretty smooth along the tongue and some bitterness along the tongue
Overall: a bit of a stiffer DIPA, maybe a bit of an "old school" sort of DIPA.

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2026 at 20:43


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Reviewed from notes.
Can to English pint glass
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a three finger khaki foamy head which settled off at a nice pace
Aroma: sweet cherry tones, subtle medicinal-ish tones, light milk chocolatey notes, big char/ashiness
Flavor: combines the cherry tones with milk chocolatey tones; finishes mostly through the cherry & chocolate, slight medicinal here but not super bothersome
Texture: medium bodied, slightly sessionable; some smoothness, good carb level
Overall: clean up some of the medicinal & excessive char/ashy notes in the aroma then clean up the ashy finish and this beer could be a lot better.

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2026 at 20:22


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: pours pitch black and stays pitch black in the glass with a finger and a half of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: dark chocolate, light notes of milk chocolate, some sweet oat and a touch of black coffee down underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to toasty and semi-roasty quality with a touch of bitterness; finishes malty sweet and semi-toasty with a touch of dryness
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; fairly smooth along the tongue with a little bit of dryness
Overall: great aromas and flavors but possibly use just a wee bit more "beef" to that body, if that's the only flaw, I believe I could still come back to this one.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 15:15


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: brown color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace.
Aroma: some sweet pumpkin flesh, light cinnamon and a touch of allspice, then some light biscuity/sweet wafer-like malts
Flavor: seems to do a pretty good job of blending the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet pumpkin to sweet pie crust tone at first then the spices gently come in; finishes slightly like liquified pumpkin pie
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness but also a little bit of dryness I believe coming from the spices
Overall: I liked this one for me - I didn't think it was overboard with the spices but then again I had it home which I wasn't told by others to overload the rim with excessive spices and all that extra stuff I don't normally want.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 15:06


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: soft golden yellow color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: dark berries with a slight mango to apricot-like hoppy note to it; smooth bready malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine bitter to tart to semi-bittersweet quality; finishes leaning into the malts then some light berries and mango-ish character
Texture: light bodied, sessionable; some smoothness but also light brushes of hop bitter assertiveness
Overall: not a bad India - styled lager with Krush hops. I think I could come back to this one.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 14:56


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: soft golden yellow color with a quickly dissipating foamy white head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: lemony to vinous with tart and acidic tones; subtle floral tones, some lemongrass, sweet wood and a touch of earthiness
Flavor: encompasses a nice blend between the lemony to tart to sour features; finishes lemony and a touch of tart to sour character
Texture: light to medium bodied, leaning to be a sipper; some smoothness but also a light acidic tart pucker there
Overall: nice enough golden sour I could return to.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2026 at 14:32


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: copper color with a slight transparency to it and a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy to grapefruity to subtle crisp piney hop scents; caramel/toffee malt backbone
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fair bittersweet quality; finishes citrusy and piney
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness but also light hop assertiveness
Overall: not bad as an AIPA but this is not a NEIPA, just saying.

Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2026 at 20:03


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Poured dark, chocolate malt etc, doughy yeast arom as well. Slight smokes and hops.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:10


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Draught. Dark brown pour. Not a ton of head. Malty and light smoke. Decent but thats it

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:10