‘Harvest’ seems like a misnomer as robust English-styled brown ale shuns expected raw-grained barnyard earthiness for brown-sugared nuttiness and chocolate-roasted caramel nougat sweetness. Mild lemon-twisted espresso pungency, sour rye breading and root vegetable musk counter muddy mocha malting.
Likable English brown ale valiantly hybridizes mildly creamed Black & Tan dark-roasted mocha nuttiness with India Pale Ale-derived dried fruiting. Fig-sugared black, purple and red grape tannins serenade hazelnut sweetness, walnut bittering and pecan-almond conflux over caramel chocolate cluster. Molasses-sapped mineral graining adds depth.
Distinguished English Brown Ale knockoff retains rich molasses-sugared creaminess and milky brown chocolate sweetness, contrasting the ashen oats-charred nut roast to its caramel nougat center. Peated rye malting deepens hazelnut coffee nuances as well as tertiary pecan, almond and peanut clusters. Chewy dark chocolate toffee reminder enhances nutty mocha finish.
Easygoing English-styled brown ale placating lactic-soured coffee oiling with creamy brown chocolate froth, distant vanilla sweetness and faded hazelnut-walnut-cola conflux. Mild cocoa nibs finish muddled by interfering carbolic fluff.
Mild-mannered middle of the road English-style brown ale fails to fully ignite. Clean-watered chocolate milking, subtle toffee sweetness and brown-sugared cocoa malting outdo feint coffee souring, but the flavors get sterilized by its fading toated molasses finish. Tertiary nut-skinned hazelnut, walnut and Brazil nut illusions perish quickly.
Slick mocha malting and sour lactic astringency denigrate roasted peanut, walnut, hazelnut, and Brazil nut coarsening of flaccid English-styled Brown Ale. Dry hop-charred bittering depletes caramel-toffee sweetness and earthen peat sneak.
Vacuous and overbearingly slick copper-bronzed session beer from hell. Faintest cocoa-dusted sugar wafer placidity and muted plum-fig conflux barely register alongside nebulous hop astringency. Unnoticeable 5.8% alcohol volume adds to the drear.
Well balanced medium-bodied English-styled brown ale with bold mocha surge. Stove-burnt coffee and dark-spiced brown chocolate sidle coarse peanut-shelled cola-macadamia-hazelnut sharpness and roasted pecan-walnut-tobacco conflux above mild hop char bittering. Cocoa nibs, vanilla bean, black cherry, and soy milk underscore sweet oats-toasted caramel-toffee malting. A tad arid, though that’s nitpicking.
‘A strong dark brown beer’ better defined as wintry English strong ale with veritable schwarzbier makeup. Fruit-dried dark chocolate rises above holiday-spiced expectancy. Molasses-sapped cocoa-powdered caramel-chocolate roast sidles bittersweet prune-fig-raisin-apricot coalition above malt-smoked rye wheat bed. Sour-creamed walnut undertones deepen mocha-spiced plethora.