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Description:
The brown ale to end all brown ales. Enjoy it, because there is no longer any reason to drink another. You’ve reached the pinnacle. A healthy blend of traditional British malts give this popular style a semi-sweet, biscuity, slightly roasted flavor. Oats thicken the mouthfeel, and a handful of specialty malts add complex chocolate, toffee, and caramel notes. The hops are mostly traditional, earthy British hops, but we cocked it up a bit with some Cascade late in the boil just to show those snooty Brits that we don’t approve of that Constitutional Monarchy crap. (Description provided by company)
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ABV:
5.00% ABV
Availability Frequency:
Rotating
Containers Available:
bottle
draft
Locations Where Available:
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Colorado
Store/Serve Temperature:
close to 55 degrees F
Comments
Darker than Expected, but Good
Pours out a deep brown, almost black, with a tan and full head, that lasts for quite some time.
A malty nose, but not overly so. Most of the roasted and toasted malt aromas are expected, but there is a little bit more of a coffee/dark chocolate bitterness than I expected.
This bitterness is present on the taste as well, although until the beer really warms up its fairly subdued. Strong nutty and sweeter toffee flavors are present at the front, with the roasted flavors more in the finish and in the light and lingering aftertaste.
A nice medium body and carbonation, although the persistent head does add a pleasing creamy texture to the first several sips from the glass.
In appearance, flavor and aroma of Against the Grain's Brown Note is certainly on the darker end if the brown ale spectrum, although it is also quite good. Off you are looking for a dark beer with a hint of sweetness, the Brown Note may be just your tune.