5 Seasons Kartoon Brune

Brewed by 5 Seasons Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Name: Cartoon Brune
Date: May 01, 2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: opaque brown, frothy tan head
Aroma: slightly tart malt aroma
Flavor: peppery malt flavor (grains of paradise), touch of sweetness, awesome, rich chocolate covered banana slices with a dash of pepper
Overall: one day old, can’t wait to see what happens when it grows up, proud to be beer review #2000

Name: Cartoon Brune
Date: October 27, 2003
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
flavors have blended into a rich brown ale with a nice spicy character that lingers long into the finish

Name: Cartoon Brune
Date: April 26, 2005
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
largely unchanged from the last update, still a very rich spicy brown ale, great creamy body

Name: Cartoon Brune
Date: December 31, 2005
Source: brewpub
Score: iiii to iii
Appearance: opaque brown, thin frothy head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a nice peppery edge
Body: medium body
Flavor: lots of great ripe fruit flavor with a spicy pepper finish, thins out after a while
Overall: great but never back to the special first lust

Name: Cartoon Brune
Date: May 17, 2006
really rich chocolate malt flavor with a great pepper edge,

Name: Cartoon Brune
Date: July 26, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: brewpub
Words: 10 months old
Aroma: sweet rich chocolate aroma, dark fruits, black pepper, touch of sweaty funk
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, light fruityness, nice spicyness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

(Draught) Pours a dark brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt and dark fruits. Flavor of roasted malt, delicious banana, raisins, and a hint of fireworks fumes in the finish.

1 litter bottle labeled 66 / 180 and brewed on 8/11/05. Poured a medium brown color with a small sized head. Aromas of yeast, fruity, chocolate, and fruity. Tastes of dark fruits, chocolate, fruity, caramel, and light spices.

‘05-bottle @Mels YEHA-pours a light tan head and amber color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, spice. Taste is medium malt-caramel, spice, secondary earthy/slight metallic hops.

Bottle... Murky amber ale with orange highlights and a small, creamy, off-white head. The nose is a malty, breadsy swirl of praline, toasted nuts, fruit cake and just enough smoke to take it to the next level of interesting. Malty, nutty flavor that leans slightly on the bitter side of balance. A smidge boozy. Medium to full-bodied with lively carbonation. Mid-length, crisp then caustic finish. Boboski supplied this one!

On tap at the brewpub on 4/6/06: Pours a dark mahogany brown with a frothy, nicely lacing light tan head. Sweet bready dark Belgian malty aroma has good caramel toffee notes. Palate is sweet and viscous full of Belgian malts and has a nice yeasty authenticity with a subtle earthy tartness toward a sweet finish. Nicely balanced and lightly complex with a slight black peppery spice.

1L bottle, dated 8-11-05: Pours a muddy dark copper mahogany with a large, forthy light tan head. Has a rich, sweet, malty, complex and authentic bready Belgian yeasty aroma. Body starts with a pleasant light malty sweetness, lots of bubbly carbonation some biscuity character, a touch of bubble gum and doughy yeast toward a sweet toasty caramel finish. Nicely balanced and true to style. An enjoyable brew!

Dark murky brown. Werid corny and spiced wood nose with moss and weeds in the flavor along with a dominant corn and wood flavor. Not anything to rave about.

Dark mahogany brown color with a one-fingered head and light lacing. Very dark for just a straight up belgian, this was a little more like a dubbel to me. The aroma has a nose of dark fruits with hints towards the noble hops and candi sugar sweetness. Lightly yeasty and spicy at the same time. The flavor is wet with the sweetness of the sugar and esters coming through at the end. The finish is well balanced and leans a little more towards the hops at first but sways into the sweet malt. This was a great ale, one of the most complex I've had. Like I said, this had the flavor profile of almost a dubbel, so it was great to drink with food.