AleSmith Nautical Nut Brown Ale

Always on tap at Liar’s Club. Finally I get around to trying a pint and rating it. This is a perfect example of a good session brown ale. Dark brown draft pour with a silky white head and sticky lacing. Aroma of straight up sugared caramel and toffee, simple and to the point. Biscuit flavors with light chocolate and toasted cinnamon bread dominate with an adequate bitterness. Thoroughly enjoyable, like a "Dog" on steroids.

Before drinking this, I thought "I bed this is going to be like Newcastle, but with all of the flavour levels turned up to 11." I was right. It was deliciously nutty and choclately. Basically a complete amping up of the standard brown ale.

On tap at The Red in Santa Cruz. Ruddy dark brown, decent 1 finger head colored tan. Adequate retention. Big toffee and caramel aromas, roasty chocolatey malt. Nice toasty malt background to a sweet toffee note. Rich and nutty. Very English. A little light on body but not distractingly so. A great tasting beer that you can go through several pints of.

tap at O’Brien’s - Pours dark brown with a thin, lasting head. It has a rich caramel malt aroma and flavor and is somewhere between light and medium bodied. It’s a good brown ale, but my expectations for Alesmith are very high because of their many other great beers and this one didn’t really meet them.

Tap @ the AleSmith brewery. Pours a hazy deep brown with a tan head. Aroma is roasted nuts, caramel, malt, and slightly detectable chocolate as well. Taste is caramel and nut up front with dark fruits, chocolate, and malt at the end. Very nice and solid beer.

On draft @ O’Brien’s. Poured a hazy milk chocolate brown with a medium sized beige head. Nose of roasted almonds, caramel malt and some dark fruits. Medium in body and very easy to drink.

Pint glass on tap at the Liars Club in Alpine. Poured a dark brown color with a small dense white head that lasted a only a short while. The aroma was medium-light in strength, and had notes of sweet roasted malts, anise and walnuts. The flavor featured more walnuts, dates, black licorice and a touch brown sugar. The mouthfeel was very very full, this is a malt lovers dream. The finish was short and bittersweet. Overall: A good beer for malt lovers. Recommended.

Served cold from tap. Pours a nice translucent brown with a tiny, tiny head off-white in color. aroma is definitely nuts, and the taste is nuts, caramel and malts. so good, with a tiny bitter finish. i could drink this for ages.