Big Boss Bad Penny Brown Ale

Brewed by Big Boss Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Raleigh, North Carolina USA

Apr. 13, 2006; 12 oz. bottle

This has a weird, overripe fruit aroma I can’t really warm up to. Sour taste with little to no hop presence. The bite is all sourness and no bitterness. A strange concoction indeed -- quite unlike other brown ales I’ve tried.

Rudy chestnut color with a taller dark canvas colored head. Something must be off in this one. This one has a mild scent of a mild kriek. Wood and mild cherries mix with a light dark caramel malt aroma. Not a bad aroma, but certainly not the aromas I am expecting from a nut brown ale. Mild roasted malt flavor intermingle with cask wood. Again not bad just nothing I would expect from a nut brown. Mild infection seems to be here, but none of the other signs appear (gusher, etc.). A mild black malt component kicks in the finish. Can’t say I understand this one.

excellent beer, very smooth, soothing aroma. I recomend this beer for anyone who loves dark beer. "Uncle Nuts" nut brown ale resembles the taste of Guiness Draught or Murphy’s Draught.

Nutty? Yes. Sourish? Yes, that too. I wonder if the sourness is a failure in quality control or the beer was intended that way. Anyway, I otherwise like this beer - it’s very mild, yet full-bodied in malt and is, true to its name, somewhat nutty. Rich and enjoyable. No hops whatsoever, which I like. Sad about the sourness, though. It could have been so much better without all the tartness.

Pours a nice dark brown but the head disappears quickly. Has a fruity almost licorice nose but it is very light. The flavor and palate are light yet somewhat satisfying. I have had worse.

Cute name. Cute story. Bad beer. This stuff is boring- watered down, bland and not that exciting in any way, shape or form. If anything, this beer could be sweeter. If you want a good nut beer, Rogue is the only way to go.

This nut brown pours just that, a dark brown with a head that is light brown and creamy. First sniff I found alot of spice. Cloves and a little chocolate? First sip had traces of coffee and alot of roasted malts. The finish was smooth and the spices really come through. The palate was very good. The nut and spice flavour lingered with a slight bitterness. I can’t understand the rating of only 37?! This is much better than that.

Clear brown, with a hint of redKind of a standard malty aroma, with a slight nutty note (maybe not and I just think there is because of the name. I can be kinda suggestable like that). Certainly not bad in any way, but a bit boring. Sampled at the 2005 Asheville Brewer’s Jam.