Black Oak Sweet Potato Nutbrown Ale

Brewed by Black Oak Brewing
Style: Brown Ale
Etobicoke, Canada

on cask at volo. cask days 2008. muddy brown with a soapy white ring. big spice nose with the sweet potato coming through near the end. flavour is very typical of a spiced fall beer but the sweet potato adds a unique fleshy chewiness that i loved. this was the only brew i went back for seconds of and was the surprise of the day for me.

Cask at Volo Cask Days, October 2008. Pours light brown, amber with a small bubbly head. There are aromas of pumpkin pie, nutmeg, cinnamon. The flavour of the original brown ale is a bit lost. I taste subtle spices, a bit of water; it has a medicinal element. Mouthfeel seemed a bit watery too.

Volo cask days 2008. dark dark brown, some tanish head. Nose is spicey and sweet, very sweet, nutmeg and cinnamon. intresting. the flavor again is sweet, also intresting spice notes as is the nose, funky idea very enjoyable.

Brewed for Volo Cask Days 2008.Like a spiced pumpkin without the pumpkin. Loads of soap bubbles on brown. Big on cinammon. Drinkable. Not too complicated, original brown ale base adds sweetness to the spice. Decent cask.Average mouthfeel.May have been a tad hops.

2008-10-17. Dark brown/ mahogany body, modest tan head (3+). Very spicy aroma, allspice? cinnamon? nutmeg? The melange is sufficiently blended that I lack the expertise to tease it apart but its lovely, and the sweet potato undertones go well with it. Flavour has a light bitterness throughout both from the hops and the spices I think. Flavour is fairly spice dominant, and could use just a touch more of the base beer to balance it out a bit. (6+) Average bodied palate is lightly carbonated. Overall I thought the aroma was excellent, but I found the bitterness of the spice in the flavour distracting. Would love to see how this would evolve in a second try at it. Cask @ Volo Cask Days 2008