Black Toad Distinctive Dark Ale

Brewed by Goose Island Beer Company
Style: Brown Ale
Chicago, Illinois USA

Pours a very dark brown with white head that nearly disappears. Body is light. Nutty, chocolate, roasted malt, and some light roast coffee. Finish is a little soapy and has some co2 and roasted flavor lingering on the palate. Hops level is light. A pretty good brown actually. (Re-rate 1/15/09, from 2.8, I mistakenly rated based on it being a thin, disappointing porter, and I was probably already three sheets).

A had heard this was a porter, but it came across as too thin for a porter, so I am in no way surprised to see it labeled a brown ale. Decent flavors...but somewhat thin all around. But, again, the TJ beers are very affordable, which is nice in a pinch, too.

Beautiful poor with a big tan head. Smelled of malts. Had a nice level of hopping to balance it out. A great value.

Pours dark and clear. Small head that dissipates a bit too rapidly. Sweet roasted and malty aroma. Medium texture. Pleasant sweet mildly burnt malt flavor. I would buy again.

Dark and smoky, but light enough that it wasn’t a beer that made me feel heavy. Much darker than a typical brown ale, but similar in body and mouthfeel. Black.

Almost black pour with a short lived head. Red highlights. Aroma is full of malt, nuts, milk, unmalted barley. The barley gives a sorghum molasses flavor. Faint hop presence. Lactic acid. Mild effervescence. Smokey. Medium bodied. Not bad at all.

Dark brown, smooth, sweet roasted malts, molasses, nutty, little coffee, slight hop.

a dark ale that poured to a nice head. it quickly dissapated. for me this is a beer that i could drink on a regular basis. its not heavy at all, refreshing and has a good roasted malt flavor.