Captain Lawrence Brown Bird Brown Ale

Thanks to Maltajo for the growler. Deep reddish brown pour with a thin off white head. Roasty chocolate, toffee and tart cherry aroma. Tart roasty chocolate taste with touches of toffee. Not sure if the tartness was some sort of oxidation, but it added a neat element to the roasted taste. Nice session brew.

On tap at Brouwerij Lane, Brooklyn. The aroma is chocolate, nutty, toffee, very nice. the flavor follows exactly. the appearance is a deep brown, almost totally opaque, tan head. The finish was a mild hop bittering, mostly an earthy type of hops. Awesome thick and creamy mouthfeel. Excellent representation of the style.

@Peekskill–on tap-pours a tan head and copper color. Aroma is earthy light/medium malt-caramel, some fruit/spice hops. Taste is nutty, peat/earthy light/medium malt-caramel, some fruit/spice hops.

Pint on tap at Croxleys. Nothing too fancy, just a good brown ale. Aroma is sweet and chocolatey, and taste is the same- nice and sweet and roasty, with some maltiness and a bit of hop character to balance it out. Good option to pair with food.

Amber with a firm little off-white head. Malty aroma with toffee, nuts and chocolate and a fruity touch. Dry and toffee malty flavour with some fruit

Poured dark coppery color. Some nuttiness and maltiness . PRetty decently done.

On tap at the brewery on Castleton release day 2008: Pours a transparent copper amber with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma of lightly sweet toasty caramel malts with nice nutty notes. Body starts semi-sweet and smooth with good toasty nutty flavor and a drier, slightly earthy finish. True to style and enjoyable.

Draught sample at Donovans. Pours brown with a thin white head. Smells nutty and earthy. Tastes lightly spicy and earthy with a slight caramelly finish.