Columbus Brewing Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Columbus Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Columbus, Ohio USA

Bottle... Dark ale with a small, fizzy, khaki head. Robust aroma for the style... chocolate and dark roasted nuts. The well-balanced flavor is also fairly hearty for the style... chocolate, weak coffee, vanilla and mild caramel. Light to medium-bodied and lively. Short, crisp, grassy finish. Thanks go out to OhioDad for the bottle.

Thanks to OhioDad for this one. Poured dark brown with a tan head. Aroma had some nutty notes and a mild sweet chocolate scent. Tasted like watery cardboard with some dusty nuttiness. In my notes I have "Was a Pile O Shit" so I don’t think I liked this one too much.

Bottle from OhioDad Thanks!

Pours a murky brown with a nice head and clinging lace. Aroma is a sweet smoke aroma, with hints of roasted nut and bits of chocolate. Actually, the more I smell it the more prominent the smokiness is. Flavor is a sweet berry-like boquet, with some caramel and candy thrown in the mix as well. The flavor and the palate roll on the tongue in waves; high intensity, lower intensity, high intensity, and rounded out by a subsiding cascade of flavor. I am enjoying this beer. Dad: Send more, eh?!!

Draft at brewpub. Brown color with an average creamy off-white head that lasted. Moderate sweet toasted aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Good toasted flavor with an average well balanced finish. Good solid drinkable brew.

bottled. Nice deep burgandy-brown crystal-clear pour. Nice roasty-toasty aroma that’s not overdone(like lots of micro’s browns). Flavor leads with understated chocolate malt, hint of brown sugar and finishes sweetly with nice toasty malt. Nice residual sweetness leaves the impression of a rich luxurious beer clear through the clean finish. Wonderful!

(12 oz bottle: Obtained in trade with OhioDad, thanks Scott!) This bottle’s a little funky, I’m getting some a mild amount of sour, stinky cheese with this one, both in the nose and flavor. The funky cheese poofs away quickly, but while the sourness mellows (or more likely, I’m just getting used to it), it never really goes away. Perhaps that’s part of the nutty flavor, some nuts hint at sourness. The other flavor and aroma that jumps out is a freshly roasted coffee. It’s just a little bit, but it’s enough to notice. Behind that, it’s nutty, chocolaty, and only mildly sweet. The beer is medium brown in color and is topped by a half inch of light tan head that settles to a wide ring. Only a few spots of lace on the glass. Meh, the beer’s okay, but too much sourness kind of gets in the way. Perhaps I should retry this again, and if the sourness isn’t an issue, I really think I’ll like that nut, chocolate and coffee flavor.

Thanks to OhioDad for the 12 oz. bottle. Scott must have part ownership in this brewpub, he’s sending it everywhere :)
a reddish brown pour with a very fast fading head. aroma is sweet with roasted malt. flavor is of sweet brown sugar, roasted malt, hints of chocolate and molasses. a little thin on the palate but overall a very nice beer. I wish I had tried this one with a roast pork dinner with some brown gravy, it would have been a perfect compliment.

Bottle acquired in trade with OhioDad (thanks!). Bottle opened with a loud psst and a small gush - needless to say, this one poured all (and I mean all) head. The head never fully settled (the best I could get it was 4 fingers of head vs. 2.5 finger of beer). Color was a medium to deep brown. Aromas of chocolate, roasted malts, and light caramel. Tastes of nuts, lighter chocolate, roasted malts with a lightly bitter finish. Thinner body.