Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

Had this beer on Tap at Sharp Edge. Dark amber, with nice tan head, and lacing. carbonation just right for me.. nutty sweet start, warming with some chocolate hints and astringent rubbery bitterness on finish.

Dark brown body with a small head. Malty aroma w/ hints of chocolate, and coffee. Nose is similar to the aroma, very sugary/malty with chocolate overtones. Nice hop kick at the end. This is a great beer that is full of flavor and well balanced. One of my favorites.

Pours a very dark reddish brown color with a thick 3 finger foamy medium beige head. A little bit of lacing as it goes down. Aroma of sweet caramel, floral and pine hops, and a touch of molasses. The flavor is a roasty molasses flavor. Sweet creamy coffee notes with chocolate and a nice flowery bitterness in the end. A rich oily body that leaves a nice roasted bitterness on the tongue. The perfect balance between roasted flavors and hops.

Pours Dark Brown with a huge frothy head with peaks and valleys. smells sweet with a strong malt taste. The large hop additions are needed for this beer.

At the brewpub in Rehobeth. Dark and dense with a small head. Good balance between hops and the sweetness of the brown sugar. Slight taste of alcohol lets you know there is some substance here.

(12oz bottle from Whole Foods; Sample from July 18, 2008 Beer Club Meeting) Great frothy head… excellent lacing. A deep dark color… aromas of raisins and malt. Flavor much like a lively porter. Chocolate, roasted malt, earthy and dark. Aftertaste solid and sweet. Yep, like a very good light porter. Sweet!

hard to believe outside of a porter you could find something this decadent. this is richer then a chocolate milkshake. others disagree clearly, but this is very balanced for a DFH product, the malt truly shines through, the hops are upfront but truly in harmony with the roasted notes. nice dark brown sugar coats the tounge and like a scotch ale it exhibits porter qualities without being a porter. this is a brown ale to wild levels of excess, kudos to the brewers for taking yet another style to the nth degree, where n equals infinity!

12 oz bottle. Pours a lovely mahogany color with a small beige head that dissipates quickly. Nose is more like Orkney Dark Island. Roasty malt with some smoke and caramel and piney hop notes. I am expecting a hoppy scotch style porter. Much like many DFH beers this is a bit unbalanced. To much hops and not enough malt, however they are going for a bit of a scotch IPA so maybe they hit the mark. Regardless the bitter coffee finish is a bit unpleasant a bit to aggressive. The middle has a nice malt background and the alcohol notes are just right. There is some chocolate and caramel present but this is not sweet enough to be a scotch anything. A nice attempt but I don’t think it quite achieved what it wanted to.