Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale

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

[Cask at GBBF 2004] A brown beer with no head. The aroma of roasted coffee and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of coffee, roasted malts, as well as alcohol. The mouthfeel is very soft.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) This is a fine example of the completely disrespectful way American brewers approach traditions. From the name you would expect this to be a hybrid between a Brown Ale and an IPA, but the brewery claims it to be a hybrid between a Scotch Ale, a American Pale Ale and an IPA. But a curious hybrid it is. Very dark mahogany, brownish head, very malty (burned malt). The 50 IBU are pretty well hidden underneath the sweetness of the malt - to some extent. Quite an extreme brew.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a huge and slight brown head. Aroma is dark and slight chocolate malt. Smooth malty and slight chocolate flavoured. Smooth chocolate and malty flavoured, light vanilla note. Smooth malty into the far finish. Ends nice and easy.

Brown, big maltiness, somewhat sweet and very round. Defies any attempt of classification. Very interesting brewery.

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Medium brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, raosted, caramel, licorice. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration. Nice balance. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat.

Bottle, 7.2%. Vinous aroma, roasted, smells a little lagered. Clear dark brown colour. Small stable light brown head. The flavour is nicely roasted, slightly sweet. Not as vinous as the aroma, but still a bit vinous. OK balanced. Roasted aftertaste with a good deal of barley bitterness.

Cask@GBBF2007. Dark brown colour, mediumszied beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, and some fruity hops. Flavour is alcohol, malts and hops in a mix, where alcohol is quite aggressive.

Bottle. Clear red brown coloured with an off white head. Aroma of malts, caramel and fruits with notes of nuts. Flavour of caramel, fruits, dried fruits and nuts. Hoppy finish.