Downtown Grill Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Downtown Grill & Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Knoxville, Tennessee USA

Had this with the Downtown Grill & Brewery sampler. It was my favorite. It was very smooth and had good flavor.

First things first - Downtown Brown? Is this the best name they could come up with? There are no fewer than 7 "Downtown Browns" in the data base as it is, and this is the eighth. I mean please, show a little creativity, guys. That being said, this is a really good brown ale - a style I usually don't care for. Brownish red, with a thin white head. Fresh malt aroma. Consistant hop profile thoughout the palate. The malt is there, but only in the bacground. If you must quibble about style, this propbably is to hoppy to be a true English Brown, but isn't really overhopped, either. Very nice beer.

Draft at Downtown Grill & Brewery in Knoxville, TN. A small sized tan head with fine-small sized bubbles that were mostly diminishing. The body of this beer was uncarbonated and transparent with a reddish-brown hue. The nose was sweet and malty. The flavor was caramel and malt with a bit of an aftertaste to it. The mouthfeel was very, very smooth and slightly thin. This was a medium bodied beer with good lacing.

TheDM and Hotstuff vacation brew 136. This draft brew was sampled at the Brew Pub in Knoxville Tennessee and served by an attentive staff that included the Owner, the bar manager, Daniel Goss, and the assistant brewer Joey Barbarito. This brew poured a head of fine to medium sized mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a transparent uncarbonated brown colored body and a good lace. The aroma malty nutty sweet mild and nice. The flavor was that of a very nice caramel brown malt that disappeared quickly but was nice while it lasted. The mouthfeel was smooth sweetly malted and had no bite. I like this brew a lot and it was very nice. So nice that the bar manager brought me a second glass for free! Thanks Dan!

A nice clear brown beer with a slight to invisible head. Slight aroma of nutty malt. Fine taste of chestnuts and biscuits, with a bit of roasted flavor. Fine but lacks a bit of body.

Pours a beautiful dark brown, with a nicely creamy head. Tastes of roasted nuts blended with caramel and a note of coffee lurking about in the background. A bit light in the taste for such a dark brew, exacerbated by hoppy finish that could stand some heavier notes up front.Overall, a fairly good brew.

I had the Alt before I had this don’t make that mistake. This beer was a nice amber pour with light lacing. It had a sweetish maltiness with a light bitter finish. A very well balanced beer. A nice beer that was just a tad on the watery side. Overall a damn fine brew. I wish I could make one like it.

Tap. Not much of an aroma, perhaps some malty sweetness but I like the dark Ruby Red color. The head was fairly thin and the taste is also of malts with a slightly bitter finish. A good substitute for when they occasionally run out of the state street stout.