Empyrean Third Stone Brown

Brewed by Empyrean Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Lincoln, Nebraska USA

got this awhile back from EBOATS! Thanks pal, was in the fridge all this time. .... Poured a very dark brown, white creamy head. Nose was sweet with touches of nut. Good caramel and but to start, while the flavor profile ends from there, just drops off. Not a bad brew for a standard brown.

Great heavy, nutty flavor out of the gates, but it finishes a little weak. I would’ve liked it to linger a little longer. Still a very good beer. A *little* watery, but not as much as, say, Newcastle.

On tap at Lazlos in Lincoln, Nebraska. Red color with a mediium tan head and good lacing. Distinct nose of chocolate, fruit, and coffee. Fairly light bodied, and average mouthfeel. Finish a little weak. Overall, however, a decent Brown.

Pours with two-finger light tan head that goes quickly leaving a little lace. Deep amber color. Burnt chocolate nose. Light carbonation and light bodied. Starts almost sweet, with chocolate overtones, quiet finish. Not a bad brown. $6.93 for a 6-pak of 12oz bottles from Supersaver Lincoln, Ne.

Pours a brown with a small, quickly fading, tan head. The aroma is toffee and milk chocolate. The flavor is light caramel, some raisins. The mouthfeel is thin.

2005 12oz bottle shared with SuIIy on 5/23/06. Clear, filtered, force-carbonated chestnut brown with an earl-gray tea-like appearance after it settles, because the head is nowhere to be found. A simple ring of beige head sits on the edge. Cherries arise from the glass at first and even some fair chocolate sweetness. For a while it’s sniffable, but quickly, skunked cabbage and black pepper cloud the finish of the aroma, with cardboard and boiled potatoes not far off. The flavor is under-malted, very thin, with rapdily fizzling carbonation. DMS is heavy on the finish, with soily, old leaves and dry, papery cardboard. Very thin and weak.

12oz bottle from eboats. Pours a dark brown color with a small beige head. Nose is dates and chocolate, light fruity sweetness, some vinous and cherry notes as well. Palate is carbonated and fizzy. Flavor is cherry juice, some dirty water, bits of nut shells and leaves. Finishes with a dirty mouthfeel and the tongue is coated in film.

A little more flavor than some of the other brews from Empyrean, but still a little weak in flavor, and thin bodied for the type. A little strange aftertaste, but not that bad.