Flossmoor Station Pullman Brown

Brewed by Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

Dark brown with light, foamy cappuccino head / Rich nose of roast coffee, chocolate and nuts / Light to medium body, a touch watery and thin on the finish / Tart, somewhat astringent flavors of bitter coffee, roast barley, and bittersweet chocolate / Has potential, but needs work.

very strong, toasty aroma with chocolate and some sweetness. first tastes were initially of dry, toasted hazlenuts and chestnuts. got sweeter as it warmed, but never cloying. nice balance of dryness and sweetness.

wonderful sweetness that is neither cloying nor overly coating on the palate. this is very plesant and truly a sessionable beer. the oats really push this over the top into new territory. just a touch of dryness and even the hops are well played. balance, balance, balance!

Bomber. pours dark brown with red tints. Nice fluffy tan head. Aroma is wonderful with roasted malts, molasses, and chocolate. Flavor is very porter like with huge molasses and roasted malt flaovrs. Can also taste chocolate and some caramel flavors. By far the best brown ale I have had and this beats the shit out of Rogue’s brown ale. Will make sure I pick this up every time I hit the brew pub.

On tap at the Station on 7/10/08. Pours a dark brown black with a beige head. Abundant aroma that is so roasty with chocolate and fresh malt. Really roasty and nutty flavors with burnt malts. Finishes dry. This is a surprisingly delicious beer. The panama and this prove that I need to pay more attention to the regular line-up, b/c these are solid beers.

on draft at FS. pours dark brown with white head. aroma is roasty, nutty, caramel. flavor is grain husky, roasty, malty. med body. dry finish. this is an awesome brown ale.

22oz bottle, courtesy of hombrepalo. Thanks, Horacio! Pours a murky, dark brown color; medium tan head with decent retention and fine-bubbled lacing. Lots of roasted nuttiness, chocolate, nougat, and molasses in the aroma; nothing overly sweet, just solid. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: definitely one of the more generous brown ales I’ve tried, with loads of nuttiness, roasted malts, and coffee upfront; nothing very astringent or overly bitter at all, with just a nice mineral bitterness keeping things under control; the molasses note is very present, showing through with plenty of sweetness and chewiness, but again there’s nothing overly sweet here, just a touch more heaviness than one would expect from a brown ale. Drinkable, but it could be a bit better with a more pronounced hop character and slightly more subdued molasses note; a very good beer regardless. Lengthy finish: roasted malts, nuts, and brown sugar.

This is a great dark brown brown ale that was very malty and hoppy but a very smooth finish and nice and very rich with all kind of flavors and malts.CHEERS!