Founders Maple Mountain Brown

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

This was a big hit among our group, beer and non-beer drinkers tonight. Apportioned with a dark brown body with a translucent melanoidin red underpinning, topped with a flush cream head. Deep brown malt aromas pour out of the glass, highly infused with maple essence. Delicious complexly malated body. Maple syrup and sherry notes delight the palate, but are harmonized with the malt back-bone. Well-balalanced to hold up the sweetness. Sherry-chocolate finish.

barrel aged on tap at ron’s a few weeks ago...pours a light chestnut brown color...lighter than i expected... and is fairly clear. poor retntion and lacing. aroma is very sweet! vanilla and oak notes with nutty malt. flavor is also sweet....slighty chalky and nutty flavor with vanilla and sweet maple. mouthfeel is also chalky and thin...almost watery. the first fouders brew that i didnt really enjoy at all.

Pours a deep dark chestnut brown color that is pretty much completely opaque, except for the faintest of mahogany edges when held to a light source and a one finger off-white head that slowly fades into a lasting ring. Very minimal spots of lacing. Bourbony chocolate malt aroma with a slight oaky presence as well as some vanilla bean, caramel, subtle dark fruit notes. More of a bourbon presence than I expected but I’m not picking up much maple. Subtle hints of butterscotch and toffee. Silk chocolate malty mouthfeel with a very smooth maple molasses feel. The bourbon notes from the aroma are present but not too hot. Vanilla bean, toffee, caramel and butterscotch flavors are detected as well. Very smooth with only a slight alcohol warmth in the finish but at 11% is pretty well masked. Toffee and dark fruit notes are there but very faint. Highly recommended!

on tap at brew pub dark brown with frothy head smells sweet and boozy which is fine with me, maple is a big flavor here some vanilla and bourbon in there i think its really nice whatever it is.

On tap at Blue Dog. Dark brown color with white head. Aroma of maple syrup, vanilla, and brown sugar. Flavor of brown sugar, molasses, and maple syrup. Nice but too sweet.

Pours a hazy brown with a medium off white creamy head. Aroma of brown sugar, nuts, maple syrup, oak and chocolate. Flavor of bourbon, vanilla, oak, maple, brown sugar, chocolate and notes.

Hand bottle courtesy of markwise. Pours a dark cola brown with thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, smoke, oak, caramel, hints of ripe dark fruit. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of maple syrup, brown sugar, molasses, smoke, chocolate. Generally medium to full body with a pleasing sweet malt finish.