Harbor City Main Street Brown Ale

Harbor City Brewing Company
Brewed at Sand Creek Brewing Co. (Pioneer/Wisconsin Brewing Co.)
Style: Brown Ale
Port Washington, Wisconsin USA

Seems many brown ales are criticized for being boring. This one is no exception. Brown, see-through color. Short, foamy head. Malty, sweet aroma with notes of caramel and some grain. Flavor starts sweet and stays sweet, though there is a slight tartness at the end. Lively carbonation for a clean finish.

Bottled. Poured clear iced tea brown with a short beige head. Aroma was airy and weak with mild chocolate notes and some grass.. other sweet malty notes, but nothing really did it for me. Flavor had semi-sweet chocolate and cola sweetness with mild grassy bitterness.. dry cola finish. Light-bodied and watery on the palate.. never felt good. Meh.

Translucent, hazy red-brown body. Thin off-white head. Tart, light, fruity aroma. Thin, sweet body, toasty and fruity, balanced by grassy hops. By no means full-bodied or robust, this is a rather weak brown ale.

Brown in color tiny head Ar is very week some light nuts nad roasted grains, touches of carmel. Pal is to thin Lactose some odd sweet candies No good

Main Street Brown is the 2nd brown I ever had next to Newcastle, and they are not very similar. This one poured a red/brown, translucent color with little tan head. Smelled like roasted malts, tasted like roasted malts. Thin, watery mouthfeel, but not as carbonated as Newcastle. A good session ale.

Garnet color with a big foamy,light tan head. Light aroma of nutty caramel malt and faint citrus. Taste is an earthy, caramel malt flavor with a bit of citric astringence. The finish is a quick hit of malt that’s nice but brief. Palate is thinner than I would have expected and carbonation is light and tingly. A decent brown.

Dark Red Coloring with Sandy Head. Light Mouthfeel, Dusty Malt Taste. I Wouldn’t Call This a ’Robust’ Brown by a Longshot but Certainly a Very Decent Session Quality Brown.

Vaguely hazy deep orange, sticky, oily head. Nose sweet rotting citrus, cardboard, a few malts. Flavor astringent, sweet, a bit of caramel. Blech.