Heavyweight Dougs Colonial Ale

Formerly brewed at Heavyweight Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Ocean Township, New Jersey USA

750 ml bottle. Pours a hazy amber color with a thick foamy beige head and lots of lacing. Aroma of nuts, cream and toffee. Taste of nuts, fruit, toffee, light chocolate with a hint of lemon and slightly bitter throughout. Different, yet good.

Initial aroma was of a lot of rubbing alcohol that diminished as the beer warmed. It also left a weird biting flavor. Warmed up to dark fruis and a light roastiness.

RBSG 2007 Grand Tasting. Labeled Doug’s Colonial OTOP. Murky dark golden brown with a yellowy head. Toasty nose, bread, caramel. Toasted malt flavors, some earth and light chocolate. Good.

C-Bus 8 - Bottle: Pours a murky brown with a big tan head. Aroma, boozy, some toasted malts, and a little nutty. Flavor, roasted malts, nutty, some bready notes, with a roasted bitterness on the end.

Bottle from Dickinsonbeer in the swap 2.0. Thanks Paul! I tasted a bunch of 750s of now retired heaveweights last weekend at BCTC so I figured Id give this one a try too. Pours a murky amber with dark brown hues and a fucking huge head. Bottle was foaming at the mouth and spitting on to my counter for a couple minutes. Woops. Nose is cadbury milk chocolate, a little coffee, a little oxidation. Flavor is initially biting and sour as the heavy carbonation grabs hold of my taste buds. The initial taste is very bellgian-like, almost like a saison, than turns nutty, chocolate, coffee, and a little bit of lemony hops. This is definitely the most interesting brown I have ever had and I will give it props for that. Carbonation was way over top and detracted from the beer’s flavor potential.

Another retired ber available at the RBSG ’07 Grand Tasting room. Pours a light coppery amber brew with a thick off-white head that slowly dissolves. Aroma of roasted oatmeal, sweetened coffee, and some fruity floral hops. Taste is medium bodied, lightly carbonated with hints of chocolate, light fruit and roasted nuts flavor. Finish is smooth, creamy with some herbal/spice aftertaste.

At the 07 RBSG grand tasting. This poured a deep hazy amber color with a huge beige head. Nose of Super Sugar Crisp cereal. Grainy flavor of oat, puffed wheat and sugar. Another nice brown ale from the gathering.

(750ml bottle) Pours a cloudy amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of cookie, biscuit, crackers, caramel. and toastiness. Flavor of toffee, biscuit, and roasted malt.