Kenai River Naptown Nut Brown

Brewed by Kenai River Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale
Soldotna, Alaska USA

On tap at the Great Bear Brewery. Roasty malt aroma. Dark brown with hardly a head. Normal nut brown flavor, nothing too special. Kind of a sour taste, low carbonation.

23-Jan-08 (Draft: Houlihan’s in Soldatna, AK) This is not your typical Nut Brown, but a rich and malty version in the Alaskan tradition. Medium sweet and toasy with deep carmel flavors and a lightly roasty bitterness. Some nuttiness and a hint of light sourness. Not much bitterness to balance the rich, malty flavor, but when the beer tastes this deliciously malty, I don’t need it hops getting in the way. Full-bodied from start to finish with medium carbonation. Chocolaty and malty nose is not as aromatic as it is flavorful. The dark, ruddy brown body is opaque through the center with translucent edges. The light-tan head pours to a quarter inch, settling to a filmy layer and wide ring, but leaves lots of scattered, irregular lacing over much of the glass. Overall, this is one of the most decadent and richest brown ales I’ve ever tried. I wish I had more time tonight to drink another pint or two of this, but it’s still a few more hours back to Anchorage.

At the ’08 GABBF. Murky brown color with a foamy beige head. Grainy nose with some faint chocolate. Flavors include dark bread, caramel sweetness and a little roast grains. I got a bitter chocolate that may just have been suggested by the nose. I’m not a brown ale fan, but this was tastey.