<b>Draft:</b> Pours a dark brown with no head...aroma is toasted malts, nutty, some oats and a bit of and English-style hoppiness. Somewhat silky mouth feel...medium bodied. Flavor is toasted malts, bread dough and nuts with a pleasant, subtle hop finish. Nice brown ale.

draft - For this year’s brown ale, the bartender confirmed that it’s the Big Daddy Brown, and it certainly tastes different than last year’s "brown ale" that everyone insisted was a different beer. The difference is that this one is good. It’s not so thin/watery. It’s medium bodied with a very good caramel malt and nut flavor. It pours dark brown with a thin head that leaves a bit of lace and all those malts give it a pleasant caramel aroma. It’s a good example of the style and a good session beer.

Pours brownish-amber with very little head. Aroma is of light roasted malt. Flavor is reminescent of smoked coffee and malt. Thin body however for a true brown.

This is a true brown, mostly clear with a decent just barely tan head. The head forms reasonably well but eventually fades completely. The aroma has a big burst of almost-coffee, chocolate and a bit of toasted pecans. The nuttiness switches from a supporting player in the aroma to the dominant taste in a flavor that just doesn’t live up to the promise of the aroma.

Tap: This is a very good brown ale. Smooth and rich flavor, some nutty, slight coffee, and chocolate aftertaste flavors are present. A very drinkable, smooth beer. I don’t mind sessioning with this local brew. One of Mad Anthony's better beers. I’d go so far as to say my 3rd favorite brown, behind Rogue and DFH.