Mad Anthony Big Daddy Brown

Brewed by Mad Anthony Brewing Co.
Style: Brown Ale
Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

<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.

Deep amber out of the bottle with only an oil slick for a head and a malty nose with hints of roasty nuttiness. Sweet roast coffee flavor. Almost white sugar sweetness. Very few hops tasted in here. Very light in body. Not unpleasant.

Blah. I'm not impressed. At an event like the Great Taste of the Midwest, this is one of the beers you pour out in order to preserve brain cells. I'd finish it under other circumstances, tho.

Medium brown. Didn't detect much of a nose around here. Some interesting roasted malts. Fine ale.