Peak Organic Nut Brown Ale

Name: Nut Brown Ale
Date: October 27, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Total Wine, GA
Appearance: clear dark amber, fine beige head, bits of lace
Aroma: light chocolate and caramel aroma, touch of sweetness, light nuttyness
Flavor: dry chocolate and caramel flavor, lots of drying earthyness, light nuttyness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Pours deep garnet into an english pint. Off-white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Mild toast aromas. Astringent upfront with roasted nuts and a lasting bitter finish.

Light brown with an off-white head. Aroma is caramel and light roasted malt. Flavour is dry caramel, light hop.

Bottle… Clear mahogany ale with a small, fizzy, white head. Caramel and toasted almonds stand out in the bouquet. Medium-bodied with a milky mouthfeel and prickly carbonation. The flavor, as the beer warms in the south Florida sunshine, remains very well-balanced even at 70 degrees. Caramel and chocolate malt sweetness is apparent, but a heavy handed hop schedule really balances things out and keeps them that way. Notations of decadent caramel and buttery toffee. Finishes crisp and lightly bitter. Underrated.

16 ounce pint - $6.50 at Taco Mac in Decatur, Georgia. Appearance: Clear, medium brown body with a small-sized cap of off-white foam. Thin spiderweb lacing on the way down. Smell: Nose smelling modestly of toasted nuts, cocoa, and some standard caramel. Lesser, lighter notes of fruit, spicy hops, and even diacetyl. Taste: Malty beginning with touches of dry caramel and chocolate powder and, of course, some palpable nutty tones as well. Smattering of buttery diacetly. Flash of estery fruitiness. Spicy, earthy hops with a medium amount of bitterness. Dry, bitterish finish, though it still remains nutty even at the end. Mouthfeel: Just barely medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Not a bad lil’ brown, really, and one I could cheerfully consume a lot of.

I had this at a beer festival near their brewery in maine. It was the top beer that we had at the festival by far. A little too sweet on the molasses however.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a mostly clear brown with a moderate off-white head that quickly faded to a film. Light aroma of nuts and caramel. The flavor is equally timid with again nuts and caramel. Thin, watery body. A bit disappointing.

Dark brown with reddish tints. Aroma is sharp- sweet caramel with some molasses and grain. Some toasty notes follow. Flavor is slightly on the dry-roast side with less sweetness than expected. Palate is a bit on the watery side, ending dry but clean. Decent overall, but not extravagant for the style.