Rogue HazelNut Brown Nectar

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Brown Ale
Newport, Oregon USA

A great mahogany pour with a large off white head full of all sizes of bubbles. It's got that great hazlenut nose, and complimenting that, a pleasing malt aromas. Here's where this beer excels. The flavor. Oh, this is what I think of when I hear brown ale. The hazlenut is just simply delectable. The malts back that up with a great barrage of flavors. Creamy palate and full bodied make this one hell of a beer. Without a doubt, one of, if not the best brown ale out there

Sampled at the 12th Annual Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Clear ruby brown, thin ring of light brown head. Sweet nutty aroma, creamy, sweet brown ale. Body is very smooth and the nuttiness is almost too sweet.

Bottle. Pours garnet brown with a moderate beige-tan head. Aroma is sweet and biscuity - kind of like sugar cookies and spice. Sweet malty flavor, molasses, maple syrup, nuttiness and light spice. Medium body and nice creamy carbonation. Nice holiday ale - flavorful and delicious.

Light tan head. Frothy but not long lasting. Color is brown, dark, dark brown with minimal carbonation. Not a very strong or complex aroma with a hint of coffee and I guess nuts. Also a dairy (cream) hint in the aroma. Wow. Very smooth flavor and very easy drinking. Slightly chocolate and toasted grains. Finish is dry and slightly bitter. A very good beer that is very easy to drink.

650ml bottle, slight hazy brown hue, with a beige head, but falls quickly, sweet toasted maltiness nose, with an intense caramelized hazelnut nuttiness accent, with a buttery chestnut note, a cookie dough, with a faint nutmeg spicy aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a nice creamy buttery hazelnut character, with a smooth chestnut nutty accent, some sweet toasted malts, with a caramelized toffeeish note, with a mild chocolatey hazelnut nutella flavor, leading towards a nutty, malty finish.

Pours deep amber into a shaker. Tan micro head recedes at a medium pace with no lacing. Butterscotch, hazelnut and malt aromas. Creamy sweet hazelnut which turns sour and then into a bitter lasting chocolate finish.

Given my love of smokier, roastier (or caramelly + hoppy = Poppy Jasper) Brown Ales, and relative dislike of nutty Browns, I approached this with some trepidation. No worries...a fine beer here, to be sure. Has a lot to recommend it; a fair palate, although pretty carbonated (too much?), a good hop finish. In the end, however, it is just far too hazelnutty for my tastes. Aroma, flavor finish, all over this thing you will find hazelnut. My wife would even like it in her morning coffee, I’m sure.

Bottle. Dark amber body with a loose one finger beige head. Coffee, nut, and malt flavors are dominant. Tastes like a mixture of 25% porter and 75% brown ale. Quite enjoyable.