Schlafly American Brown

Brewed by Saint Louis Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Maplewood, Missouri USA

on tap at schlafly’s tap room in st. louis. dark brown color, medium tan head, nicly lacy. aroma of sweet malt. leathery flavor, hint of chocolate, surporisingly unsweet (a plus in my book). medium bodied, lightly bitter finish. not bad.

On cask at the Tap Room, brown color, with a white head, faint toasted malt, but with an impressive floral hop leafy, grassy nose, with kind of a hint of lavender flower, with some citrusy in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a toasty, faint roasted malt character but with a good dry hop leafiness, grassiness accent, embracing a juicy resiny, coniferous mouthfeel, with some grapefruit and lemon peel citrusy, leading towards a well floral hop leafy bittering finish. The beer seems overpower by his hoppiness rather than his toastiness.

Cask pint at the Tap Room. Pitch black (dark for a brown), sudsy head that totally clings. Nuttily bitter, tightly wrapped in a smooth, drinkable brew. Light body and mildly carameled. (#3360, 3/29/2008)

Served in an imperial pint glass. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, touch of maltiness. Taste is slightly grainy, very citrus hoppy, as it is dry-hopped, but lacks depth and backbone. Average, but the hops make this much, much better.

On tap at the brewpub; served in their imperial pint glass. Pours a beautiful deep brown with garnet highlights and a creamy, off-white, diminishing head. The aroma is fairly muted: dark roasted and caramel malts with a piny hop backing. It doesn’t smell like a typical brown. Light to medium-bodied and slick on the tongue, it ends bitter and dry. This tastes more like a malt-forward pale ale than a brown. Perhaps the name comes simply from the color, as the flavor is a roasted, almost burnt, malt front with a distinctly unbrownlike dry hoppy finish.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours brown with a reddish hue. The aroma is nutty with toasted malt and coffee with some stale-ish notes. Medium body with soft carbonation. The taste is nutty and woody with toasted / roasted malt - a bit harsh and lightly sour. The finish goes heavy on the woody and coffee aspects and is quite bitter. A fairly aggressive version of a brown ale.

Tasted at St. Louis BrewFest, May 12, 2007. I liked this ale, esp. the nice roasted sweet malts. Palate a bit off, though -- made the ale finish on a very flat note.

From the cask, served in a Schlafly imperial pint glass. Poured a clear dark brown with a creamy off-white head. Aromas of roasted malts, nutty coffee and caramel toffee, a light fruitiness and a touch of earth. Moderate carbonation and a crisp, dry, slick, creamy smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. A nice roasted malt taste, nutty coffee meshed with light flavors of cocoa and caramel, a subtle fruitiness in the middle, an earthy bitterness towards the end, the alcohol is slightly noticeable at the end too, and a dry malty finish. I really enjoyed this, easy, quaffable drinkability, I don’t know why I hadn’t tried this before at the Taproom.