Sierra Nevada Brown Ale

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Chico, California USA

LIght cola color with a lasting, yet thin tan head. Pretty weak aroma, but there is some nuttiness evident. Nice carbonation and smooth. Slightly sweet and bitter taste. Some cocoa and light malt. Bitter finish with a surprising amount of hops. Good, but not much depth.

Bottled. Beer is clear, dark brown with a small, off-white, frothy, mostly diminishing head. Aroma is malty with moderate notes of deeply toasted grain, cookie; Hoppy with a trace note of resin/pine; Yeasty with moderate-to-heavy notes of dough, light note of basement; Trace miscellaneous note of top soil, alcohol. The flavor is moderately bittersweet, lightly acidic with a long-than-average, moderately bitter, lightly sweet, trace acidic finish. The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.

Brown with a big beige head. Aroma of toasted malt. Flavor of burnt toasty malt.

I really enjoyed this beer. Pours a nice brown color with a thin white head. The taste is more American than British for a brown ale and that is to my liking. This is a great medium bodied ale.

Small light tan head, fair retention with minimal lace. Clear brown color, faint red hue. Nose is malty, bready, lightly nutty and spicey. Body is light, sorta thin. Lightly roasty malts, caramel, chocolate,faintly fruity and earthy. Finish is about dry, malty. An OK brown.

bottle, my warm up beer for the st b’s 12 special edition. well, its brown, and it’s an ale, so it gets points for truth in advertising. smells like blood on a razor and burnt wood ashes. metallic first taste gives way to a woody harsh floral bitter. roast lingers.

[Bottle - Johns Market] This is the 2006 edition and it was very good A nice dark borwn color witha great head. Liked the flavors and the malts used. This was a very good easy to drink beer.

Nothing to stand out on this one, but it was enjoyable and sippable. Standard brown ale base flavor and malts, the aroma also being pretty typical. Certainly a slant toward the hops as this one finishes with a touch of bitterness. Malt backbone isn’t very sweet or sticky, some light roastedness and caramel going on, mouthfeel fairly moderate, even seeming a little light for the style. Just an average brown ale, but not bad.