Sierra Nevada Brown Ale

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

Bottle at the Rover, Göteborg, Sweden. Deep reddish brown, large fluffy off-white head. Caramelly and slightly roasted malt aroma with milk chocolate and a light spicy touch. Medium bodied and quite smooth. Good balance but a short finish.

Smells like a wet dog - tastes much better though. Lots of toasted malt flavour with a subtle caramel sweetness and maybe a little bitter coffee bean bitterness.

Bottle. Nice rich amber malts, with a bit of carmelization. Well balanced in the hop profile. Bitterness balances the sweet malts.

Almost nutty in flavor with darker head. Tastes strong on the hops and bold in flavor. Left a bitter taste on the tongue, that leaves quickly. Especially after another swig.

Bottled. Dark brown with a thick, creamy, off-white head. Not much aroma; some toffee and chocolate. Some bitterness but overall way too thin.

Bottled. Red-copper-brown colour. Big on nutty hops, plus chocolate with accompanying caramel. Tasty, but very one-dimensional.

Appearance: Pours a dark brown body with a soapy, beige-colored head. Smell: Lightly toasted, nutty aroma with a touch of grassy hops. Sadly, the smell is rather lifeless. Taste: An uninspired flavor of caramel malts, grain husks, and some grassy hops that show up in the semi-dry finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Sharply carbonated. Chalky mouthfeel. It could stand to have a more body to it. Drinkability: I am going to take a pass on the Sierra Nevada Brown Ale. This beer pretty much solidifies Ando’s idea: that a beer with nothing to offer is not a beer worth drinking.

Pours a tanslucent brown with a bunch of amber highlights. Head pours medium creamy/bubbly off white that left some lacing. Aroma of mixed nuts, sweet malts, citurs hops, Flavors of the malty/nutty mix but with a decent hop flavor along with citrus notes. Solid/balanced Brown Ale.