Smuttynose Old Brown Dog

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

12 oz bottle, poured into a pint glass. Dark caramel color with a half-inch tan head. Nose is mild but pleasant. Taste is excellent, with fruitiness and yeast predominant. Almost bready, slightly sweet. Very smooth, and only slightly bitter finish. I was impressed.

Draught. Brown-red appearance, small white head. Caramel and toffee in aroma. Sweet, candy caramel flavor. Very decent beer.

Flour City Brewfest ’06’. Pours brown with an average head. There is a light malty, honey nut aroma. It is a classic smooth brown ale. It is hoppy and slightly bitter. A nice hearty ale

Coarse and bubbly light brown head. Sweet and gentle malt, caramel, hops aroma. Similarly sweet, but bold range of malt, caramel, molasses, and hops flavors. A very bittersweet and nutty finish. A nice amount of carbonation, very light and refreshing, but tasty brew. Great, and very well-balanced.

Light brown body with a little off-white head. Draught at Vermont beer fest 2006. I feel weird giving it a bad review when everybody else here seem to have like it. Did I get a poorly conditioned sample? Nose was mould and rot. Taste was wheat, very ripe fruits and all bran cereals. Felt like a dunkel weizen, a below average one that is. Maybe the balance between the old dog and the brown stuff was off in my sample.

Great brown ale. Taste was slightly nutty and contained all the elements of a good brown ale. Hop finish blended very well, I think that was what impressed me the most. I have had many brown ales that had a hoppy finish that didnt really seem to fit well. This one was great. As far as I can tell, smuttynose is the stuff.

Tap. Dark brown beer, thin white head. Aroma is deep and chocolatey, herbal, root beer and light roast. Some cocoa. Sweet toast, milk chocolate, a bit of caramel. Some herbal dryness. Hoppy and herbal through the finish. Great British dry hops (tastes like Challenger) Both dry and chocolatey. A tasty brown ale.

deep brown with a small head and light to medium carbonation . Aroma is malty and sweet, and some hops. Taste is malty, caramel, with a slightly bitter and dry finish. very well balanced.