Tommyknocker Maple Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Tommyknocker Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Idaho Springs, Colorado USA

This has wrong written all over it. I really wish I could have something good to say about this, I just don’t. The first sip tastes very tangy, I’m guessing yeast maybe....a weak fruity aroma. Doesn’t taste like what you would expect.

You can smell the maple syrup as soon as you pour this into a glass! Pours a deep amber-brown, much like a dark cherry wood stain. Soft, off-white head that leaves a creamy lacing. Very tree-ish aroma. Reminds me of a porter. Palate is light - I was expecting something heavier and sweeter. Taste is sharp and sweet, but still cool and crisp. I want to say watery, but just as I’m about to agree to saying that I change my mind. The more I drink it the more it tastes like a standard brown ale, but with a unique twist on the back of the tongue (thanks to the maple, I’m sure). Overall, a neat drink but nothing to write home about.

Bottle from Schwabby. Pours a reddish brown with a puffy off white long lasting head. Hints of caramel malts on the nose. Taste was interesting with the maple making a subtle sweetness. The malts were nicely infused, finishes quick. Not a bad brown, but I prefet their Imperial nut beer much better~

Pours amber. Nose is maple, hazelnut, peanut brittle. Taste is pretty average for a brown ale. Lots of maple in the taste. Not worth seeking out.

Bottle. Pours somewhere between amber and brown. The aroma was wheaty but has no sweetness that you would expect in a maple. The taste was dissappointing again because of the lack of sweetness. There was some nutiness to the taste.

Unremarkable. Amber pour with a small white head. Bit of maple and nut along with the malts in the nose. Flavor is sweet with a toasted malt thing going on along with the maple. Thinner on the palate than expected. Overall, pretty meh.

A very average brown ale. Aroma was maple, nuts and roasted malt but as it warmed started taking on a fart-like smell. Wierd. Pour was a nice dark brown with a thin off white ring for a head. Taste was a little stale. Maple syrup definately is present as well as walnut, caramel and caramel malt. Almost tastes like burnt liquified Cracker Jacks. Drinkable at best.

Bottle. Pretty good beer. I thought it might be too sweet or thick. It’s not. It does have a slight maple taste and smell. Just a touch too bitter, believe it or not. One would expect maple to be sweet. Otherwise, I would highly recommend this beer.