Tröegs Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

Pours a light brown, one-fingered head, fades quickly and leaves a little lace. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied. Deep, amber color. Malty nose. Starts with a light sweet, roasted coffee and finishes with a mellow malt/hop mix. $1.55 for a 12oz bottle from Vintage Cellar Blacksburg, VA.

Aroma is coffee and burned sugar. The look is well, uh - brown. Flavor gets much bolder as it warms, with a tobacco and honey backbone, and a hint of hop balance. Finish is unremarkable, with a bit of sourness.

Bottle. Rick brought this to the 2004 beer exchange. Nice root beer appearance with no head to speak of, but a nose of coffee, tea, and caramel. Maybe some tobacco in there as well. Nice mouthfeel and a smokey coffee like flavor with a roasted malt finish that stays sweet with a hint of bitter. Not tons of body, but medium and it fits the flavor of the beer. This one has to rank up there pretty well on my list of brown ales. Troegs is pretty solid and they have done it again with a nice beer here.

I would call this a mahogany color, with a light white head that was very short lived. The aroma was about as exciting as the head, with light tones of chocolate and coffee. I thought the flavor and body were outstanding...has all the flavor and complexity of a stout, but only has the weight of a good lager. Nothing bad at all about the aftertaste, goes down smooth. Troegs brewing co. continues to impress me.

Dark brown body with cherry tones when held to light. Rather thin looking and clear of any sediment or haze. Head is off-white and shortlived, leaves behind just a thin ring that lasts for the entire drink. Smells of chocolate malts, mixed nuts, cherries, and lightly of cappuccino. This bottle may be suffering from being a few months past its prime. Mouth feel is watery and on the thin side. Still packs a lot of flavor though with sweet chocolate malts and loads of roasted hops. In between is a slight cherry sourness. Hops aftertaste is a little harsh, metallic. Oddly enough, no nuts. Just reminds me a lot of cherry cola with some chocolate in it.

Bottle thanks to slob. Pours clear brown with reddish highlights and a large off-white head that diminished slowly to a ring of bubbles. Lots of toasty malts in the aroma and flavor, clean taste with prominent hoppiness as well. Medium body and gentle carbonation - nice beer overall.

Pours a sparkling clear ruby red brown with a quickly fading head. Nutty aroma. Taste has notes of caramel, toasty malts, nuts and toffee. Disappointing thinnish mouthfeel, could use more malt and body. Not bad by any means but there’s nothing about the brew that will drive you to buy it again.

Poured a clear brown color with a fluffy off white head and light lacing on the glass. Aroma of nuts, caramel malts, and light roastiness. Taste was mildly hoppy, with lots of malts and nuts. It had an average mouthfeel.