Tröegs Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale

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

Malts dominate the nose with only a slight hop aroma. Medium ruby color, slight head, but durable carbonation. Caramel and chocolate malt flavors balance with some nuttiness. Some residual sugar and acid in the finish. This isn’t bad, but Rogue and Dogfish still rule this particular style.

Dark ruby color--light does shine through. Modest head that settles to a single layer of bubbles. Good lace on the glass. Chaulky cocoa smell. Weak. Quite thin, almost like water. Light chocolate malt with a mild hop kicker. A little one-dimensional, easy to drink, but not fascinating.

Bottle poured into a standard pint glass produced a finger worth of tan head that settled to a thick lace. The body was brown in color with burgandy highlights when held to the light. Aromas of nuts and sweet malts filled my head. The flavor had some toasted malts to go alone with the sweet malts. There is a medium feel in the mouth with good carbonation for your tongue. I think this is a typical brown ale good flavor and easy drinking. I like a few local browns better but I wouldn’t turn this down.

Chocolate malts?...well maybe a hint of. Nuttiness?......In a Jerry Lewis and Sammy Davis Jr, kind of way. Watery is not what I would call a "Unique rendition" An over sweet finish. Average at best.

Aroma of sturdy, English style malts along with some honey roasted peanuts and a mild fruitiness. Chestnut colored pour with a lingering, thick head and nice, maze-like lacing. Light to medium in body with very faint finish. Extremely neutral and balanced. Plain toast taste with a touch of chocolate, brown sugar and mixed nuts. It’s a brown ale, solid and commonplace.

Source: 12oz bottle from a mixed pack purchased in Washington DC.
Appearance: Deep brown with red highlights, half finger of tan head that quickly disappeared.
Aroma: Toasted malt and earthy hops.
Flavor: Pretty much all toasted malt, no nutty flavor, sour and metallic finish.
Palate: Medium body and watery mouthfeel.
Overall: Not a very good beer. I’ll give away the other 2.

Pours a brown color with a tan head. Aroma is of slight roasted malts, nuttiness, caramel malts, and some molasses. Flavor is a little sweeter than I was hoping. Roasted malts come out stronger at the beginning with the toasted malts and nuttiness on the finish.

Dark color and tan head, more like a porter or stout than a nutbrown. Aroma is roasted coffee and malt, followed by very doughy yeast. I do have to say that the last whiff of the aroma is a bit foul. Flavor has a nice coffee bitterness but finishes light and smooth.