Upland Nut Hugger Brown Ale

Brown pour. Off white head. Some roasted nuts, light chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor has some chocolate, nuts, caramel and light hops.

Bottle. Small fizzy vanilla hued head that mostly diminished, fair amount of lacing, transparent ruby body, and fast rising carbonation. The aroma was toasty, chocolate, nutty, malty, sweet and roasty. The flavor was sweet, nutty, malty, nutty, some chocolate, roasty, lightly bitter, thin tasting, and the hops come through in the finish as the beer warmed up. The mouthfeel was tingly and thin. This is a light-medium bodied beer. An exceptionally easy to drink beer, nice aroma and flavor, worthy of a try, and definitely would drink this one again. Hats off to the folks at Upland for this beer. Gotta luv the label!!

12oz bottle. Pours a very dark brown with some ruby highlights and a big beige head. Nose is mostly roasted malts, almonds, and a touch of grain. Flavor is very roasty and the finish has a slight bitterness and a light metallic quality. A decent brown overall.

Bottle. Deep amber body with ruby highlights. Off-white, light tan head mostly diminishing. Pleasant aroma of sweet caramel, toasted malt and nuts. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter with light acidity. Tastes of caramel and nuts. Light to medium body with a watery texture turning slightly chalky in the finish and lively carbonation. Nice brown ale.

bottle - Properly consumed whilst wearing compression shorts (alone! no one wants to see you in those, man) - ahem... pours dark amber with a one finger head. The aroma is mild toasted caramel malt. The flavor is nutty, caramel malt with some mild hops coming through mostly in the finish. It’s easy to drink and fairly light bodied. Pretty good, but I preferred the Rad Red I had earlier tonight by a small margin. I think this one could use a bit more body and intensity.

Clear mahogany pour, thick beige head with very good retention. Strong caramel-vanilla aroma, strangely not reflected in the taste at all. Favor caramelly, slightly resinous, beany. If I have to compare it to a nut, almond. Medium body, light astringency.

Pour is a dark brown with a large white head. Aroma is nice a toasty malts with some caramel in there. Flavor is a nice roasted malt with an ever so slight nutty aftertaste. Decent for a brown ale and the only reason i picked this one up was because of the kick ass label.

Nice clear light orange brown color with a moderate bone colored head. Toasted malt and an actually nutty scent. A bit earthy and raw at times. Big malt flavors, with caramel, toasted malt and nuts. Rather zippy feel. Mild bitterness starts in the middle and builds into the finish and on to the linger. Finish is rather dry and lightly acidic. LInger has quite a bit of bitterness and a little bit of malt and toasted nuts. Pretty good as far a brown ales go.