Wild Goose Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Wild Goose LLC (Flying Dog)
Style: Brown Ale
Frederick, Maryland USA

Appearance: Pours out very, very reddish. Almost a solid red. If I hadn’t poured it myself, I’d swear it was cranberry juice. The head is really just a sparse ring of foam around the edge of the glass. Smell: The aroma, though unlively, has some sweet malt notes as well as some nuttiness. All with a sour slant. Taste: Very Lipton-like! Sweet. Faintly fruity. Bitterness only comes across in the spicy finish. However, all flavors are at worst watery and at best muted. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Lighter than I’d like in almost all aspects, though the color was interesting (too bad I don’t buy beers based on color). Drinkability: If you have a brown ale you’re already happy with, stick with it, you’re not missing anything by passing this beer by. Listen, breweries: Just bring the flavor. Your drinkers will appreciate it, and you will become a better brewery more quickly. I’m just putting that out there.

Bottle, best before 06907. Pours unclouded, dark brown with a small head that tries to hang. Aroma is earthy molasses, raisins, and cooked vegetables, with just a hint of peppery-spicy-cinnamon-citrus hop. Flavor is mostly the the same combination, with molasses-on-crackers and roasted nuts (malt) winning out. Palate is light-medium bodied, tingly and dry. Great classic brown that would be a good session beer too. This one is really underrated.

Savannah, Ga. - Habersham Beveraage Warehouse - 12 oz bottle - medium to dark copper pour - decent off-white head - not much lacing. Strong toffee and chocolate aroma. Flavor has an overall great earthiness to it which is enjoyable and some sweet underlying choolate and toffee. Hints of chewing tobacco in the back end as well. Thick enough mouthfeel. Above average brown

Pours caramel colored. Aroma of malt, toffee, and almonds. Tastes nutty, with a toffee, malt, caramel finish. Decent complexity.

Wow, I really like this beer. Nice caramel and nut accents in the flavor, with a creamy texture.

12 oz bottle. Pours orange brown with small ivory head. The aroma is light caramel, faint sugar, and straw. The flavor is light caramel with a hint of raisin, some very subdued bitterness, and a clean finish. Lackluster, but would be a really good session beer.

12oz bottle. Ruby garnet filtered hue. Spiral ring of off-white head. Great nose. Cocoa and toffee. Nutty and raisins. Medium bodied and sweet. Good malt roast. Long lingering flavor. Nutty malts with a nice dry finish. Touch of vanilla smoothness. A little more raw, but a solid brew! Fuller aspects and dimensions. Brownies with a tart sour sticky finish. Great cocoa note. Wonderful stuff!

Bottle. Poured a dark caramel color with a very thin tan head. Definite aroma of chocolate malts and the same can be said of the taste. Also hints of nuts and caramel with a smooth easy finish. A good beer.