Cool looking moose-with-barrel graphics on label may be only distinctive character of this simple ale. Light chocolate souring and muted hop bitterness soften palate to lightweight mocha malt finish. Nevertheless, rednecks and couch potatoes will like its casual splendor.
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LOST COAST RASPBERRY BROWN ALE
Rambunctious raspberry-pureed black cherry entry settles to smoked malt restraint with ashy mocha subsidy for robust dessert brew. Modestly tart juicy fruit concentration coats organic grain crispness and wispy almond-cola-macadamia nuttiness for rewarding barley-roasted berry-juiced finish as lacey crystals hug glass.
PIPKIN BROWN ALE
(SHIPYARD) MYSTIC SEAPORT TAVERN BROWN ALE
(VOODOO) WYNONA’S BIG BROWN ALE
Taking its name from Primus’ ode to actress Wynona Ryder’s hairy beaver, this complex brown ale puts most competition to shame. Cocoa-powdered Belgian chocolate malting leans against spicy Amarillo hops as increased prune-raisin-fig souring and dry hazelnut-macadamia-almond pertinence receive candy-glazed sweetness. Oaken vanilla, ashy cedar, and burgundy illusions secure busy backdrop.
BELLEGEMS BRUIN
(D’ECAUSSINNES) ULTRA BRUNE ALE
(KERKOM) BINK BRUIN
(ALI’I) MACADAMIA NUT BROWN ALE
PYRAMID BEST BROWN ALE
SHMALTZ HE’BREW GENESIS ALE
Label brags of gefilte fish added to ‘the chosen beer.’ Made from famous Booneville grapes, beautiful organic ale emphasizes assertive fruited hop rush over chewy yeast sinew. Ethereal berry-citric juicing, white-green-red grape esters, and fig-date subsidy reach pomegranate center. Crisp mountain water softens smooth, well calibrated, top-rank bitter.