Sophisticated faux-Belgian-styled brown ale raises chewy cookie dough luster above tongue-coating mocha-caramel-chocolate malts countering tingly floral-piney hop spicing. Alcohol-burned astringency defers resinous mineral grained center, molasses-soaked wheat toast bottom and recessive almond-hazelnut clip to no ill effect. Medicinal finish gains mild sherry-port remnant.

Creamy coffee serenade prevails over meaty Brazilian nut dryness, resinous chocolate bitterness, and distant cherry jubilee tartness. Stove-burnt coffee finish levels alcoholic severance then loses luster.

Dark coffee-hued ale has rich chocolate aroma and hearty mocha assertion reminiscent of mild porter. Lucid honeyed finish softens middleweight contender amateurs will appreciate more than discerning pros. Brewery defunct: 2002.

Chewy caramelized candi-sugared malts sweeten dry prune-fig intensity to nutmeg-spiced bruised orange tempest of sturdy copper-hazed 8% alcohol daze.

Butterscotch-laden dark brown ale burrows friskily hopped mocha dryness and roasted barleymalts into earthy sediment finish. But tinny metallic thrust infringes impending mild toasted nut bitterness.

Snappy chocolate sweetness overrun by plaintive bitter grain flow and soothing hard-candied butterscotch notch. Pleasing sugared honey finish peters out to delicate off-dry mocha malt sedation with spiced cherry, plum, and raisin hints.

Boldly robust ale recalls finest dry stouts, easing nutty up-front thrust into molasses-smoked wood-seared oats-charred black coffee bittering. Hop-oiled espresso, tar, and tobacco chaw notes cake latent dark-spiced chocolate serenity.

Chewy ruddy browned ’03 edition retains delectable butterscotch-candied caramel machiado insistence as ancillary soured coffee juxtaposition reinforces prune-plum-raisin splurge and thin roasted hazelnut coat. Lactic chocolate finish invites tobacco chaw and black tar bittering to surge.

Ultimately tepid and weak-bodied compared to better brown ales. Organic hop spicing and mineral-grained water texture too soft for chocolate-y caramel peanut finish to overcome.

Fizzy hop frisk picks up faintest mocha-caramel insinuation as dry wheat contour builds to smooth nutty finish.

Candied toffee-butterscotch sweetness and vanilla malt cusp validate burnt caramel theme. Earthy peat finish picks up maple ash, chalky mocha, and dried raisin.

Dank citrus aroma, fizzy carbonation, and prune undertones peculiar for frothy brown ale. Somewhat reminiscent of copper ales due to rustic fruitiness, hop-grained dryness, and firm water-based crispness, though banal toasted caramel finish and weak nut backing fail at providing sufficient support. Brewery defunct: 2003.