Brooklyn Brown Ale

Pleasing sort of mahogany brown hue both bottle and glass. Clear but nice. Not the muddy sort. Unapologetically brown. I like.

Thin white meniscus of head only, but lovely aroma of big malts means it actually smells like a big alc beer just due to the depth of thick tendrils of smell. It's almost barleywine-ish in complexity and I'm surprised it's just at the 5.6% abv.

Yumm.. yep this doesn't disappoint, it's nice and full, great lasting ground coffee characteristics intertwined with caramel notes, what a delicious experience of a beer. Roasty and flavoursome, lasting, massive taste and staying power in spades.

Perhaps not a session brown as such - although it's certainly not obtrusive. But what a great introduction to the unknown beauty of browns for the uninitiated. Could easily be upped a bit on the alcohol front for a different experience again (is there an imperial version? If not, there should be). 8.0