Maduro Brown Ale: 6.0 – Fairly dark for a brown ale, both in color and feeling slightly closer to a porter or stout. There’s more cocoa and sweet malt vibes than nuttiness, but that doesn’t stop it from being pretty tasty. Overall may not fit you’re (og recipe) Smutty Old Brown Dog wishes, but it’s a good brown ale as we start now to finally move into autumn and away from all the pales.
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.cigarcitybrewing.com/
Granola Brown Ale: 5.5 – It has this sort of porter roasted like twist to which is to say roasted granola (although that flavor isn’t outright hitting you over the head). Aside from the mild twist though it is a perfectly fine and serviceable brown ale.
Price Average: $3 12oz can
Website: https://blackhogbrewing.com/
Phoenix Brown Ale: 7.5 – That is a very strong brown ale and the power is intense. This is like a double brown ale in terms of taste and power. It’s really nice to drink though.
Price Average: $11 for 4-pack
Website: http://eartheaglebrewings.com/
James and Julie: 7.5 – Allagash once again finding it hard to screw up a beer have made a unique sour. The start of a brown ale compared to a regular farmhouse or saison gives it a more nutty nuance to the sour. It does have to follow that delicious Ghost Species though this week.
Price Average: $11
Website: https://www.allagash.com/
Smutty Julio’s: 6.0 –It certainly feels like a bourbon barrel aged ale. While the combo of the vanilla and cinnamon are thankfully very present, and they’ve successfully not made it sickeningly sweet – it’s still not greatness.
Price Average: $?? – possibly not available
Website: https://juliosliquors.com/online/
Alright campers, time to end our Summer Vacation beer specials with a trip to beer camp. In previous years Beer Camp was an interesting idea where a bunch of breweries collaborated to make a 12 pack of unique beers. This time the field has expanded to include 30+ breweries but for only 6 beers! A fact that may actually come back to haunt this sampler like the ghost stories of our youth.
Newcastle Brown Ale: 5.0 – That is by far in the top 5 of least offensive beers I’ve had. It’s not that it is particularly bland or watered down, but if there was some alien society that wanted a very accurate depiction of ‘beer’ in the most generic way – this is it.
Price $3
Website: https://www.newcastlebrown.com/
Count: 2/71
Pigs Ear Brown Ale: 6.0 – It’s got a sweet flavor to it, but it’s not a sugary mess like some beers with a sweet tooth. That being said I sort of dislike the sweetness to the beer.
Google Shop Average: Pigs Ear Brown Ale $6 draft
Website: http://woodstockinnnh.com/
Kelsen Paradigm Brown Ale: 5.5 – Quite hoppy for a brown ale. I’m not a terribly huge fan of it, but it is an otherwise solid beer.
Google Shop Average: Kelsen Paradigm Brown Ale $7 draft
Website: http://kelsenbrewing.com/
Rincon MacBrown: 4.0 – The nuttiness of the brown ale certainly shows here, but otherwise the beer lacks a real impact – from a microbrew this was the beer I was hoping they would just ‘get right’ but alas.
Google Shop Average: Rincon MacBrown $4 draft
Website: http://rinconbrewery.com/