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| Name | Flavor Rating | Brewer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Perrin Brewing Company | Deliberately blazing our own trail, we brewed this barrel aged brown ale believing there is room for a new craft beer category: “Sessionable Bourbon Barrel Aged Beers”. Weighing in at 6.8% ABV, the rich chocolate notes & creaminess of the flaked oats easily justify this beer bringing home a FoBAB medal this year. | |
| 4 | Clown Shoes Beer | Brown Ale dry-hopped with Columbus and Galaxy hops. | |
| 4 | Arcadia | This English-style brown ale has an alluring mahogany color capped by a rich foam head. It is brewed with six different varieties of premium malted barley, creating a robust body and delicoius flavor profile featuring hints of chocolate, raisins, dates and almonds. Its ripe fruit notes and malty, sweet finish are counterbalanced by a subtle hop bitterness and aroma. | |
| 4 | Bell's | Brewed in celebration of three decades of service to the Ann Arbor beer community, Ashley’s 30th Anniversary Ale recognizes this milestone with a singular focus on the contributions of specialty malts. A malt-forward brown ale, the aroma is driven by toasted & caramel malts and dark fruit notes, lightly balanced by herbal hop notes in the background. The use of 9 different specialty grains lends a broad range of toasty, biscuit, bittersweet flavors matched to a deep caramel character. The moderate body is accentuated by early kettle hop bitterness & tingly carbonation. | |
| 5 | Arcadia | Aromas of tart cherries and nutty, caramel malt. The allspice comes out in a quick burst, then blends right into all the layers of malt flavor. | |
| 4 | Bad Bear | A cross between an IPA and a Brown ale. Floral aromas with grapefruit hops notes. | |
| 4 | Tapistry Brewing | Northern English Brown ale with natural Michigan honey | |
| 5 | Short's | Born of copious amounts of hearty pale ale malt, and several specialty selections which make it a dark, rich and delicious masterpiece. Very light hop additions allow the malty sweetness and flavor complexity to be most protuberant. | |
| 5 | Bell's | This is a rich brown ale perfect for the fall. Exclusive use of all Belgian specialty malts give a rich yet dry finish to this beer. | |
| 8 | Perrin Brewing Company | This bourbon barrel imperial brown ale was crafted with specialty malts and unique hops from all over the world. Undertones of fresh American oak and vanilla carry through with not-so-subtle hints of warm maple syrup and melted caramel sweetness that book end this uncommon monstrosity of a beer. Be careful when our Big Griz gets ahold of you........ | |
| 4 | Jaden James Brewery | This is a medium bodied brew Brown Ale, slightly malty with a hint of Black Walnut on the palate. | |
| 4 | Darkhorse | The Boffo Brown ale is a beer that we brewed years ago and then put it in semi retirement for a couple years while we focused on other brands at the brewery. We have recently put it back onto active duty and are brewing it all year. The beer itself is delicious and is a favorite to many of us here at the brewery. Just as most of our beers it's on the "full body" scale pushing the envelope of what an American Brown Ale is to most people. The beer is a very deep/dark color of brown with a nice creamy tan head. The mouthfeel of the beer is very soft and is very drinkable. Flavors of malt, caramel, toffee, and a mild earthy nutty finish allow this beer to be paired with hearty food and sips of bourbon. | |
| 4 | Saugatuck Brewing Co. | ||
| 6 | Saugatuck Brewing Company | A roasted, deliciously smooth brown ale brewed with fresh Madagascar vanilla and locally roasted coffee beans from our friends at Uncommon Coffee Roasters. Moved into barrels in November of 2018. Planned release September 2019. | |
| 4 | Eternity Brewing | Enjoy all the flavors of breakfast at grandma's all in one brown ale! Coffee, maple syrup pancakes, eggnog, and holiday spices! This beer is still light and drinkable though! | |
| 4 | Anchor Brewing | Inspired by the all-malt brown ales in Anchor’s brewing archives, Brekle’s™ Brown has a coppery brown color and unusual depth of flavor with hints of citrus which makes for richness and complexity without heaviness. The classic, all-malt, single-hop brown ale. | |
| 4 | Brooklyn Brewery | This is the award-winning original American brown ale, first brewed as a holiday specialty, and now one of our most popular beers year-round. Northern English brown ales tend to be strong and dry, while southern English brown ales are milder and sweeter. Brooklyn Brown Ale combines the best of those classic styles and then adds an American accent in the form of a firm hop character and roasty palate. A blend of six malts, some of them roasted, give this beer its deep russet-brown color and complex malt flavor, fruity, smooth and rich, with a caramel, chocolate and coffee background. Generous late hopping brings forward a nice hop aroma to complete the picture. Brooklyn Brown Ale is full-flavored but retains a smoothness and easy drinkability that has made it one of the most popular dark beers in the Northeast. | |
| 0 | Hideout Brewing Company | ||
| 0 | Perrin Brewing Co. | ||
| 0 | Frankenmuth | ||
| 0 | Hideout Brewing Company | ||
| 4 | Blackrocks Brewery | A roasty, chocolatey brown ale finishing off with a creamy coconut flavor. For when the time calls for a little taste of island living. | |
| 0 | Batch | ||
| 0 | Batch | ||
| 0 | Farmington | ||
| 4 | New Holland | An interesting blend of influences, Dirty Water Beer brings silky, smooth malt character, with a nice underpinning of fruit. Nuts and caramel play along with plum and apricot in a decidedly easy drinker with a soft, pleasing finish. | |
| 5 | Greenbush Brewing Company | The maple shall make you happy With a nice hit of straight maple sap - no watery substitute here, this delightful brown ale will usher in a whole new season. Hasn’t winter been enough of a drag? | |
| 6 | Greenbush Brewing Company | Barrel-Aged Doomslayer Maple Brown Ale | |
| 0 | Kuhnhenn Brewing | ||
| 0 | Witch's hat | Roasty and chocolaty with a smooth finish | |
| 4 | Old Nation | Our joint effort with the Detroit Draft Divas, a double brown ale with lots of roasted chestnuts steeped in the whirlpool before fermentation. | |
| 4 | Avery | Deep russet brew has the sweet and somewhat nutty character of Adam Avery’s late Chocolate Lab, for which it is named. Crystal and chocolate malts give this beer a brown sugar maltiness with hints of vanilla and nuts, while subtle hopping gives it an overall drinkability that’s second to none, just like Ellie! | |
| 9 | The Bruery | This is the crowing achievement of our Anniversary series, a beer commemorating our 10 year anniversary by blending in special barrel-aged reserves from each year leading up to it. | |
| 0 | Right Brain | ||
| 0 | Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales | A blend of equal parts of Roja du Kriek, and Lupulo De Helio, with a dash of Madrugada Obscura. | |
| 5 | Darkhorse | ||
| 7 | Founders | Frangelic Mountain Brown is the quintessential taproom “one-off” beer: Founders’ brewers created the Mountain Brown series for their taproom in Grand Rapids in 2007. Frangelic Mountain Brown is the 16th iteration in the series of popular brown ales—and it likely won’t be the last. The singular characteristic of this beer comes from the use of hazelnut coffees in the brewing process. The beer has distinct aromatics with sweet and nutty flavors beautifully balanced. Founders is known for its beers made with coffee (i.e., the Breakfast Stout series), but this is both the brewery’s first brown ale and its first beer brewed with hazelnut coffees to be bottled. | |
| 5 | Rogue Ales & Spirits | A dark, bold, roasty ale reminiscent of fresh-brewed coffee. Just imagine that smell of freshly brewed coffee wafting through the air early in the morning. | |
| 5 | Short's | This Double Brown Ale, made with Carabrown Malt, was created to showcase one of Briess Malting Company’s new products. Although it was thought to be a onetime brewing event, this beer is now one of our most recent successes. Sweet malty aromas mingle with prominent toasted caramel and toffee flavors. This beer finishes pleasingly dry, with a bouquet of hops that have slight fruity qualities. | |
| 5 | Short's | A Dark American India Brown Ale with an appealing tan head and a curious aroma of pineapple and maple syrup. Assertive roasted malt flavors provide an appealing robustness and slight smokiness, which blends with light fruity hop flavors. The combination of dark specialty malts and American hops delivers a compounded bitterness that resonates on the palate. | |
| 5 | Rogue | A nutty twist to a traditional European Brown Ale. Dark brown in color with a hazelnut aroma, a rich nutty flavor and a smooth malty finish. | |
| 4 | Wychwood Brewery | Traditionally craft brewed with Chocolate & Crystal malts and a blend of Styrian, Goldings & Fuggles hops to produce a full-bodied, ruby beer that delivers a delicious chocolate toffee malt flaovor, balanced with a rounded moderate bitterness and an overall fruity, mischievous character. | |
| 5 | Arbor Brewing Company | A robust brown ale that drinks like an IPA. Enticing citrusy hop aromas lead into a rich and complex palate of caramelly, nutty, and toasty malts perfectly balanced by a big full hop flavor. | |
| 0 | Perrin Brewing Co. | We’ve taken Hotbox Roasters’ finest beans and woven them into our cult classic Nut Brown Ale. Encompassing subtle hints of melted caramel and toffee, toasted almonds, light chocolate, and a fresh brewed coffee aroma. This brew was born for shaking’, baking’, and day breaking! | |
| 0 | oddside | ||
| 5 | Dogfish Head | A well-hopped and malty brew with undertones of brown sugar. Carries notes of molasses, chocolate, and ginger. It’s sure to please the Scotch Ale, IPA, or American Brown Ale fan. | |
| 6 | Rogue | Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar aged in Hazelnut Spice Rum Barrels. | |
| 5 | Bell's | The fourth release in our Planets Series shines the spotlight on specialty malts, while the hops take on more of a supporting role. Brewed with seven different varieties of malt and hopped for a balanced bitterness, this Imperial Brown Ale has bready, biscuity, toasty notes along with light chocolate and roast flavors. This beer is robust, warming and satisfying like the piece of music it was named after. | |
| 4 | Big Lake Brewing | Don’t let the name fool you, it’s not that mean. This is our American Brown ale. Four caramel malts, and chocolate create this clean easy drinking masterpiece. | |
| 4 | Dragonmead | A traditional English style beer made with Pale, Crystal and Chocolate Malts and hopped with Northern Brewer and E. Kent Golding hops. The added molasses creates a refreshing blend that does not linger but fills the palate for a true English taste experience. | |
| 0 | Short's Brewing Co. | London Fog is medium-bodied English Brown Ale made with Earl Grey Tea. Notable herbal aromatics including a light citrus spice and a touch of mint are evident from first sniff. Pleasing fruity flavors of peach and raspberry result from the interesting union of malt sweetness and bold tea. A sprinkling of vanilla and milk sugar provide a rich creaminess that coats the palate. Surprisingly, the finish contains only a mild lingering sweetness despite the array of flavors up front. | |
| 4 | Cigar City Brewing | Maduro is a Northern English-style brown ale with some American affectations. Maduro is higher in alcohol than the common English brown ale and features flaked oats in the malt bill which imparts a silky body and works to mesh the roasted, toasted and chocolate components together in Maduro’s complex malt profile. The end result is a remarkably full-flavored yet approachable and sessionable brown ale that pairs well with mild to medium cigars. | |
| 4 | Dragonmead | A light brown beer flavored with brown sugar and honey, this beer is refreshingly light. Pale, Crystal and Chocolate Malts combine with Hallertau, Fuggles and Mt. Hood hops to create a complex but light taste. O.G. 1.059 | |
| 4 | Right Brain Brewing | Kettle-soured brown ale, dry-hopped with fresh rosemary | |
| 3 | Kuhnhenn | A strong, smooth, malty Northern English Brown Ale. This beer has a suggestion of dark fruits and hops. Rich dark ruby red in color with a hint of warm copper, this easy drinking brown is delightful. | |
| 4 | Big Sky | A malty beer with just enough hop presence to keep it from being too sweet. The name sounds a little iffy, but it’s the brest brown ale you’ll ever taste. | |
| 4 | Caledonian Brewery | Dark brown color translucent with sweet malty aroma and nice white-tan head. Not too sweet and seems almost perfectly balanced. Since 1917. | |
| 5 | Samuel Smith | Walnut-like color palate of hazelnuts. Great balance of roasted crystal malt and aromatic hops. Long clean finish Gold Medal and Top-Rated English Brown Ale World Beer Championships 2000. | |
| 0 | Rockford | ||
| 0 | Pigeon Hill | ||
| 6 | Wild Heaven Craft Beers | What could possibly be better than the combination of deep roasted malts, coffee, oak, and a smooth, creamy finish? Ode To Mercy overflows with bold flavors woven into a very balanced and approachable beer that finishes with creamy lingering hints of oak, coffee (specially blended by Athens, GA’s 1000 Faces), and roasted goodness. Bright citrus hops peek through from time to time, adding additional layers of complexity. Suggested food pairings: Barbecued chicken, Kielbasa, prime rib, cheesecake, English Cheddar Cheese, pate, and Munster cheese. | |
| 7 | Dogfish Head | Big Brown Ale aged on palo santo wood from Paraguay. This beer is a 12% abv, highly roasty, and malty brown ale aged on the wood of the Palo Santo tree from Paraguay. Palo Santo means "holy tree" and it's wood has been used in South American wine-making communities. We were lucky enough to get our hands on 20 blocks of the super-dense wood and the wood was added to the ageing tank after fermentation. | |
| 7 | Dogfish Head | Our luscious brown ale, Palo Santo Marron, aged in bourbon barrels to make it more awesome! | |
| 3 | Red Brick | Dark copper color with bronze rims. Very thick foam, persistent. Nice and elegant toffee aromas with spices and roasted almonds, very persistent and evolving on brewed coffee. Very franc in the mouth. Black fruits, plum with more intense spicy notes of canella and cloves. The texture is very delicate. The beer seems to have all characters for a beer with personality but is kind of dissociated having intense flavors at first, then some emptiness in the middle of the mouth and finishing with a bitter finish. | |
| 0 | Eastern Market | ||
| 0 | ROAK Brewing Co. | Spiced Apple Belgian Style Brown Ale | |
| 0 | Rockford Brewing Co. | A well balanced, malt forward nutty brown ale! Munich, biscuit, chocolate and caramel malts are used to create a warm complexity. The rich malt profile finishes slightly dry with a smooth earthiness from Willamette hops. | |
| 4 | Rockford Brewing Company | A well balanced, malt forward nutty brown ale! Munich, biscuit, chocolate and caramel malts are used to create a warm complexity. The rich malt profile finishes slightly dry with a smooth earthiness from Willamette hops. | |
| 5 | The Bruery | Meaning “rye bread” in Danish, we took our inspiration for this beer from the Danes’ staple dark, whole grain rye bread. Brewed with three types of rye malt, this robust brown ale showcases the earthy, spicy character of the grain, complemented by bready, nutty barley malts and a hint of roast. Loosely based on the Scandinavian Christmas beer or “Julebryg” tradition, this beer is perfect for the colder weather of winter. And don’t worry about the name, we can’t pronounce it either! | |
| 0 | New Belgium (Collaboration w/Ben & Jerry's) | New Belgium Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale, a new collaboration with Ben & Jerry’s is on the horizon in Fort Collins, Colorado. The chocolate-y brown ale initially looks to benefit, or at least create awareness for Protect Our Winters, an organization founded by pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones. The organization seeks to lessen the impact of climate change on America’s snow laden mountains. When two B Corps come together, delicious ideas are created. Our mutual dedication to using business as a force for good means you get to enjoy this brown ale laden with the chocolatey, salted-caramel, vanilla goodness while helping Protect Our Winters combat climate change. Dig in! | |
| 0 | River's Edge | ||
| 3 | Original Gravity | A traditional Southern English brown Ale. Dark brown in color, rich, malty and smooth. Great full flavored ,medium-full bodied session ale. | |
| 5 | Fenton Winery and Brewery | Full bodied American brown with a slight caramel & chocolate undertone and a distinct nutty aftertaste. | |
| 6 | Eternity Brewing | The Mallow is back! With a huge bourbon aroma and striking chocolate and vanilla character, this bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Brown Ale is no ordinary S'more! | |
| 4 | Original Gravity | Brown IPA | |
| 7 | Founders | Sumatra Mountain Brown gets its body from a team of malts, including Caramel malt for sweetness, flaked barley for dense foam, a bit of Chocolate malt for its deep color and Aromatic and Munich malts to add even more depth. German and Perle hops bring balance to the malty sweetness by introducing a touch of bitterness. The addition of rich Sumatra coffee takes this perfectly balanced brown ale to a decadent level. | |
| 6 | Right Brain Brewing | Inspired by an incredible Pad-Thai dish. We custom blend our own peanut butter, with flaked coconut, coconut oil, Thai chili peppers, and dry hopped cilantro. This beer is spicy! The peak of Right Brain’s culinary obsession, this beer tastes very similar to a traditional Pad Thai. | |
| 8 | Clown Shoes Beer | Imperial Brown Ale aged in Bourbon Barrels | |
| 3 | Sierra Nevada | As the nights grow cool, the leaves on the valley oaks begin to turn and fall. In honor of this yearly dance, we bring you Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale and invite you to enjoy the show. We use malt within days of roasting at the peak of its flavor to give Tumbler a gracefully smooth malt character. So pour a glass, and grab a window seat to watch as the leaves come tumbling down. | |
| 4 | Abita | Turbodog® is a dark brown ale brewed with pale, caramel, and chocolate malts and Willamette hops. This combination gives Turbodog® its rich body and color and a sweet chocolate, toffee-like flavor. Turbodog® began as a specialty ale, but has gained a huge, loyal following and has become one of our flagship brews. | |
| 7 | Founders | Underground Mountain Brown is the harmonious drinking experience only achieved when our imperial brown ale, earthy sumatra coffee and a year aging in caves below Grand Rapids comes together. A team of malts complement the bold sumatra coffee perfectly, while time spent immersed in oak creates layers of depth and complexity. A celebration of the barrel, the bean and everything in between. | |
| 7 | Rogue | Pours medium dark amber with a moderate head. Right off the top in the nose is maple syrup, sausage, bacon, various sweet smoke nuances. Flavor is smoky, meat, maple, dry caramelly flavored finish. | |
| 5 | Lagunitas | WTF Ale. A malty, robust, jobless Recovery Ale! We’re not quite in the Red, or in the Black... Does that mean we’re in the Brown? A big Ol’ Imperial Brown Ale to help you with your slipperly slide on into springtime. Rich, smooth, dangerous & chocolatey. | |
| 6 | Short's | Woodmaster is a high gravity, American Brown Ale fermented with Northern Michigan maple syrup and toasted pecans. This dark brown, full bodied ale is rich with sweet malt and syrup flavors. These flavors are complemented by the presence of hop aromas and a faint nuttiness. |
