Indian Brown Ale - Dogfish Head Brewery

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rAvg: 4.11
pDev: 11.19%
Reviews: 1761
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Brewed by:
Dogfish Head Brewery

Delaware, United States

Style | ABV
American Brown Ale | 7.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1631), on-tap (121), growler (7), cask (2).

Notes:
Forget about the car companies, this is the original hybrid. A cross between a Scotch Ale, an India Pale Ale and an American Brown, Indian Brown Ale is well-hopped and malty at the same time (It's magical!).

The beer has characteristics of each style that inspired it: the color of an American Brown, the caramel notes of a Scotch Ale, and the hopping regiment of an India Pale Ale. We dry-hop the Indian Brown Ale in a similar fashion to our 60 Minute IPA and 90 Minute IPA. This beer is brewed with Aromatic barley and organic brown sugar.

50 IBU

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AmitC

Indiana

4.08/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Another Dogfish head beer.

Poured into snifter from a 12 oz bottle as usual.

Brown color while pouring and very dark brown and opaque inside the glass. Ruby hues in the light. Tan colored less than a finger thick head that very quickly disappears into a thin surrounding ring. Not much lacing.

Aroma: Caramel of course. Sweet toasty malts. A comparatively moderate aroma strength wise. Hop if present as is said are very suppressed.

Taste: Typical brown ale taste with flavors of toasted malts and caramel. Slight hop presence. Dry finish. No sweetness is observed in the taste. Neither too much of hops to suggest any bitterness.

Mouth feel : A +ve point here. Very smooth with no astringency whatsoever. Moderate carbonation. Medium feel.

Style Rate: 4.25
Personal Rate: 4

A good easy drinking ale that could have used more bitterness as advertised.

Serving type: bottle

12-03-2012 22:41:18 | More by AmitC

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S-coffee, toasted malt, caramel
T-roasted nuts, coffee, and finishes with the caramel sweetness. Very nice and thorough toasted notes throughout
M-medium bodied
O-very solid brown ale that remains extremely drinkable. will definitely pick up again

Serving type: bottle

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Indian Brown Ale from Dogfish Head Brewery

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Cellar @: 40-45°F
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