Indian Brown Ale - Dogfish Head Brewery

Butzen

Colorado

4.45/5  rDev +8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This medium-bodied beer pours a deep russet brown with wonderful clarity, reddish hues when the glass is held up to the light, and an intricate, light-brown head that dissipates quickly, though bubbles remain throughout the drinking session. The beer is superbly carbonated, but I’m suspicious I would like it better with a little less carbonation.

Indian Brown smells like good dark malt extract (the kind used for homebrewing), with a syrupy and caramel-like aroma. It also smells kind of like chocolate pudding, which is awesome. The taste, though, conjures images of autumn, Indian corn and campfires. It’s sweet, rich and caramelly, but it has a refreshing bitterness and lightness thanks in part to a much larger dose of hops (including dry-hopping) than most brown ales receive. There are flavors of really good, light-roast coffee, sans any coffee-like astringency. Notes of brown sugar round out the taste.

Read my full review at http://vittlesandbrews.blogspot.com

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2011 19:21:24 | More by Butzen

iCabaLLero

Georgia

3.75/5  rDev -9%

05-18-2013 21:00:08 | More by iCabaLLero

RandyPuckett

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

05-18-2013 04:15:40 | More by RandyPuckett

megamass

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -2.9%

05-18-2013 04:06:26 | More by megamass

inanity

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -2.9%

05-18-2013 00:16:52 | More by inanity

bvermilion

California

3/5  rDev -27.2%

05-17-2013 19:56:24 | More by bvermilion

Kenzie

Utah

3.75/5  rDev -9%

05-17-2013 04:59:57 | More by Kenzie

ElizabethEleanor

Texas

5/5  rDev +21.4%

05-17-2013 03:24:38 | More by ElizabethEleanor

naphi23

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

05-17-2013 01:17:17 | More by naphi23

cantfindme

North Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +15.3%

05-17-2013 01:13:17 | More by cantfindme

AL89BR

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -9%

05-16-2013 23:02:01 | More by AL89BR

vancean2

South Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +9.2%

05-16-2013 22:37:32 | More by vancean2

StevenH

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

05-16-2013 05:59:42 | More by StevenH

Lanstrum

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +9.2%

05-15-2013 23:08:16 | More by Lanstrum

maxcoinage

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -15%

05-15-2013 19:41:07 | More by maxcoinage

M_C_Hampton

Georgia

4.26/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A: poured from a 12 oz bottle into a pint glass, deep purple brown with a tan head that lingers leaving good lacing, clear

S: fresh ground coffee, toast, roasted malt, brown sugar, toffee, caramel

T: balance of bitter hops coupled with roasted malt, toasty biscuit, floral piny hop, slight coffee, brown sugar

M: medium to full bodied with good carbonation

O: A heavily hopped brown ale with a nice malt presence

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 02:44:35 | More by M_C_Hampton

Jimbo4430

Virginia

5/5  rDev +21.4%

05-15-2013 00:41:26 | More by Jimbo4430

ppvora

Pennsylvania

3.46/5  rDev -16%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Poured from a 12 oz. bottle. Had a finger of head which disappeared within a minute. Very dark brown in color, not much aeration.

Smell: Nutty, sugary (molasses-like) aroma. Not too strong.

Taste: I could have sworn this is a porter -- an ale almost bordering on a porter. Sweetness based on molasses. Not too complex. Wonderful...taste. Loved it. A good beer to top off a day (or an hour) of beer drinking. Would not recommend it as a first beer unless you follow it with stronger flavored porters or ales.

Mouthfeel: Slightly bitter after taste. Not unpleasant. Beer like. Nice.

Overall: A great beer. Not too complex. If an ale mated a porter this is what the offspring would be like. I love sweetness in beer, so I loved this beer. Nutty aroma is nice too.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 11:09:36 | More by ppvora

blindpiggie

Colorado

4/5  rDev -2.9%

05-14-2013 03:52:58 | More by blindpiggie

deadliest

Texas

4/5  rDev -2.9%

05-14-2013 03:30:52 | More by deadliest

LtColFrankSlade

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

05-14-2013 03:25:27 | More by LtColFrankSlade

aty11b

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +15.3%

05-14-2013 01:47:02 | More by aty11b

Ellbert

Ohio

3.9/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Appearance: dark brown/amber. Thin head that laces.

Smell: very malty with sweet molasses and chocolate.

Taste: very roasty with burnt caramel and coffee.

Mouthfeel: Nice and bubbly with a medium consistancy.

Overall a tasty beer worth having again. Thanks Dogfish Head.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 00:14:36 | More by Ellbert

vrbulldog22

Ohio

4/5  rDev -2.9%

05-13-2013 18:47:34 | More by vrbulldog22

Bonko_the_sane

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -9%

05-13-2013 05:11:23 | More by Bonko_the_sane