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Indian Brown Ale - Dogfish Head Brewery

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pDev: 11.19%
Reviews: 1762
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Delaware, United States

Style | ABV
American Brown Ale |  7.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1632), 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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Reviews by JamesMN:
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JamesMN

Minnesota

4.48/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Dark brown, basically black. Dark ruby red when held up to the light. Small light brown head. Looks great in the DFH tumbler.

Aroma: Woody with dark roasted grains. Hints of chocolate and coffee with a slight alcohol note.

Taste: Oh yeah. Nice bitterness gets you up front and is followed by roasted malt flavors of bitter chocolate and toffee. There's a good balance here of roastyness and hoppyness. The 7.2% abv is basically spot on for where I'd expect based on the taste. Nice and robust but without the alcohol that usually comes with that. The roasted chocolate gives this almost a porter-like taste and feel.

Mouthfeel: Pretty good drinkability and carbonation. Just above medium bodied. Really coats your whole mouth.

Final Thoughts: Yet another beer from DFH that completely lives up to the hype. If they distributed to MN it'd be a mainstay in my fridge right next to their 60 and 90 Minute. This one is a MUST HAVE for any dark beer lovers. It also doesn't disappoint in the IBU department for a hophead like myself.

Serving type: bottle

09-01-2012 02:55:49 | More by JamesMN
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A – Dark with red highlights and an amber head with good retention

S – Coffee, hazelnut and brown sugar

T – Coffee, hazelnut, brown sugar and the slight hops top it off

M – Smooth, light and slight carbonation

O – Great beer, one of my staples for a brown Ale. If you like this type of beer you can’t go wrong here.

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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
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Indian Brown Ale from Dogfish Head Brewery
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