Indian Brown Ale - Dogfish Head Brewery

Indian Brown AleIndian Brown Ale

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rAvg: 4.11
pDev: 11.19%
Reviews: 1766
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Delaware, United States

Style | ABV
American Brown Ale |  7.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1636), 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 MattSweatshirt:
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MattSweatshirt

Texas

3.33/5  rDev -19%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Bottled 11/23/11

A finger of tan head. The beer is really dark until held up to the light revealing some red and orange around the edges of the glass. Light lacing and the head sticks around forever.

The aroma is quite pleasant. Coffee, caramel, slight hoppyness, chocolate, and a roasted character.

A lot more hops are present in the taste than the smell. Grass, coffee, roasted, and bitter.

Low carbonation and medium body. Fairly smooth.

Sort of seemed like a hoppy porter. Wasn’t totally feeling it.

Serving type: bottle

01-05-2012 06:41:52 | More by MattSweatshirt
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HopkingGonzalo

Florida

4.19/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

I love brown ales and IPA's and this beer does a great job of blending the two. The smell and taste are more brown ale and the mouthfeel and hops are more of an IPA. Good ABV at 7.2% and the caramelized sugar and roasted taste give it a great balance. This is one of my favorite Dogfishhead beers and if you like brown ales and IPA's, it will be yours too.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2013 21:48:04 | More by HopkingGonzalo
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New York

4/5  rDev -2.7%

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4/5  rDev -2.7%

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4/5  rDev -2.7%

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Indian Brown Ale from Dogfish Head Brewery
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