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Indian Brown Ale - Dogfish Head Brewery

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read more »		 rAvg: 4.12
pDev: 11.17%
Reviews: 1760
Hads: 1652

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Delaware, United States

Style | ABV
American Brown Ale |  7.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1630), 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 diddly:
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diddly

New York

4.03/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a bottle into a tulip glass

Pours a dark, rich black, with a nice, creamy, off-white to tan head.

Aroma is rich and roasty. Hints of coffee are most prominent, with a slight alcoholic scent, and some hop aroma.

Taste is roasty first and foremost, with a nice balance of bitterness and sweetness. As the beer warms, alcohol warmth shines through, and hints at a barrel-aged flavor.

Mouthfeel is surprisingly light for such a heavy and flavorful beer. The bitterness complements the flavors well.

Overall, an excellent beer, very smooth, and something well out of the box - definitely not something with a lot of competition in the style.

Serving type: bottle

11-29-2012 04:29:32 | More by diddly
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4.25/5  rDev +3.2%

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4/5  rDev -2.9%

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3.75/5  rDev -9%

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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

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5/5  rDev +21.4%

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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.

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

Smell: very malty with sweet molasses and chocolate.

Taste: very roasty with burnt caramel and coffee.

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

Serving type: bottle

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Indian Brown Ale from Dogfish Head Brewery
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