Indian Brown Ale - Dogfish Head Brewery

flagmantho

Washington

4.65/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance: a nicely dark, brown amber with a very thick, foamy head with a nice persistence. As I drink it, much of the foam sticks to the glass in a nice, thick lace.

Smell: a delicious nutty aroma with coffee and caramel. This smells awesome; I'm dizzy with anticipation.

Taste: deliciously complex. The bitterness is just perfectly present and there is a nice chocolate finish. There are some light fruity notes and a little alcohol flavor, but these are outshined by the great malt flavors.

Mouthfeel: a medium-thick body which sort of coats the tongue and spreads around the deliciousness.

Drinkability: while I submit that it is too hot here to really appreciate a dark, high-alcohol beer, this thing is so tasty that I would gladly have another (and another, and another).

It's so rare that I randomly try a beer and have it instantly rank among my favorites. Or possibly be my favorite of all time. This thing is more like a porter than a brown ale in my opinion, but for a beer this good I really don't care what style you want to call it. A+.

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Edited ratings on 5/16/2010. This was one of my first reviews; I wanted to review again now that I have a lot more beer-tasting experience.

Body remains translucent and extremely dark; very nice. Aroma is mostly coffee and light earthy, vegetabley hops; again, quite nice. Flavor is big gobs of nice roasty malt flavor; mostly coffee and a little caramel toward the end. Bitterness is high for a dark beer. Medium to medium-thick body with great carbonation; this is wonderfully creamy and silky. This beer remains extremely tasty and drinkable compared to when I first had it.

I actually reduced some of the ratings from the all-5s I originally gave it to really score it like I would today; however, this beer still rates as one of my all-time favorites.

Serving type: bottle

07-28-2009 01:44:44 | More by flagmantho

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4.31/5  rDev +4.9%
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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.

Serving type: bottle

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