Nut Brown Ale - Santa Fe Brewing Company

Nut Brown AleNut Brown Ale

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rAvg: 3.42
pDev: 14.91%
Reviews: 108
Hads: 37

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Brewed by:
Santa Fe Brewing Company visit their website
New Mexico, United States

Style | ABV
English Brown Ale |  5.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (100), on-tap (8)

Notes:
The Brown Ale style originated in the pubs of England, where beer drinkers desired a beer that was both flavorful and complex, but at the same time mild enough to be a session beer. The Santa Fe Brewing Company's interpretation of this style uses a combination of high mash temperature, hard water, and low-alpha acid hops to produce a product that is both true to the style and distinctly Santa Fe. Brewing jargon aside, Santa Fe Nut Brown Ale is an easy-drinking beer, mild, smooth, and always a favorite.
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Reviews by DarthMalt:
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DarthMalt

Virginia

3.48/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Nothing to write home about. SF BrewCo comes across with a passable roster of micros that the local burgeois/bohemian set can call their own.

Pours passable brown amber with a medim-thick head. Body hints slightly at toasted malts and hop profile, while going down in smooth ignomyny.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2003 11:49:21 | More by DarthMalt
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Tiernan

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +9.6%

05-18-2013 02:40:12 | More by Tiernan
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zillo043068

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +9.6%

04-23-2013 01:57:09 | More by zillo043068
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alex_hart

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

04-20-2013 16:34:45 | More by alex_hart
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Number3red

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

03-08-2013 02:03:48 | More by Number3red
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nzerbe

New York

3.75/5  rDev +9.6%

03-03-2013 22:38:03 | More by nzerbe
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drummermattie02

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

02-20-2013 23:18:29 | More by drummermattie02
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brentk56

North Carolina

3.7/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours a clear tea color with a decent head that leaves a fair amount of lacing behind

Smell: Vague sense of cocoa, hazelnuts and toffee

Taste: Toffee and hazelnuts, up front, with a vaguely fruity character in the middle; perhaps a bit of nutmeg, after the swallow, but the finish is relatively sweet

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: Relatively sweet and relatively forgettable; nothing negative but not really my kind of thing

Thanks, BlueOkie, for the opportunity

Serving type: bottle

02-18-2013 00:08:41 | More by brentk56
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ThirdEyePA

Texas

3/5  rDev -12.3%

01-23-2013 02:53:32 | More by ThirdEyePA
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palma

New York

4.01/5  rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Wow this beer is delicious. Was not expecting this. Aroma nice typical nut brown but slighty oxidized.

Flavor is a big happy punch in the face. Did not expect this tasty sweet flavor. its sweet and mild with licorice, bourbon and scotch notes. very mild smooth sweet nutty finish, low complexity but still enough to keep things enjoyable and slightly interesting. May become somewhat cloying towards the end if sweet is not your thing.

Almost, an excellent session beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2013 03:33:04 | More by palma
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tbone1384

Wyoming

3.75/5  rDev +9.6%

11-17-2012 00:10:37 | More by tbone1384
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brewskifan55

Mississippi

3.33/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Thanks to my wife for picking this up in Alberquerque
Poured into a snifter

A: Cola brown with a tan half finger head that quickly dissipates into a frothy ring.

S: Malts, nuts, leather, biscuity

T: A charge of bitter hops over a nut base. Toffee. Light chocolate finish. Robust, but too hoppy to be smooth.

M: light to medium with light carbonation.

O: Would be much better without the bitterness, but that's what you get in an English Nut Brown.

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2012 19:39:41 | More by brewskifan55
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ilikebeer03

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -5%

10-19-2012 21:27:47 | More by ilikebeer03
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3agle87

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +38.9%

10-12-2012 03:46:14 | More by 3agle87
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tubeyes

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -5%

09-24-2012 01:10:37 | More by tubeyes
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BobZ

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12oz Bottle poured into my Duvel Tulip. Thanks to GHB for the extra.

Appearance: Copper brown in color. Builds a nice 1” head with pretty nice lacing.

Smell: Predominantly light roasted malt with a hint of floral hops.

Taste: Follows the aroma, light roasted malt with decent hop balance. All-in-all a pretty well executed version of a nut-brown ale but nothing exceptional.

Mouthfeel: Well bodied and carbonated, smooth on the palate.

Overall: A nice drinking beer that’s a bit above average. Always, glad to have the chance to try a new brewery.

Serving type: bottle

09-15-2012 20:13:15 | More by BobZ
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nrbw23

Ohio

3.05/5  rDev -10.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A- Pours a dark reddish brown color with a pretty thin light tan head. Not too much retention or lacing left behind.

S- Quite a bit of roasted malts, with toffee and light coffee. Nothing over powering and fairly light.

T- Fairly light overall. Pretty much no hops at all. Bready, a touch of nuts and light coffee.

M- Light in both body and carbonation.

O- Nothing special about this brew.

Serving type: bottle

08-13-2012 09:51:50 | More by nrbw23
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Beermazter310

Nevada

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

08-03-2012 21:58:38 | More by Beermazter310
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kobeer

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

07-23-2012 20:16:56 | More by kobeer
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TFMyriad

Arizona

4/5  rDev +17%

07-22-2012 16:43:06 | More by TFMyriad
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ScubaSteve00

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

07-21-2012 23:38:53 | More by ScubaSteve00
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crobinso

Colorado

3/5  rDev -12.3%

07-15-2012 01:13:54 | More by crobinso
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bcsbeer

Florida

4/5  rDev +17%

07-11-2012 04:33:41 | More by bcsbeer
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drabmuh

Maryland

3.73/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Served in a tulip pint glass. Beer is brown with a thin tan head of small bubbles, moderate to low carbonation, no lacing, moderate retention.

Aroma is a little roasty and a little leathery.

Beer is medium in body, nutty and tobacco on the palate, an interesting beer with a nice nonbitter finish. Not the best brown out there but great on the flavor profile.

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2012 01:17:28 | More by drabmuh
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zbooks

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -5%

06-17-2012 05:13:01 | More by zbooks
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Nut Brown Ale from Santa Fe Brewing Company
78 out of 100 based on 145 user ratings.