Big Buck Brown Ale
Black Husky Brewing

Big Buck Brown AleBig Buck Brown Ale
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From:
Black Husky Brewing
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
Ranked #75
ABV:
8%
Score:
88
Ranked #13,020
Avg:
3.96 | pDev: 9.34%
Reviews:
14
Ratings:
51
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 13, 2024
Added:
Jun 02, 2011
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  1
Ale brewed with Maple Syrup
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Reviewed by Dinglehacker from Wisconsin

4.37/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a pint. Nice khaki head that eventually dissipates completely. Dark, dark brown.

Light but identifiable sweet maple and roast on the nose, nice and breakfasty.

Taste follows, with chocolate and hints of stone fruit, dark berries.

Body is light to medium.

A lot of American browns like this, especially w/ maple or aged in bourbon barrels, are near indistinguishable from some craft porters and stouts. I wish brewers leaned a bit more into the characteristics of brown ale. Quibbling aside, this is a good beer for late winter.
Mar 13, 2024
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Reviewed by Piercan from Wisconsin

4.51/5  rDev +13.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Black Husky Big Buck - Feb. 2020
American Brown Ale by Craft Milwaukee brewery.
Draft&Vessel, Wisconsin on tap.
Lovely dark red color, thin top, little lacing.
Not much smell at first, but first sip wins you over. Rich malty taste, subdued sweetness. Full body, with warm, complex flavors coming through the nose.
Love at first taste.
Feb 02, 2020
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Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Tasted in a pint glass from draft at Black Husky Brewing on April 14, 2018.
Apr 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.73 by bschmidt_37 from Illinois

Oct 26, 2017
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Reviewed by jzlyo from Iowa

3.98/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Aroma is fruit/raspberries, malts and very slightly perfumed. The flavor is fruit/raspberries,malts, maple syrup in the middle and a sweet/tart finish.
Jan 22, 2017
 
Rated: 4.17 by skrabbenhoft from Wisconsin

Dec 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Sweffin from Wisconsin

Dec 03, 2016
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Reviewed by Benish from Utah

3.83/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: light brown with pouring but then dark brown in the glass. A light pancake batter colored head.

Aroma: very malty and sweet with tangy notes of rasberries. No maple though.

Taste: starts sweet and slightly tangy. Notes of raspberries and molasses. No maple but the heavy sweetness must be from the maple and malt.

Mouthfeel: light-bodied to medium-bodied.

Overall: did not expect the notes of raspberries. Some may use this as an indicator of infection, but I say its far from infected. Really tasty brown ale with layers of molasses and berries. Keep it up Black Husky!
Nov 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by SSGCujo from Wisconsin

Oct 24, 2016
 
Rated: 4.05 by dannycohen62 from Illinois

Oct 14, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Rimbimhoot from Illinois

Oct 12, 2016
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Reviewed by martyl1000 from Wisconsin

4.28/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Yum.

On tap at Blue Moon, Madison. Exceedingly well-done, Black Husky. Every inch deserving of the strong scores seen below.

(By the way, most of your fans point to Sproose. Howler is my favorite. Please bring it back.)

Dangerous. If I had to choose one word to describe it, dangerous. So tasty and quaffable, yet serious in potency.

Sure hope I can find a few bombers in Madison shops. I'll email you to find out where. I'll be giving this as gifts to shock friends with my divining rod of hidden-gem brews. (Nah. I'll drink 'em.)
Jan 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Angerhaus from Rhode Island

Jan 20, 2016
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Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana

3.96/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - The beer poured a dark murky brown color with a few white bubbles.

Smell - The nose is pretty standard toasty brown nose.

Taste - The toasty brown notes start the taste. There is maple sweetness, but it is light. I detect some bread and yeasty notes which give banana impressions. The toasty notes continue in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel - The carbonation cleans up the sweetness. It seems a little thick for a brown.

Overall - I was hoping for maple, otherwise my purchase of a brown ale would have been less likely.
Jan 03, 2016
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Reviewed by joe1510 from Illinois

3.84/5  rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
22oz Bomber
$7.99
Discount Liquors - Milwaukee

Big Buck Brown is a dark, murky beer. A dark brown body is highlighted with chestnut when backlit. This is one murky beer. It has the same amount of murk that an unfiltered apple cider would have. A frothy beige head forms atop the body and peaks at a finger in height before fading to a skim coat.

The nose is pretty bold and certainly unique.Big, dense, doughy, sugary dense cake gets things going. I'm thinking gooey fruit cake without the fruit. Rich caramel and big notes of toast combine with vanilla and caramelized brown sugar. Raisins and brandy. This guy really opens up. A touch of hazelnut and vanilla wrap it up. This beer smells like a rich dessert.

Rich caramel and toast kick it off. An herbal hoppiness washes through the middle while caramelized brown sugar and the vanilla nuttiness make their presence known in the middle. It's a tasty brown amped up all around. Big flavor, though the same as other browns. It's on the sweet side and while the herbal hoppiness comes close to balancing it still leans toward sweet.

The body weighs in a notch above moderate with a little viscosity. Carbonation is fairly tight which cleans up any of that residual sweetness that's thinking about lingering. It's a pretty easy drinker with zero signs of alcohol.

Big Buck Brown is a good beer from the coulple at Black Husky. It's complex and bold in the nose though not quite as much in the flavor. It's drinkable and enjoyable. I'd probably pick this one up again in the future.
Dec 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.78 by mattreitz49 from Florida

Mar 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.68 by Mikexw from New York

Feb 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.86 by egrace84 from Illinois

Feb 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.83 by Duff27 from Illinois

Feb 01, 2015
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Rated by mjpolzin from Wisconsin

2.8/5  rDev -29.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Overly sweet. I am not a huge brown ale guy anyway and this was not a good example of the style.
Dec 21, 2014
Big Buck Brown Ale from Black Husky Brewing
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 51 ratings