Brooks Brown Ale - Crossroads Brewing Company

DrinkSlurm

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from tap into 12oz tulip at Terrapin, Rhinebeck, NY. Pours a crazy deep brown color - barely any light shines through - with nice thick tan head. Looks more like a porter than a brown..Smell is nicely roasted and bitter malts, toffee, caramel sweet. Taste is really nice bitter roasted caramel/toffee balancing nicely with the sweet malts. Its smooth and easy drinker. Crossroads is just great.

Serving type: on-tap

10-01-2012 15:25:59 | More by DrinkSlurm

merc7186

New York

3.53/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I had this beer at Gene McCarthys in Buffalo NY, poured into a pint glass.

A: Deep Amber Hue, Passes Some Light, White Head Ring, Mild Lacing

S: Grainy, Malty

T: Grainy, Malty

M: Average Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Mildly Drying, Mild Bitter

Overall, a decent malty ale that doesnt resemble a brown ale.

Serving type: on-tap

04-04-2012 02:49:43 | More by merc7186

UDbeernut

New York

3.73/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Had on tap at their pub

A: dark amber color, slight off white head with fair retention.

S: roasty malt, slight citrus

T: roasted malt base and citrus hop. More bitter than many brown ales but it works.

M: medium bodied.

O: crossroads is a must see and drink.

Serving type: on-tap

06-25-2011 21:14:53 | More by UDbeernut

aerozeppl

New York

3.85/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: Nice deep brown ruby color. Minimal amount of white head. A touch of bubbly off white head.

S: The nose is of malt with a touch of caramel and tofee. It is kind of a tight nose but still enjoyable and to style.

T:Very much a brown ale. Not that much hops but a nice malt . complexity. Lots of toffee some caramel. It really just kind of falls in the middle. A good example but nothing to make it stand out.

M: A little bit thin in the body.

D: Very nice brown ale. Super drinkable and a ton of flavor.

Serving type: growler

05-07-2011 02:12:04 | More by aerozeppl