Nut Brown - Harvest Moon Brewery

JohnGalt1

Idaho

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Growler picked up at the brewery.... We braved 90 minutes of white out blowing snow to get to the taproom in Belt... Glad we did... A lone brewer greeted us in the midst of a nasty storm.

Pours clear deep chestnut... okay lacing and retention.

Nose is nutty and definitely brown with something that I expect is hazelnut extract... it is just tooo nutty to not have extract.

Flavor shows the same... a little malty with a very present hazelnut essence.. very tasty, but seems too much.

Thanks to the homeboy who opened up the brewery in the middle of a blizzard, but we do honestly appreciate it.

3.5/3/3.5/3.5/4

Serving type: growler

01-09-2011 09:06:53 | More by JohnGalt1

GClarkage

California

4.13/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

08/12/06- Had on tap at the Railyard in Billings, MT.

Presentation- From the tap into a standard pint glass.

Appearance- Copper-dark caramel color pour. Smaller 1/4 inch head leaving behind light lace.

Smell- Extreme toasted caramel malts and very nutty. Can't get a better scent per style. Dead on.

Taste- Like the scent, very nutty with cashews and walnuts coming to mind. Mildly sweet medium toasted malt with a bitter hop bite.

Mouthfeel- Average carbonation and a very large nutty aftertaste.

Drinkability- Fits the style dead on. Could use a touch more sweetness. Otherwise a damn good nut brown. Super impressed on this one.

Serving type: on-tap

03-08-2007 16:49:27 | More by GClarkage

loren01

Oregon

4.08/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A: Had on tap at Railyard in Billings. Poured a dark brown color, small head that dissipated quickly, no lacing.
S: Smells very stron of hazelnuts and vanilla flavor.
T: Much the same as smell, very strong flavors of vanilla and nuts. Much stronger taste than most brown ales that I've had before.
M: Carbonation was moderate to heavy
D: Great tasting brown ale, maybe a little over the top sweet but its better to be a little too flavorfull than not enough I guess.

Serving type: on-tap

08-13-2006 03:31:48 | More by loren01