Winterbraun

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Winterbraun

• Brewery: Lost Coast Brewing Company (California)

• Style: English Brown Ale

• ABV: 8%

• IBU: ?

• Pour Color: A brown red color

      Ok head on this one not to fluffy but held for awhile. The scent off the top was coffee and chocolate. You also get a full smell of the high alcohol in this one. The color is a brown to red. The taste is a mix of caramel sweetness. Coffee and chocolate bitter flavors too with a little bit of smoke. The alcohol isn't really in the taste. All and all this is a really malty sweet beer that has little balance to it.
      So this one is beloved by many. I unfortunately don't feel the same. It's just to sweet for me being a mostly malt beer. The chocolate and the smoke I like in dark beers is there but really no bitter to be found. As a hop lover mustache, a bath in this just was just to sweet. Really a good dark beer even though it wasn't in my wheel house!

Rating: ***

Ithaca Nut Brown

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Ithaca Nut Brown

• Brewery: Ithaca Brewing Company (New York)
  

• Style: English Brown Ale

• ABV: 5.4%

• IBU: 

• Pour Color: Dark brown but lets a little light through.

      A brown ale always goes well with a brown mustache. The Face poured this one and you couldn't quite see through it. A nice fluffy head came up quick and left just as quickly. The scent off the top is a nice roasted caramel or toffee. The flavor is a nice raisin at first. Then you notice a nice roasted walnut taste. Finally a nice roasted flavor at the finish. All and all a really good beer that drinks much darker then most brown ales. 
      This is a sweet bitter beer that rounds out your average meals. Pair it with grilled meats, or a nice pizza, and it don't get better. Got a day planned round the grill? Bring some nut brown and everyone will thank you.

Rating: ****