https://allaboutbeer.net Celebrating the World of Beer Culture Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:43:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 https://allaboutbeer.net/daily-pint/beer-of-the-week/2010/09/smuttynose-brewing-company-really-old-brown-dog-ale/ https://allaboutbeer.net/daily-pint/beer-of-the-week/2010/09/smuttynose-brewing-company-really-old-brown-dog-ale/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:10:04 +0000 Daniel Bradford https://allaboutbeer.net/?p=18235 If you haven’t been to Portsmouth, NH, you have missed a special micro beer culture. Not a culture of microbeers, but a small corner of good beer. Peter Egelston has led a quite revolution there for a few decades and one of his companions during that time was his dog who is on the label of this truly extraordinary double brown ale from Smuttynose Brewing Company. Like a double wit, double brown strikes me as oxymoronic. Still, this is a beautiful beer with three dominant elements that blend together like a great metaphor. fr course, the appearance is a delight, with various shades of brown depending on your point of view. The nose is all toast and nuts. However, the flavor was a ragout of three treats. The brown sugar of the malt laid out a sweet foundation, balanced by the sharp dryness of the hops. The heat of the alcohol ties them together perfectly. Fortunately, this comes in a 22 oz bottle so there is enough to savor.

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