Brown Cow Brown Ale
Carson's Brewery

Brown Cow Brown AleBrown Cow Brown Ale
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From:
Carson's Brewery
 
Indiana, United States
Style:
American Brown Ale
ABV:
5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.72 | pDev: 12.63%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
133
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 19, 2019
Added:
Oct 21, 2013
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  32
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Ratings by JamesS:
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Rated by JamesS from Indiana

4.41/5  rDev +18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Jan 31, 2015
More User Ratings:
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Rated by kimlhurst from Ohio

1.64/5  rDev -55.9%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
Dark brown color with red overtones with medium to edge-only tan collar. Bitter funky aroma and taste.
Aug 19, 2019
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Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri

4.04/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a transparent ruby-burgundy with two fingers of khaki foam that bubbles up quickly. Head formation is dense, landing a long retention period. Aroma is lactose, caramel, toffee and roasty, nutty, earthy malts. It has a sweet characteristic which balances out well against the roasty and then more bitter nutty and earthy malts. Flavor profile is toffee, caramel, lactose, and milk chocolate for a lightly chocolate milk start. Roasty, toasty, nutty, earthy malts add shades of bitterness and boldness, balancing out and brightening the flavor profile. Mouth feel is velvety with a very fine, silty texture. Overall, flavorful and balanced, albeit leaning towards sweet. Well crafted and tasty.

Served in a 15.5oz Spiegalau tulip from a 12oz can.
Mar 20, 2019
 
Rated: 3.46 by mjw2808 from Maryland

Feb 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by tommyboy985 from Massachusetts

Jan 11, 2019
 
Rated: 3.97 by Gaddabble from Ohio

Jan 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Hellpop65 from Kansas

Dec 23, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Dface from Texas

Dec 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4.65 by peachesphg from Georgia

Feb 05, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by jvgoor3786 from Arkansas

Jan 28, 2018
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Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana

4.63/5  rDev +24.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Brown Cow has a medium, creamy, beige head, a hazy, lighter brown appearance, some lone ascending bubbles, and heavy glass lacing. The aroma is of sweet, brown bread crust and light brown sugar. Malt, too. Taste is of char, brown bread crust, light caramel, light brown bread crust, and malt. Bitterness is present, but it's 1995 brown ale bitterness, meaning- no fruit. Mouthfeel is lower medium, and Brown Cow finishes medium dry. This is a benchmark brown ale.

RJT
Nov 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.95 by MJSFS from Florida

Nov 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.69 by beaulabauve from Louisiana

Oct 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.86 by zachkrauter from Indiana

Jul 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.19 by Laudyman from Illinois

Jul 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.37 by lawlmartz from Georgia

May 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Zach136 from Georgia

May 08, 2017
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

4.05/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Unknown vintage; drank 11/25/14 @ the Yarchives.

Poured from the bottle into a glass.

Muddy brown hue.

Khaki head; a curtain of lace.

Coffee, brown sugar & cream nose; nice!

Medium mouthfeel.

Cinnamon, brown sugar, roasted coffee & faint raspberry flavors; a mild but enjoyable mix.

A very nice session brown; quaffable yet substantial enough to want another.
Dec 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.03 by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota

Dec 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Dewsby from Kentucky

Oct 27, 2016
Brown Cow Brown Ale from Carson's Brewery
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 133 ratings