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Indian Brown Ale
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
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- From:
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
Ranked #26 - ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #6,465 - Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 10.76%
- Reviews:
- 2,105
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 07, 2001
- Wants:
- 393
- Gots:
- 1,286
Also known as Indian Brown Dark IPA
Forget about the car companies, this is the original hybrid. A cross between a Scotch Ale, an India Pale Ale and an American Brown, Indian Brown Ale is well-hopped and malty at the same time (It's magical!).
The beer has characteristics of each style that inspired it: the color of an American Brown, the caramel notes of a Scotch Ale, and the hopping regiment of an India Pale Ale. We dry-hop the Indian Brown Ale in a similar fashion to our 60 Minute IPA and 90 Minute IPA. This beer is brewed with Aromatic barley and organic brown sugar.
50 IBU
Forget about the car companies, this is the original hybrid. A cross between a Scotch Ale, an India Pale Ale and an American Brown, Indian Brown Ale is well-hopped and malty at the same time (It's magical!).
The beer has characteristics of each style that inspired it: the color of an American Brown, the caramel notes of a Scotch Ale, and the hopping regiment of an India Pale Ale. We dry-hop the Indian Brown Ale in a similar fashion to our 60 Minute IPA and 90 Minute IPA. This beer is brewed with Aromatic barley and organic brown sugar.
50 IBU
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Ratings by Phatz:
Reviewed by Phatz from Pennsylvania
4.22/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.22/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: Pours a deep smooth brown color, thick and sticky looking with very little head but lots of lacing.
Smell: Sharply sweet caramels, brown sugar and nuts. Very toasted malt and sugary aroma.
Taste: It is not quite as sweet as the aroma would suggest. Nice and malty and pleasantly caramel sweet, but not cloyingly sweet. The alcohol shows through slightly and serves as a balancing agent, along with a bit of spiciness; and then there is also a hop presence in the finish and the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel: Very nice and smooth. It is not quite sticky but it is thick and almost chewy. I like that aspect of sweet brown ales.
Drinkability: As a fan of the style I was expecting to be pleased. DFH rarely lets me down and this is no exception. It is a very decent sweet Brown Ale that I found quite easy to drink. I would not however consider it sessionable as it would end up being too sweet after a few.
Hope this is helpful.
Cheers!
May 15, 2006Smell: Sharply sweet caramels, brown sugar and nuts. Very toasted malt and sugary aroma.
Taste: It is not quite as sweet as the aroma would suggest. Nice and malty and pleasantly caramel sweet, but not cloyingly sweet. The alcohol shows through slightly and serves as a balancing agent, along with a bit of spiciness; and then there is also a hop presence in the finish and the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel: Very nice and smooth. It is not quite sticky but it is thick and almost chewy. I like that aspect of sweet brown ales.
Drinkability: As a fan of the style I was expecting to be pleased. DFH rarely lets me down and this is no exception. It is a very decent sweet Brown Ale that I found quite easy to drink. I would not however consider it sessionable as it would end up being too sweet after a few.
Hope this is helpful.
Cheers!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Shiredave from New York
4.08/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Innovative, hybrid style part robust porter, part IPA all Brown Ale.
Deep, chocolate brown with a frothy, pale tan head of sticky foam.
Aroma is brown sugar and leather, chocolate malted milk and whiff of phenolic esters.
Flavor is robust for a brown ale and firmly bittered but not IPA IBU's, full of dark and caramel grain character.
Medium plus body with great balance of sweet and herb bite though a little bit cloying as it warms.
This reminds me of Ubu Ale and Turbo Dog but bigger and better - with a hint of Kick Ass Brown hopiness.
Like most DFH beers, unique, off-style and memorable.
Jun 08, 2023Deep, chocolate brown with a frothy, pale tan head of sticky foam.
Aroma is brown sugar and leather, chocolate malted milk and whiff of phenolic esters.
Flavor is robust for a brown ale and firmly bittered but not IPA IBU's, full of dark and caramel grain character.
Medium plus body with great balance of sweet and herb bite though a little bit cloying as it warms.
This reminds me of Ubu Ale and Turbo Dog but bigger and better - with a hint of Kick Ass Brown hopiness.
Like most DFH beers, unique, off-style and memorable.
Reviewed by eameslover from Michigan
4/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
First time I had ever seen this style...Really good! No joke, I could taste a stout, an IPA (not a lot but some distinctive hops) and a good brown ale. Mostly the first and last but it wasn't entirely one if the aforementioned styles. I really enjoyed it
Apr 28, 2021
Indian Brown Ale from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
6281 ratings
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