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Nut Brown Ale
Oak Creek Brewing Co.
- From:
- Oak Creek Brewing Co.
- Arizona, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
Ranked #88 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #24,878 - Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 13.3%
- Reviews:
- 53
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 17, 2024
- Added:
- Nov 15, 2002
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 27
Winner of both the Gold and Bronze Medal in the North American Brewers' Association competition. This northern Arizona favorite has a consistent nutty flavor with just a hint of spice in its depths. A slowly emerging bitterness crops up along the way and is unobtrusively incorporated into the smooth flow. It finishes with a gentle nuttiness and spiciness.
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Reviewed by laketang from Arizona
3.33/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
In the glass deep amber brew with a small tan head.
Notes of roast, bread and dark fruit.
Hop bitterness, mild and not sweet. Caramel notes too.
Low flavor profile for me, could use some chocolate notes.
Light feel, a bit watery.
Feb 27, 2022Notes of roast, bread and dark fruit.
Hop bitterness, mild and not sweet. Caramel notes too.
Low flavor profile for me, could use some chocolate notes.
Light feel, a bit watery.
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
3.6/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Look - really dark brown with a slightly tan head
Smell - nutty slightly dark chocolate malt
Taste - sweet nutty dark roasty malt
Feel - lighter body and a medium carbonation
Overall - pretty nice nut brown
Jan 10, 2022Smell - nutty slightly dark chocolate malt
Taste - sweet nutty dark roasty malt
Feel - lighter body and a medium carbonation
Overall - pretty nice nut brown
Reviewed by dream from Nevada
4.25/5 rDev +17.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +17.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Solid Brown Ale. I drink a lot of brown ales and I like the take on this one. I'm thinking the hop profile might be off-putting to some, but I think it's a crusher. Sipping in my snifter at the moment.
Dec 31, 2021Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.16/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.16/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Picked up a 6 pack of this from a trip to Arizona years ago.
Here comes one of my favorite lines from the appearance category: Brown ale pours brown! Lighter colored brown head 1/3". The aroma hits the nutty commercial tug job. Fire up some earthy dirt notes from around a campfire.
Taste was equal parts red ale and brown ale. Still clung to the earth dirt notion, and I don't mean that in a pejorative way. Didn't get anything resembling a spice note. Probably wouldn't have made sense anyways had it been there. A slight metallic bitterness to it. Has a relatively thin body but that is expected for style and geographic realities in an Arizona desert. Its a substantial step above Newcastle, as there is a sufficient amount of malt to it, even if it isn't all that roasty. A lower abv might help avoid some of that kinda clashing metallic and lightly fruity aspect to it as it warms. I guess I would recommend if you were a huge brown ale guy and in Arizona. Otherwise, its just a beer in the middle.
Feb 25, 2020Here comes one of my favorite lines from the appearance category: Brown ale pours brown! Lighter colored brown head 1/3". The aroma hits the nutty commercial tug job. Fire up some earthy dirt notes from around a campfire.
Taste was equal parts red ale and brown ale. Still clung to the earth dirt notion, and I don't mean that in a pejorative way. Didn't get anything resembling a spice note. Probably wouldn't have made sense anyways had it been there. A slight metallic bitterness to it. Has a relatively thin body but that is expected for style and geographic realities in an Arizona desert. Its a substantial step above Newcastle, as there is a sufficient amount of malt to it, even if it isn't all that roasty. A lower abv might help avoid some of that kinda clashing metallic and lightly fruity aspect to it as it warms. I guess I would recommend if you were a huge brown ale guy and in Arizona. Otherwise, its just a beer in the middle.
Reviewed by Beer_Right_Back from Arizona
2.33/5 rDev -35.5%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.33/5 rDev -35.5%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
We suspect that this batch was seriously mis-brewed. We have had nut brown countless times before, and this was incredibly weak, an amber color instead of brown, and had none of the nutty, and earthy flavors we associate with a true nut brown. We will have it come back tot his one later to make sure we aren't wrong about this suspicion.
Jul 15, 2019Reviewed by StephenM from Iowa
3.83/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had on tap at the Skyview Lodge Sedona. Deep bronze with 2 finger cream head. Aroma sweet toasty, flavor sweet, nutty with caramel and molasses, mild spice and hop bitterness. Mouthfeel lightly syrupy with clean finish. Overall very good, pleasing brew.
Mar 05, 2019
Nut Brown Ale from Oak Creek Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
166 ratings
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