Countdown Honey Brown
Thunder Canyon Brewery

Reviewed from notes. This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a brown color with a bar pour’s kind of slim head. The smell had a light sweet honey and then a roasty and woody spicy aroma (mesquite perhaps). The taste took the honey and the woody spiciness and let in a light toasted grain and caramel. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable quality to it. On the tongue, it came across with a light tingle of spice but still letting the honey come in as well. Overall, pretty good brown ale that had a little more going on than other brown ales I’ve had. I’d have this again.

 

This beer is brought to me fresh from the tap with a frothy, lightly browned, tan colored head that starts out about a quarter-finger in thickness. The beer is a dark, opaque brown color that shows brilliantly clear, dark, amber brown notes around the edges. The aroma has a lightly sweet, caramelized malt notes to it, which is followed by a toasted malty note.

The taste is fairly sweet with notes of caramel, toffee and a honey-like sweetness that melds deeply with the sweet, dark malt notes. A nice level of carbonation adds a bit of a bite and along with a light hop bitterness, helps to balance some of the sweetness. This has a really nice toffee like character to it and at times it even takes on flavors reminiscent of a cola (perhaps that mix of honey and dark malt is what creates this).

This is nice and easy drinking, the sweetness does give it a touch of a sticky mouth-coating quality, but it helps to make the honey quality noticeable (if this was dry, the honey character would be lost, as it is, it is still subtle). I want to not like this for some reason, ultimately I do though and would even try this again.

Dark brown color. Small white foamy head. Aroma is nutty, fruty and sweet. Medium bodied brown ale. Malts are nutty and sweet. Hops are mild and slightly bitter. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftetaste is malty and slightly sweet.