Brown Ale
Newburgh Brewing Company

Dark brown, almost mahogany pour with a medium‑sized beige head. The aroma offers toasted malt, cocoa, and soft toffee notes. The flavor is malt‑forward and moderately sweet, carried by a smooth, easy mouthfeel. Simple and well‑crafted.

 

16 oz can. Pours light brown with tall, long lasting, fluffy, beige head. Aroma is of herbal hops, toasted malt and some dark fruit. Body is medium and crisp. Taste is of herbal hops, toasted malt, some sourness. The bottle could be old.

I like a nice brown ale. This one is from a tall aluminum can. The color is a ruddy reddish-brown. The head is off-white and shorter than I'd like to have seen. The aroma has a nutty and chocolatey quality. Light sweetness up front, then it dries out in the back taste. Similarly, medium in body up front, but it seems to lighten up in the back. High carbonation. It's okay, but it misses the mark in several spots.

 

Poured from a 16oz can into a tulip pint glass.

L - Pours a muddy brown color. A hard pour produced a fluffy off white head that quickly subsided onto nothingness.

S- Slightly nutty aroma. Hints of toasty roasted malts and cocoa powder.

T - Crisp malty flavor. You definitely get the flavor of the roasted malt. Slightly dry finish with a moderate hoppy bitterness.

F- Thin, but flavorful. At 4.2% ABV, this ale goes down easy and is extremely drinkable.

O - A good offering from Newburgh. This ale is pretty true to the style and I find myself going back to it time and time again.

 

 

 

Pours a dark chestnut brown, nice light brown, frothy and lingering head.

Nose is a mix of light toast, watered down cocoa, faint light roast coffee; hops come off as earthy and damp.

Taste leans mostly into the toast character, same watered down lightly sweet cocoa/milk chocolate, little bittersweet, hops again present, little earthy; English like.

Light-medium body, soft and creamy carbonation; little light hop bitterness on the finish, little bit of malt sweetness seals the deal, smooth and drinkable.

 

 

Picked this up a while ago at Joe Canal's in Parsippany, as I hadn't had anything from Newburgh in ages and this was nicely priced. Not the biggest fan of English Brown Ales here but for something easygoing to kick back with, they do the job and that was true for this offering as well.

This easily checked off all of the proverbial boxes, starting with the brown pour as a ton of tan head topped this off. That was more due to the age than anything else as it was quite voluminous and full, and *very* slow to settle down. Once that happened, there wasn't any lacing to be seen, much to my surprise. Lots of toffee and bread in the nose along with a hint of nuts as the taste equally followed suit. Just a bit of chocolate, mocha, and darker bread emerged on the palate and for having a decent balance to it, the flavor profile could have been a bit more pronounced although a bit of peat moss emerged in the back as I was taking my last sips.

Born on 11/13/22, this held up well as there was only a few, dark bits of sediment at the bottom. While not noteworthy in any aspect, this was a pleasing English Brown Ale that I could have all day, nearly any time of the year. Loved the artful label and ease of enjoyment from start to finish!

on draft, served in nonic pint glass

dark brown in color, cream colored head. nice bready and caramel malt flavor in the aroma and taste, but the finish is dry which makes this very easy to drink. medium bodied.

On tap it was clear and brown with a low head of white foam. Little cling or retention and low carbonation.
Faint aromas of chocolate and brown sugar but little else.
Flavor is solid American Brown ale rather than English as the hop rate is high for style but in a good way.
Body is on the light side and it goes down easy.
Hops flare on the back end and finish leaving a slightly harsh and over bitter aftertaste.
Not a bad beer at all but lacks malt character and complexity.

 

Newburgh brown ale on draft with dinner in December, 2023. The body is dark brown, with a light tan head. This beer was heavy on the burnt malt, and a little lacking in body. The hoppy bitterness is fine. To me, it reminds me of a black lager. Its good, but not exactly what I would expect in a brown ale.

16oz can.
L: Light brown colour with tan edging. Disappointing small head disappears immediately and leaves no lacing.
S: Solid mocha aroma.
T: Coffee and hershey’s chocolate. Light bitterness.
F: Kind of thin (not unusual for a brown ale) but also fizzy (very unusual).
O: A highly sessionable brown ale. Nicely chocolatey (not really typical of an English brown ale, which usually has a tad more hazelnut) but ultimately too watery.

An easy pour produced a finger of long-lived soapy khaki foam, no lacing. Dark moose brown body with red highlights, dark ruby red in front of flame.

Mild smell of dark bread and dough, very faint floral hops. Coffee and chocolate with some roasted character.

Semi sweet with mild bitterness, bold yet malty smooth. Items from the smell are amplified with chocolate and roasted malt leading the way. Toasted grain arrives as the long finish approaches, drying to semi-dry with bitterness rising to above average. The after taste is roasted malt and grain bitterness lingering on.

Medium light bodied, carbonation is below average yet easily revived to the end. Soft and smooth as the label states, alcohol is an afterthought. Very true to style and a pleasure to drink. The red highlights were the highlight for me, outstanding look. Born on 2/15/23.

Brewer's notes; Dark in color but light in drinking / Notes of chocolate, coffee, & toffee; Traditional Southern-English style

Poured from tallboy into pint glass. Neat looking can! No points for can aesthetic, but still nice.
Pours dark, dark brown with off-white 1-finger head, dense lacing and lingering ring. Smells like toast and caramel. Tastes less so. Tastes like coffee. Sweet finish, like that same coffee but with too much sugar. Thinner, lighter, and more carbonated than I'd prefer it to be. It's alright.