Proper Brown Ale
Triptych Brewing
- From:
- Triptych Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 3.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 27, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 25, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Proper Brown is our take on the classic English brown ale, built on Maris Otter, caramel malt, and a touch of chocolate for warm, toasty depth. Fuggle and Spalter hops keep the bitterness gentle and balanced, letting the malt shine in a soft, rounded pint. It’s uncomplicated, comforting, and exactly what a proper brown ale ought to be.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by champ103 from Texas
4.09/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From the can...
A: Pours a dark brown color, with a dense and rocky head that rises. Retention for days, and spiderweb looking lace left behind. This is a looker.
S: There is an odd copper penny like aroma up front. Which leads to the more traditional malty character you would expect, with a bit of a dusty yeasty aroma as well.
T: No issues tastewise however. Big baked bread flavors, toasted malts, nutty. Lots of nuance that continues to develop, like unsweetened bakers chocolate, a touch of light dark fruits/cherries, and a lingering earthy bitterness for a nice balance.
M/O: A medium body with effervescent carbonation at first. As this breath, it becomes ultra smooth. Which all leads to a very easy to drink example of the style.
Outside the odd aroma I picked up, which very much could be a me thing, this is a spot on example of the style. One I wish more breweries would make, and I bet that is even more true on cask. Highly recommended.
Dec 27, 2025A: Pours a dark brown color, with a dense and rocky head that rises. Retention for days, and spiderweb looking lace left behind. This is a looker.
S: There is an odd copper penny like aroma up front. Which leads to the more traditional malty character you would expect, with a bit of a dusty yeasty aroma as well.
T: No issues tastewise however. Big baked bread flavors, toasted malts, nutty. Lots of nuance that continues to develop, like unsweetened bakers chocolate, a touch of light dark fruits/cherries, and a lingering earthy bitterness for a nice balance.
M/O: A medium body with effervescent carbonation at first. As this breath, it becomes ultra smooth. Which all leads to a very easy to drink example of the style.
Outside the odd aroma I picked up, which very much could be a me thing, this is a spot on example of the style. One I wish more breweries would make, and I bet that is even more true on cask. Highly recommended.
Rated by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Served on Beer engine at Triptych taproom
Dec 25, 2025
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