Galaxy Brown Ale
Maisel & Friends

Pours a slightly cloudy, coppery coloration with a medium, foamy head. Smells of rather grainy, bready malt and tropical/berry hops, with notes of passion fruit and strawberry. Taste is a decent balance of grainy, bready, slightly caramelly malt and fruity tropical and berry hops, with somewhat faint passion fruit, strawberry and gooseberry notes, as well as the merest hint of hazelnut. Finishes with a light bitterness and some berry notes lingering in the aftertaste. Thin mouthfeel with a light/medium body and medium carbonation.

While I did like this overall, it's an odd brew and I'm not sure if it really works out all that well. They were obviously going for a hoppy Brown Ale here, which is probably not a good idea in the first place, but also really overdid the hops to the point where this taste more like a Red than a Brown Ale. While there are some grainy, bready malts to this, it's sorely lacking a more distinct roasted, nutty character and those chocolate/coffee accents that I expect from the style, while the body and mouthfeel are a also a bit light and thin. I can always appreciate some experimentation and I do think that this makes for an interesting brew, but hand it to someone in a blind tasting and not in a million years would they guess it's a Brown Ale.