Nut Brown
District ChopHouse & Brewery
- From:
- District ChopHouse & Brewery
- District of Columbia, United States
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.6 | pDev: 8.89%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 25, 2016
- Added:
- Jul 20, 2003
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
This medium-bodied Ale is characterized by its rich, chewy sweetness. The interplay of seven different malts produces a slight toffee and chocolate flavor. This is the beer to choose if you’ve never tried dark beer before. A ChopHouse staff favorite.
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Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
3.9/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pronounced chocolate flavor - more so than any other brown ale I've had - with toffee undertones as advertised. My second favorite beer from the sampler (after the dunkleweizen).
Nov 23, 2015
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.46/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the brewpub in D.C.
Look: Amber body with somewhat weak head.
Mouthfeel: a medium body and crisp carbonation.
Overall: Average for style.
Jun 21, 2015Look: Amber body with somewhat weak head.
Mouthfeel: a medium body and crisp carbonation.
Overall: Average for style.
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.55/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at District ChopHouse & Brewery, Washington, DC
A: The beer is very hazy dark brownish amber in color and has a moderate to high amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high beige head that was continually replenished by the steady stream of rising bubbles.
S: Light aromas of nutty malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste also has light flavors of nutty malts. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This nut brown ale is easy to drink, but seems to be a little light on the body and use of malts.
May 11, 2014A: The beer is very hazy dark brownish amber in color and has a moderate to high amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high beige head that was continually replenished by the steady stream of rising bubbles.
S: Light aromas of nutty malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste also has light flavors of nutty malts. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This nut brown ale is easy to drink, but seems to be a little light on the body and use of malts.
Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois
3.18/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.18/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Reviewed from notes.
Pours a moderate brown color with an off white head and a small amount of lacing. The nose is a moderate amount of malt plus some small notes of toffee and caramel. A bit of light nutty character. The taste is moderately malty without too much going on. The feel is fairly light with nice balance. Drinks fairly well, but is fairly ordinary.
Nov 10, 2010Pours a moderate brown color with an off white head and a small amount of lacing. The nose is a moderate amount of malt plus some small notes of toffee and caramel. A bit of light nutty character. The taste is moderately malty without too much going on. The feel is fairly light with nice balance. Drinks fairly well, but is fairly ordinary.
Reviewed by jgasparine from Maryland
3.7/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.7/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A- Poured from the tap with a well-retained, creamy meringue-like light tan head... which produced some incredibly sticky lacing on the sides of the glass... over an optically clear, garnet-tinged, medium brown body, which was heavily carbonated.
S- The aroma is wonderfully husky and malty, with (low and behold) some nutty aromas. Subtle impressions of dry cocoa, and a very mild earthy hop aroma in almost perfect balance with the malt.
T- The flavor overall is a let-down. I'm getting essentially the same impressions on the palate, but they've almost been muted by an over-riding flavor of dirty water (slightly metallic and earthy).
M- Medium-plus body, creaminess imparted by a soft carbonation. A fair amount of texture from presumed unattenuated sugar. No astringency. Impressive.
D- Quaffable in large quantities.
Oct 02, 2010S- The aroma is wonderfully husky and malty, with (low and behold) some nutty aromas. Subtle impressions of dry cocoa, and a very mild earthy hop aroma in almost perfect balance with the malt.
T- The flavor overall is a let-down. I'm getting essentially the same impressions on the palate, but they've almost been muted by an over-riding flavor of dirty water (slightly metallic and earthy).
M- Medium-plus body, creaminess imparted by a soft carbonation. A fair amount of texture from presumed unattenuated sugar. No astringency. Impressive.
D- Quaffable in large quantities.
Reviewed by TheMistler from District of Columbia
3.68/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Poured a dark brown, just this side of opaque. I'd say what I found to be a solid color and look for beer itself made up a bit for a slightly disappointing head. Very light tan, it was one of those heads that seemingly needs to be coaxed out of the beer. Multi-sized bubbles. Doesn't display very good retention, settling to a whispy cap, but does show pretty good lacing.
A roasted malt nose, grainy. Coffee. Roasted peanut butter.
More nutty in flavor than in the nose. Peanuts, roasted grains and coffee carry over from the aroma to the taste. A more full nut "profile," though, beyond peanuts. A bit of chocolate. The slight but distinct coffee grain taste carries throughout, accentuated by bittering at the end. Slight citrus hop notes.
Middling carbonation, I feel it could use a touch more to crispen up the feel a bit. Drinks fairly heavily and definitely finishes heavily, with a thick aftertaste that diminishes drinkability a bit.
Jan 28, 2009A roasted malt nose, grainy. Coffee. Roasted peanut butter.
More nutty in flavor than in the nose. Peanuts, roasted grains and coffee carry over from the aroma to the taste. A more full nut "profile," though, beyond peanuts. A bit of chocolate. The slight but distinct coffee grain taste carries throughout, accentuated by bittering at the end. Slight citrus hop notes.
Middling carbonation, I feel it could use a touch more to crispen up the feel a bit. Drinks fairly heavily and definitely finishes heavily, with a thick aftertaste that diminishes drinkability a bit.
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