India Brown Ale

Aroma: Rich,deep roasted caramel and cocoa. Very appealing. 1st Taste: Malty sweet then the hop bite that's not totally balanced. Overall: The smell and initial taste promises great things, that don't totally show up. There's a proper medium mouthfeel for a Brown. It does promise a complexity of flavors like chocolate, spice, coffee, brown sugar, grapefruit, and molassases. Everthings present, just not in the right mix or strength.

Poured clear with an inch of frothy, tan foam. Good retention with sticky, web-like lacing beginning from the onset. Aroma is caramel and toffee malts. A resinous hop that seems to also be a little citrus and pine mix. Brown sugar baby. Taste has a definite malt backbone. Caramel, toffee, with a lot of sugar - brown. There is a touch of hop flavor to balance. A bitterness begins to develop in the after taste. Light body which I thought would be larger based on the color. Carbonation is toward the lighter side. Like several of the other beers I have had from Terrapin tonight: good but not great. There is some off balance to the taste. Easy to drink though. I am hoping the next few change my mind. Enjoy!