Beer Review: Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale

Serving Type: Bottle

ABV: 7.2 percent

Appearance: Indian Brown Ale pours a dark brown with some ruby undertones elsewhere within the beer's body. The head is beige-colored and vary thin. It dissipates fairly quickly, but you will have a thin, bubbly layer on the crown of your beer for most of the drink. The beer appears to be decently carbonated. Has a very intriguing texture. Reminded me of your typical cola soft drink.

Smell: This beer smells very piney with some sweeter undertones behind that. I got hints of brown sugar, caramel and toffee. There was also a strong aroma of smoked malt.

Taste: Of the sweeter flavors, the toffee is the most dominant in the taste department. The smoked malt adds a great bit of smoked taste to this beer, which features chocolate hints as well. Really really sweet on the tongue. The only thing separating this from a can of soda or pop is the alcohol content.

Overall Rating: 

Dogfish Head is known across the land as being very liberal in terms of combining different beer styles and taking liberties with many different flavors. This beer is a fine example of exactly what the brewery tries to do. The beer is a hybrid of an American Brown, India Pale Ale and Scottish Ale. A very interesting concoction.