Craft Circa: 1997
Style: Brown Session Ale ~ Hybrid
ABV: 3.4%
IBUs: 14
Notables: For Two Brothers 15th anniversary summer long celebration, “15 Beers for 15 Years”, this Artisan brew represents #7 of 15, released in July of 2012.
Label: Average. Does have an English vintage feel though.
Overall: I have missed the ball on the other anniversary brews, but the majority I have seen seem to be inappropriate for the summer. Unappetizing if you will. I mean I really want to try a good portion of these below, and I’m hoping some, including the Scotch Ale is still around when fall climate creeps in. It’s tough to experiment with these when it’s 90 some degrees. Sorry, but a Dark Mild, Coffee Porter, Black Saison are not the quenching type.
The Pahoehoe not pictured was released August 6th 2012. The Pahoehoe is a coconut ale. Hmmm.
OK, back to Brown Fox. Number 7 of the anniversary ales, comes in as a hybrid of sorts, I believe between a Brown Ale and a Session Ale. Session Ale if you recall from our very first review, is lower in alcohol enabling you to drink more of them in a longer session of time. It’s definitely more a Brown or Amber type of beer, but just comes off much weaker. It’s flavorful in a sense that the malt and nut characteristics of a Brown Ale shine through beautifully, but it’s much too weak for my liking.
Brown Fox is a clever name as it is Brown Ale which is sly in the fact that it will not get you drunk. This is a lot of beer to work on for little or no ROI. Return on Investment you say? Very good, but this in fact is B&B’s take on the scenario. ROI, or the “Return on Influence” as we will call it, is the rate of return you get out of your beer using ABV, Quantity and Quality of the brew.
The beer is fine, tastes pretty good, but not enough bang for my buck.
Acquisition: 22 oz. $5
~gY
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