Brown Ales trace their origins back to the late 17th-Century. And like many historical beer styles they almost disappeared before undergoing somewhat of a revival; albeit that revival was a century ago.
They are mostly assigned to English brewers, and in more recent times the American Brown Ale was born. Of course, the American version involved adding more hops to the beer.
I’ve probably said it before, but I am a real fan of Brown Ales, particularly the well-executed American style. It’s a beer that I’d like to see more of, so I’ll always grab some when any of our brewers turn their hand to the style.
Sadly, we could only get a handful of cartons from Kees on the last container. Fortunately, we have just about enough to include this beer in our members pack.
Kees suggests the beer is ‘richly sweet & nutty’, and there’s not a lot to argue about there. Quite rich caramel malt with hints of hazelnut. It finishes relatively dry with a lingering bitterness; though personally I’d love some more hops to this beer. (But I’m being fussy).
An Imperial American Brown Ale has all the best elements of malt body and hop bitterness
A Russian Imperial Stout brewed to an original English recipe from 1750
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An Imperial Saison aged 6 months in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels
A delicious dessert beer, this is like caramel fudge in a glass
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A spicy Rye Imperial IPA, with generous additions of Citra, Simcoe and Cascade
An old 19th Century beer style, dragged into the current craft beer world by a creative and talented brewer
A triple dry-hopped Imperial IPA, the 2020 single hop edition features Chinook hops
An IPA from Kees, finished with a French saison yeast for an interesting mix of beer styles
Kees' version of a NEIPA - or at least a hazy IPA - full of Citra, Mosaic and Loral hops
A new version of Kees' hazy IPA featuring Citra, Mosaic and Loral hops for a soft, juicy IPA
A lightly smoked summer dopplebock - apparently it's how the 'Indian's celebrated the autumn!'
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A milkshake IPA, made using lactose and with the addition of fresh mango and vanilla
A chocolate orange stout in collaboration with De Dochter Van De Korenaar
A hop-driven pale ale dry-hopped with loads of beautiful Citra hops
Pineapple, coriander and szechuan peppers plus a little lactose make for an intriguing milkshake IPA
A really juicy, and very intriguing, single hop IPA using experimental hop HBC472
A chocolate oatmeal stout with loads of fresh strawberries added
A rich Russian Imperial Stout with cinnamon and brown sugar, based on the traditional Dutch pastry dessert
This Bourbon barrel aged imperial stout is a three-way collaboration with Alvinne (BEL) and Velka Morava (RUS) brewed at Brouwerij Kees
