Sweetwater Georgia Brown
The malt bill gives a subtle nutty & toasty flavors and the chocolate malt provides a rich cocoa flavor with aromas that range from roasted coffee to chocolate-covered dark fruits. The hops used provides excellent bitterness in relation to the chocolate notes of the malt. The flavor and aroma provide clean floral, fruity and herbal notes. A light dose of hops brings balance to all.
Medal: Gold medal winner at the 2001 Great American Beer Festival – English Style Brown Ales.
Medal: Gold medal winner at the 2001 Great American Beer Festival – English Style Brown Ales.
3.2
455 reviews
Atlanta, United States
Community reviews
Pours a deep dark golden brown color. Aromas of vanilla, brown sugar, and touches of nuts, and coffee. Flavor has a nice blend of sweetness and coffee bitter.
Average brown ale. Pours a nice light chocolate brown color with nice malt flavor. But lacks the finish I would hope for
Clear Dark Brown appearance with a dissipating thin white head. Thick strong malt flavor, toasty, chocolate. Medium mouthfeel with a bit of carbonation. Short nice finish of chocolate and nutty malt.
Pours brown almost see thru. No head. The aroma is coffee, caramel, sweet, little of chocolate. The flavor is swwet, malty, caramel, coffee and chocolate at the end, bit watery, wish had more body
Aroma has notes of malt and perhaps coffee, hints of chocolate and a bit of alcohol. Color is a nice dark brown. Malty with a nice sweetness. Light toffee and chocolate hints. Certainly possible to drink more than one.
Appearance is medium tan head and very deep brown. Aroma is sweet malts. Taste has some nice roasted malts. Overall solid.
Bottle in hotel room Orlando... Sweet toffee fruit malt nose.. Soft sweet fruits.. Soft toffee fruit.. Soft sweet toffee malts.. Burnt suger roast malts
Bottle. Light brown color. Minimal head. Aroma is coffee and chocolate. Taste is over the top brown sugar, cane syrup, and raisins. It was awful. Drain pour.
Had a million times. First time at the brewery. Good American brown. Some chocolate, and a little nutty, with an American hop design.
Can - pours a clear but dark brown with a hint of red and a medium very light tan head. The aroma is roasted nuts, toasted wheat, leather, molasses and fresh cut oak. My taste buds picked up roasted malts, cardboard, sawdust and a hint of hop. Disappointing but not awful
Pours dark brown with a fine tan head. Nose is weak and brown sugar. Flavor is more rich at first than anticipated with a bit of brown sugar, raisins, and bread, but it fades to a tasteless finish in a big hurry. The definition of mediocre.
Bottle - from sampler pack. Dark brown and a bit translucent. Smell is of malt and roastiness. Good. Nice mildly roasty flavor with some maltiness. A bit overcarbonated.
Bottle at home. Deep brown, almost black pour. Huge head with a bit of lacing. Aroma is of sweet malt, cookie dough, tootsie roll. Light bodied, a tad watery, roasted nuts, toasty malt, hint of chocolate. Pretty thin. Almost no hop presence. Ok.
Poured a medium brown with a beige head. Aroma was of toasted malt, caramel, light grassy hops. Flavor similar, lightly metalic, toasty. Meh
Poured from bottle. Faint malt aroma. Good lookin solid mahogany with lacing tan head. Tasting caramel malt with just the right amount of hops. Hop flavors are lager and some pine. Dry cocoa notes. Easy to drink. Well done.
taste of caramel malts, nutty, on the sweet side.
Mahogany and clear. Toffee nose, medium full body.
12 oz bottle. Pours brown with tall, long lasting, fluffy, off-white head and nice lacing. Aroma is bready malt, toffee, plums and hint of herbal hops. Body is medium and slightly crisp. Taste is similar to aroma. Finish is long and dry. I could drink this a lot.
Bottle. Dark brown with a tan top and nice lacing. Chocolate and roasted malt aroma with sweet taste.
Tasted from draft. Pours a clear dark ruby brown with off white head. Aroma is nutty, caramel and a little coffee. Taste is moderately sweet with nutty and earthy flavors. Some caramel and cracker notes. Pretty good brown ale.
Decent brown ale part of a sampler pack. Deep brown color with a slight ruby hue. Sufficient dark tan head with good lacing left around the glass. Nice full of sweet malts, caramel, chocolate and light hops. More of the hops show through in the flavors, but the chocolate and sweet maltiness dominate. More caramel, chocolate, bread and yeasty notes show in the flavors as well.
From bottle it is a clear dark amber color with a tan head. The Aroma is of nutty and it has a thin ale flavor that had a sweet fruity finish
From a 12 oz bottle shared at home. Pours a clear cola brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of roasted nuts. Flavors of dank earthy fruit. Crisp finish.
Served in a pint glass at a Sweetwater-sponsored charity event.(from notes).
A - Dark brown with a reddish-orange tint; transparent but with a slight haze.
Aroma: plenty of toasted malt. Nutty with a hint of molasses.
Taste: a nice medium roasted malt. A very subtle spicy hop note. Sweet but appropriate for style. Nice malty aftertaste.
M - medium body; good carbonation; smooth
O - excellent for style
Nutty aroma clear brown pour tan head. Nutty light toast muffin flavor. Nice tight bubbles. Enjoyable.
Almost a nutty taste with coffee as the finisher. This brew is alright. This is just a filler now.
Bottle. Nice light brown color, but not much else stands out for me. Just your average pour, imo.
Very smooth! Light for a brown. A hint of hippiness from the first sip or two. Tasty!
2oz on tap at Ei8ht Ball. Mostly clear amber brown color. Good thin off-white head. Nutty nose, touch of dark fruit, a little vanilla. Toasty in the flavor. Medium body. Smooth, kind of creamy lighter carbonation. Very light dry finish. Some chocolate. Light to moderate sweet taste, light bitter, satisfyingly dry finish. A pretty solid english-style brown.
Tap - big khaki color foam head, very dark Amber/brown color, big bready malty aroma and flavor with some mild nuts, mild hop balance, very good overall
Bottle. This is a really malty and thick brown that is quite sweet. I like this style a little thinner and easier drinking.