Sweet Brown Beer?

[hazel3000]

Looking for some really good sweeter brown beers. My favorite was Red Hook Nut Brown and it was discontinued! I like Moose Drool...but looking for something more.

[vorspeise]

Rogue Hazelnut Nectar Brown ale?

[Tripeler]

Just two nights ago I had a bottle of Corsendonk Pater, a brown ale, and it was other-the-top delicious. Most striking is the aroma, which shows off the great variety of herbs used to flavor the beer, though the amounts are very small, representing a very light perfuming of this robust brown ale. Highly recommended!

[chefj]

If you can find their Christmas Ale it is also a great Beer.
Nice subtle spicing, Red Brown Color, Flavors of Dried Dark Fruits and Dark Brown Sugar,with some Bready Yeast flavors. Really a great Christmas Beer.

[Enfielder]

Clown Shoes Genghis Pecan

[sunshine842]

Newcastle Brown Ale

[chefj]

Gouden Carolus Christmas or Cuvée van de Keizer Blauw
would also be great choices

[Tripeler]

Gouden Carolus would certainly be one of my favorites. Very well made beer -- delicious!

[chefj]

La Trappe (Koningshoeven) Quad would fit the bill nicely at 12% should warm the Winter for you as well.

[LStaff]

La Trappe's unsung dubbel (or just about any other belgian dubbel - St Bernardus Prior 8 is my favorite) would be very fitting of the request for sweet brown beer.

[Tripeler]

Great idea. I would also suggest Westmalle Dubbel. Complex and tasty, but a good malty sweetness.

[jpc8015]

Try Fuller's 1845 if you can find it.

[TombstoneShadow]

Bell's Best Brown and Rogue Hazelnut are real nice.

Back in the day I used to like G.I. Hex Nut on tap in Chicago, can't recall having it out of a bottle...

[hazel3000]

Great- I have not tried Alesmith's or Bell's Best Brown. The Gnarly Wine has a bit too much alcohol content for an everyday beer, but I'll still give it a taste.

[Shaggy]

Bell's Best Brown is a great brown ale, Goose Island also makes a decent one that is similar to Moose Drool. If you're looking for something sweeter, Raison De Terre (sorry for the spelling) from Dogfish is a nice, strong brown with raisiny sweetness. Also, a lot of dopplebock's out there may get you what you want. Sam Adams "double bock" might be available and is definitely sweet and malty.

[Jim Dorsch]

That's Raison D'Etre. Good call on doppelbocks. other nice ones are Paulaner Salvator, Spaten Optimator, and Ayinger Celebrator, which is unique in being darker and having more coffee notes.

[Josh]

I second all of these. I'd also add Palo Santo Marron.

[Jim Dorsch]

That's a nice one, too, albeit a bit strong for some folks.

[RB Hound]

Have you tried Samuel Smith's Nut Brown? I'd suggest Alesmith's Nautical Nut Brown, but I'm not sure you get that in the Twin Cities. You might like Bell's Best Brown.

[guanubian]

Lagunitas Gnarly Wine might work for you. It's heavy, though.

[Jim Dorsch]

I would think that many brown ales in your area will have ample malt sweetness. Where do you live?