^^ Aspen Brewery ^^

Beer Stats
Style	Brown Ale
Color	Medium brown
IBU	45-50
ABV	5%
Availability	Year-round

Aspen Brewery’s American Brown Ale offering – get ready to enjoy an amazing balance between Golding’s aroma characteristics and rich, chocolate, even slightly woody or smokey maltyness. Vienna, Munich and Caramel malts provide the muscle behind this beer – but don’t get intimidated, this Brown’s smooth finish will leave you thirsty for a second, or even third pint. Brown Ales are some of the oldest ales in written history, British drinkers have been enjoying this style for many hundreds of years. Our goal at Aspen Brewing Company is to provide Aspen with the best beers possible, we feel we would be short-changing our beer-drinking friends if there wasn’t a dark, delicious & mysterious Brown.

The Aspen area is full of black bears, so why is our beer called Brown Bearale? Funny story – many of Aspen’s black bears aren’t really black, they are a sort of cinnamon-brown color. So when a momma cinnamon bear and two of her cubs (one black, one cinnamon) broke through the garage door of the house where Duncan, Brad, and Rory were living – and began to chow down on the homebrew grain supply – a name was born. P.S. it’s pronounced Brown Barrel. We hope that you will have as much fun drinking the ale as the bears did eating its ingredients!

We recommend meat if you are eating while drinking Brown Bearale. Brown Bearale is, when it comes to food pairing, a more robust beer than the Conundrum. This means there is a bit of overlap, but for the most part Brown Bearale can stand up to richer foods than its Red brother. Try Brown Bearale with a piece of venison, elk, or buffalo. If you are a grill/smoker master, smoke poultry, pork, or any of the above mentioned meats, and eat with Brown Bearale. This ale goes wonderfully with rich, hearty, cold-weather stews very well too. Don’t be afraid to add some Brown Bearale to the stew’s base! Also, check out Chef Jason Casey’s recipe.