Black Hog Brewing Co. Granola Brown Ale

This 2016 World Beer Cup gold medal winner offers us a deep reddish-brown hue in our glasses, capped by a sizable head of light brown foam that retains well before dropping to a persistent collar. Look for quite a malty aroma here, offering notes of brown bread and toasted bread crust, dry-roasted nuts, deep caramel, brown sugar, and – you guessed it – granola, all overlaid by subtly woody hops. Those malty elements form a bold center on the...