Four Peaks – Next Seasonal Announced!

Category: Beer News, Four Peaks Brewing

Dan | March 25, 2010 | Comments (0)

From Four Peaks Brewing Co.’s in Tempe, AZ – Four Peaks Announces Next Seasonal Beer – Leroy Brown Ale

What is the most requested beer that we make?

If you said Pumpkin Porter you’d be half right. In our estimation Pumpkin Porter is the most popular of our seasonal beers but not the most requested. That honor goes to Leroy Brown.

No, it’s not a request for Jim Croce’s great song that we’re talking about, we’re talking about the eponymous Leroy Brown Ale.

Ah, Brown Ale; a somewhat forgotten style. And since baseball’s opening day is around the corner it’s easy to portray Brown Ale as a player. One that doesn’t grab headlines but always seems to make the team. A utility player; reliable, loyal, a beer that can come off the bench and ignite a rally and energize a clubhouse. Until the stars start producing again, then it’s back to the bench; but stay ready Big Guy, we’ll need you.

Sometimes, though (to carry on the metaphor way too long) the manager just can’t ignore the chants of the crowd any longer, and out trots Leroy Brown.

Our Leroy is made in the style of Northern English Brown Ales. That is, it has a slightly higher alcohol content than its Londoner cousins. It’s also a little darker. Make no mistake Leroy isn’t flashy, he doesn’t boast of a high hop content and the alcohol, although higher, isn’t going to send you tipsy into the night at 4.5%. But what it does have is talent for displaying malt flavor and aroma, most notably darker, richer, more highly kilned malt; flavors that range from chocolate to caramel, and aromas like toasted nuts and hints of toffee.

Look for Leroy’s return on the 2nd of April and stay tuned to next week’s blog when we introduce Leroy’s Hawaiian half-brother, Ali’i. You’ll like him, he’s a real nut.