United Nations of Beer

Peak Organic Nut Brown

by Ashley Cotter-Cairns
(UNOB HQ)

Peak Organic Nut Brown
Peak Brewing, ME, USA
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It's not often I send back a beer. Especially on a day I have tried over 40 different brews and one is more or less merging into another.



There was an infamous moment in Japan when I sent back a beer for being 45% head. Apparently this is not the done thing in Japan. But hey, I'm not Japanese.

And I'm not dumb either (insert your favourite denial of this here). So when I was served a glassful of Peak Organic Nut Brown ale that was distinctly red and thin-looking, I went back to the stand.

"Are you SURE this is your Nut Brown ale?"
"Oh yes."
"Only, it's not brown. It's red. And you DO advertise a red ale here too."
"Yes, but we're out of the red ale. That's the nut brown."

Okay, so I got that from the horse's mouth. This WAS the Nut Brown ale I was tasting. Weird. I've reviewed a bunch of North American red ales in my time as Sec-Gen of the UNOB and this was as typical an example as any I've tried.

But they are the experts. And so I reviewed this as if it was a Nut Brown ale. After all, that's what they served me... right?

As you'll see from the video if you bother to watch it, I wasn't disgusted by this beer. In fact, it was a really quite pleasant red. Yes, RED. Come on guys. You screwed up. I can't blame you. It was a hot day. A very busy, hot day. So you sold out of the Nut Brown and mixed up the labels.

Because this was NOT a glassful of Peak Organic Nut Brown ale, or I'm actually a Russian with a rather affected British accent.

Next time I'm in Vermont, I'll seek out bottle or glass of this stuff and try it again.