Six String Brewing Bobby Brown

The name 'Bobby Brown' means different things to different people. If your formative years included the late 1970s, it might conjure up memories of Frank Zappa's confused sexual deviant. A decade later, the infamy of the name passed to another Bobby Brown whose prerogative was apparently excessive use of drugs and drop crotch pants. With those sorts of associations, you might expect a beer called Bobby Brown to be similarly twisted. But what's in a name, right? The Bobby Brown Ale from Six String Brewing is a far more wholesome take on the American dream. It has the richness of roasted barley and chocolate malts which it flaunts like 80s Brown in his pomp, while a late addition of US hops gives it a fruity character akin to Zappa's character. Six String's Brown achieves what the others couldn't by managing to curtail the excess and leave you with something that not only delivers style, but balance. NO

Published February 18, 2014 2014-02-18 00:00:00