The ying to Blondes do it Better’s yang, this was the original badge for Brown Ale.
Introduced in July 2014, the badge was renamed to Bravo for the Brown in August 2016.
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Take A Dunk!
Have 5 Dunkel’s to gain this badge. It levels up to 100.
A Dunkel comes in two varieties; a Dunkelweizen or a Lager – Munich Dunkel.
Made with dark Munich malts that give the style a roasty, chocolatey backbone, a Dunkel is a dark lager while a Dunkelweizen is a cross between a Dunkel and a Hefeweizen wheat beer.
Popular in, you guessed it, Munich, all of the six Oktoberfest breweries produce a good version of the style.
Bravo for Brown
Bravo for Brown is the badge celebrating Brown Ales. Historically a popular style, in recent years they have been eclipsed by a strong trend towards pale ales.
Six styles count towards this badge: American Brown Ale, English Brown Ale, Imperial/Double Brown Ale, Historical Beer – Berliner Braunbier, Belgian Brown Ale and Brown Ale – Other.
The most well known Brown Ales are from Europe. Examples include Newcastle Brown (owned by Heineken), Mann’s Brown and Leffe Brune/Bruin (Anheuser-Busch InBev).
Flan-didly-anders
Celebrating two styles of beer from the Flanders region of Belgium, have 5 Flanders Red or Flanders oud Bruin’s to claim this badge.
These sour red and brown beers have been brewed for centuries. The beers are defined by their patient ageing in oak and nuanced blending which creates low carbonated tart, almost musty, beers. Flanders Reds are probably more well known of the two, and are sometimes know as the Burgundy of Belgium. The fruity, cherry, plum notes are certainly more reminiscent of wine than beer.
Oud Bruin, or Flanders Brown, are similarly aged in oak but the result is less fruity and wine-like. Both rely heavily on the art of aging and blending and it takes a true craftsman to produce a good Flanders Red or Oud Bruin. They are certainly not a beer that is designed to be enjoyed by the mass-produced lager drinker!
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