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Alexander Keiths Dark Ale

Score
133
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Oland Brewery (AB-InBev)
Style: Brown Ale
Halifax, Canada
Serve in Dimpled mug

bottled
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RATINGS: 83   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.4   EST. CALORIES: 123   ABV: 4.1%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Based on the authentic recipe from Alexander Keith’s brewery dating back to the late 1800s, Keith’s Dark Ale is crafted using roasted specialty malts to create a dark mahogany coloured ale with distinctive notes of chocolate and coffee. This smooth tasting Dark Ale is brewed to the same uncompromising standards as all Alexander Keith’s fine beers.


2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
reebtogi (2159) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - MAY 21, 2012
341ml bottle pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head that leaves some thin spots of lacing on the glass. Aroma is light caramel and chocolate with a hint of coffee. Taste is malty sweet with hints of chocolate and coffee. Body is thin for the style and carbonation is weak. Overall, flavors are too mild and body too thin for the style and not that great.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 4/20
JHunter (491) - British Columbia, CANADA - JAN 20, 2012
Pours black with a medium off white head. hints of roasted malts in the aroma. flavour is way to watered down i can see why they changed the from a stout to a dark ale but didn’t make it taste any better

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 4/20
stantheman (83) - British Columbia, CANADA - NOV 19, 2011
Truly the most insipid dark beer I have ever drank. Has nice color and that’s about it. A waste of time and money!

2.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
RICHARDYU (6) - - AUG 30, 2011 does not count
smoke, black, clear, rocky head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium body, thin feel, bitter,

2.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
phaleslu (3530) - Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - AUG 22, 2011
Draft in a sampler at the Red Stag Tavern. Pours a deep, cloudy brown color with a small tan head. Best looking of the bunch. Nice toasty aroma but the flavor washes out into an oily, soapy mess and leaves the toast in the background. Light-bodied, soapy, and dry. Medium carbonation. Weak brown ale.

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
mnurda (784) - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - AUG 22, 2011
On tap at the Sheraton bar. Pale dark (if that is a colour?). Bit of a tinny taste. Woudl not try this again.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
DuffMan (4418) - the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, CANADA - JUL 4, 2011
On tap @ Stayners. Dark brown, creamy cap with light lace. Caramel with traces of cocoa, on the thin side, with a boxboard dryness in the finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
HeistAlmighty (540) - Saint John, New Brunswick, CANADA - JUL 2, 2011
473ml can. Dark colour, ample head. Tasty toasted malts with hints of chocolate and coffee. It might be too middle of the road for some, but the result is a very drinkable dark ale. Probably my favorite Keiths or a close second to the Tartan ale.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
paco (527) - Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA - JUN 12, 2011
Tap. Dark color with a foamy head. Dissipates to nothing in minutes. Aromas of malt and oats. Taste is weak with some malt and oats. No coffee, no chocolate. Terribly weak and watery body. Will avoid in the future.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
blackrock (2) - Ontario, CANADA - MAY 24, 2011 does not count
Dark chocolate nose with hint of hickory. Flavour is bold, smokey coffee and chocolate. I have only seen this beer on tap at select bars.


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