Alexander Keiths Red (Amber Ale)

Brewed by Oland Brewery (AB-InBev)
Style: Amber Ale
Halifax, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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this is now the best beer we have at my work, wich ofcource doesn’t say very much for our selection. Cource maby I am blinded by the thirst and exaustion that leaves the kitchen with me, but I find this one to be refreshing and a little better. Better than what is the question. Pours a "very clearly too perfect to be natural" ruby red, with some high levels of carbonation and a prety pathetick head of misty white fizz, but I feel that like most clasic Canadian ales {and that is what this realy is} it’s best from the bottle. Aroma is a little sweet, and a little hard to completly detect due to the mass amout of co2 flowing out of the neck. Taste is where it wins me over a 50, but only slightly. Slightly bready, nutty sweet malt makes a tiny first aperance, folowed by a very nice, yet overly small splash of nice pinny tangy hopy bitterness, folowed by a sweet and rosey finish with a trace of yeast. Add to that it’s dry, thin and slightly silky palat, and light "almost not there" mouthfeel, not to mention it’s light dry aftertase, this is a perfect realy hot, tired and thirsty, 20 seconds to swalow beer. And, realy, isn’t that what a clasic Canadian ale shoud be? not a delecate sipper for the refined palat, but an honest beer for the workin man.and in that respect, it’s a great choice over the normal montreal tavern molson and labat prodouts. But in this beer-o-centrec world of ours, this is a standard blend of artificialyfermentend grains that is for some reason called beer. All depends on you’re point of view I guess. Cheers

Bottle at pinball. Clear orange-red coloured with a small white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, bread andhops. Fruity flavour of caramel, bread, cardboard and hops. Hoppy finish.

Bottle at Pinball’s - Thanks. Clear golden/amber - white head. Roasted, amber malts, red berries, toasted, toasted, caramel, light fruity notes, Watery and thin finish.

341ml bottle pours a pale amber color with a small white head that leaves very little lacing on the glass. Aroma is light caramel and mild grassy hops. Taste is mild caramel malty sweetness with a light grassy hop bitterness. Standard macro fare.

473ml can. Nice red ochre colour (Lovibond 17). Decent head and lace. Good carbonation. Smells like caramel and maple! BUT...Tastes worse than medicine. Bad aftertaste too - metal and mothballs. Such potential, such bad beer.

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and a bit of metal, leading to a dry finish. Thanks pinball for sharing.

34.1 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light caramelish. Toasted malty, caramelish and light fruity. Ends dry and bitter.

clear brown, small white head. mild malty aroma, flavor is malty, flowery, mild.

Bottle 34,1 cl. Courtesy of Pinball. Pours a clear amber with a small dissipating off-white head. Subtle roasty nose with a discreet whiff of aroma hops. Light body, dry caramel accents - and then absolutely nothing. Waters out completely with no bitterness what so ever. 150512

Bottle. Red amber colour. Bitter Nose with slight smell of metal. Taste is slightly bitter with molasses and a watery finish.

meh; 16 oz can carried over the border by a canadien; not sure if I should thank him nice amber pour; faintest aroma of caramel malt. taste was watery and bitter; poured most of it in a stew pot (might be a mistake)