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Better Bitters Nickel Brook Ale (pre 2009)

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Better Bitters Nickel Brook Ale (pre 2009) - Golden Ale/Blond Ale

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 Percentile 
25
overall
Formerly brewed at Better Bitters Brewing Co.
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

Burlington, Canada

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
472.74/5.02.74/5.05%30.1English pint, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
Not like most traditional ales we use 3 different malted barleys creating a medium bodied amberish ale. We then selected European hops and yeast, naturally carbonating and aging the beer for almost four weeks. This produces an incredibly smooth ale (5% alc.vol) that even the ladies will enjoy.
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 wilderthanyou (411), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/510/20
Nov 20, 2007  
Looks like coca-cola, bang on. Smells like the inside of a hollow log, peet, with some sweet chocolate notes. Flavours get a little deeper as the beer warms slightly, but still relatively thin, lightly malty sweet, a touch of hops, with a decent dry finish. A good effort, but the lack of depth and watery mouthfeel hold this beer back considerably.


 JAF737300 (791), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 30, 2007  
The beer pours with light amber color. The notes of malt show through with the hops coming to bear on the palate and on the finsh. It shows nice balance at the end.


 robinvboyer (1419), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Sep 2, 2007  
aroma is bready, and slightly cardboard. Flavoru is sweet malt, and faint hops. I think it’s past it’s prime, but still drinkable. a decent beer.


georgekessel (68), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/513/20
Aug 25, 2007  
I found this to be very tasty without a hoppy head. The barley flavor gives a smooth wet finish. This beer lacks a nice aroma but it’s got a true barley taste and saveur.


 mabel (2530), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 31, 2007    Updated: Oct 29, 2007
[468-20070728] Sample @ LCBO-Summerhill. Creamed corn and wheat aroma. Clear, amber orange body with a medium-lasting off-white head. Light fruit flavour is mainly toasted wheat. Interesting. (4/4/5/3/11) 2.7

[620C-20070916] Sample @ Feast of Fields (Hillsburgh, ON). Musty dark grain aroma is lightly toasted. Clear, amber brown body with a medium-lasting foamy light tan head. Toasted yeast flavour is fairly grainy with a bit of leafy earth. Medium body. Not bad. (7/3/6/3/12) 3.1


 ChrisThomson (382), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/54/20
May 11, 2007  
Nothing to get excited about here, but drinkable. Has a nice hoppy aroma, but little real hop bite in the taste.


 tomthompson89 (1460), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
May 9, 2007  
decent easy drinking, dark gold color, decnt head, nose of sweet malt and honey. Tastes little hops and sweet malts, medium body decent beer


 KingofCastle (202), London, Ontario, Canada
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/57/20
Apr 19, 2007    Updated: May 5, 2007
bottle: Two words come to mind: flat & harsh. As people have pointed out, this is not a Blonde Ale at all, it pours reddish & tastes like a red ale with no legs. Very disappointing. Bitter in a bad way, the finish is sour. When I poured this, it sounded like a Pepsi - what’s up wth all the carbonation? I can think of many other micro craft brews I’d rather be drinking right now. MIll Street Stock Ale is way tastier than this & actually is blonde. It kind of grew on me after a while, but in a dark/malty/orange/sour kind of way.



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