RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Better Bitters Nickel Brook Ale

Better Bitters Nickel Brook Ale

* picture credits
copyright may apply

 Percentile 
23
overall
A Golden Ale/Blond Ale brewed by
Better Bitters Brewing Co.

Burlington, Canada

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

Local Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
Send Corrections

 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in  Advanced 
442.69/5.02.69/5.05%24.7English pint, Shaker P  Stats

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.

 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 daboskabouter (1469), Fergus, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20

Dec 25, 2006  
I thought that this ale was a fairly nice, if not quite standard in most markets, blond ale. There was a nice hop bitterness in the finish that was complimented by a sweet malt that wasn’t too sweet, as is usually the case.

 Beershine (1526), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/59/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Clear amber brown with clear, off-white head. Butter bomb threat! Diacetyl disastah! Gassy and oily. Sweet and malty, a bit messy but flavors are actually tolerable after getting past the aroma.


Barnabus (28), Niagara, Ontario, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/510/20
Jun 11, 2008  
Sampled at the brewery. It is certainly drinkable, but lacks anything distinctive. The hops are very mild and the aroma is slightly fruity.


 IrishBoy (2244), Bakersfield, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Apr 19, 2008  
341 ml bottle from MrManning!!! Nose of light hay (hops?), and a caramel and a slightly "off" note; hazy copper with a small beige head; flavor is kind of fruity, vegetal, and slightly sour in an odd sort of way. It doesn’t taste anything like most blondes I had had!


 JesseM (442), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/59/20
Jan 31, 2008    Updated: Sep 11, 2008
341ml bottle. Pours a copper gold with an amber hue. Aroma: Very nutty, with some floral hops, something fruity and fresh that I can’t put my finger on, not that bad. Taste: Nutty up front with a creamy mouth-feel, followed by a decent hop bite, and then a caramalt aftertaste. Pretty decent, not as bad as I was worried it was going to be, I just don’t understand the style classification. Golden/blonde ale? What? I guess the crispness and mild hops is something I’ve noticed before in other beers of the style, but the nuttiness? And the colour? Something isn’t right here.........the nutty flavour gets kind of annoying after a while...........


 mgermani (665), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/513/20
Jan 15, 2008  
Pours a slightly cloudy amber-brown with the briefest of heads. Aroma slightly sweet, slightly foul. Tastes remarkably like a brown ale rather than a blond or golden. That’s why the "European" hops & malt stick out so - slightly jarring. Nice dry finish with just a gentle reminder of why I found the hops peculiar. Body is limp and lifeless. I like this hybrid-brown ale, but they need anglo-hops, more body, and a touch more carbonation. Thanks to robinboyer for the trade!



would you like to read more ratings?



Then join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings.

Desired User Name
*


Valid Email (Needed to verify your account)
*

Relax. RateBeer is 100%, guaranteed spam-free. That's our promise to you.

I agree to the terms of the RateBeer User Agreement

RATE THIS BEER

Aroma

rating assistance

Appearance

rating assistance

Flavor

rating assistance

Palate

rating assistance

Overall impression

rating assistance

TOTAL SCORE

Comments

More Golden Ale/Blond Ales

Crouch Vale Brewers Gold Extra (4.01)

Crouch Vale Amarillo (3.78)

Clay Pipe Blue Tractor Ale (3.74)

Dock Street Gold Stock Ale (3.68)

Crouch Vale Brewers Gold (3.68)

Oakham Haka (3.64)

Pictish Amarillo (3.63)

Le-Brewery Norman Gold (3.61)

Thornbridge Hall Jaywick (3.61)

Millstone True Grit (3.59)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC