Black Creek Rifleman’s Ration

Black Creek Historic Brewery
Brewed at Trafalgar Ales & Meads
Style: Brown Ale
Toronto, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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[5030-20121224] 500mL bottle. Toasted malt aroma is infused with fresh buttery coffee grounds. Clear, dark brown amber body with a quick bubbly off-white head. Toasted coffee malt flavour has a lingering leafy mould note. Tasty, drinkable. (7/3-/7/3/15) 3.5
(w/ jercraigs)

2012-12-24. Dark red brown body, tiny beige head. 3+ modest dry malty aroma, light earthy quality. 6+ flavour is similar, dry earthy malt lingers into the finish, modest bitterness throughout. Very mild nutty undertones. 6+ average palate is under carbonated and feels thinner as a result. Decent, accomplishes what they were aiming for I expect but it is not really to my own tastes. Bottle, LCBO, Brantford

pours hazy copper-light brown-ish, red tint, without a head. aroma: nice blend of caramel, nuts, spices, and leafy-grassy hops - light but present hopping. fresh toasted and lightly roasted cereals. taste has also earthiness, very hint of wood and nuts, hint of chocolate, clovey. average to soft carbonation, light to medium body. overall: thought it would have been boring, but it wasn’t.

Serving: 500 ml bottle courtesy of my brother in law. Thanks Brian! It pours a ruddy brown with a large head of loose tan bubbles. The nose is faintly roasty with not much else. The flavor oddly enough follows suit. There is a light roasty flavor with a hint of dark nuttiness, maybe a little black walnut. Faint earthiness with a lingering light hop bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Interesting brew that borders on becoming a porter.

500ml bottle from the lcbo Nice heavy malt aroma Dark coppery brown Nice and thick sweet malt

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur brune et voilée. Nez malté de caramel aux notes terreuses et rôties, léger de noix et de houblon herbeux avec des notes de chocolat noir ainsi que de faibles traces de café. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture légèrement crémeuse. Léger goût de noix asséchant et accompagné de traces de chocolat noir lors de l’entrée en boucbe auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût malté de caramel moyennement rôti et aux notes terreuses ainsi que des traces de pain grillé puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon herbeux ainsi que des notes de café. Post-goût moyen et un peu sec, moyen-léger amer de rôti et de houblon herbeux avec des notes de café et de noix rôties.

Pours nicely, great dark colour, nice consistency. Aroma is complex and pleasant. Great finish.

toasted malts aroma. pours cloudy brown with generous beige head, nice lacing. cocoa, caramelized malts with bitter hops aftertaste.

500ml bottle from the LCBO. Hazy brownish red with a small (with a vigorous pour!) frothy off-white head. Dry, vaguely sweet aroma that reminds me of birchbark. Taste - pencil shavings, shredded wheat and dry, dry herbal bitterness. Body is on the light side, it’s a bit undercarbonated and astringent, but it has a dessicated dry toasted wheat finish and damned if I don’t actually LOVE this beer ....

[bottle at DwEEBs meeting] Artificial viennese coffee creamer aroma with a bit of smoke. Almost clear chestnut appearance with an off-white ring. Creamy, artificial creamer flavour that is not unappealing with lots of vanilla roastiness, ending in a slightly astringent bitterness together with some mineral water. Light body, low carbonation.