Buckerfields Arctic Ale

Brewed by Swans Hotel (Buckerfield Brewery)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Victoria, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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A very simple but refreshing beer. Nothing cheap. It is solid, I was slightly drunk when I tested this because pints were so damn cheap, but I did enjoy it and I remember it was a very quiet and balanced beer. Try it.

Light grain in the nose that’s about it. Pours golden not much head or lace. Soft grain flavor a hint of residual sweetness and faint crisp hops. Not mich here. Light easy refreshing on palate.

Pale yellow fizzy drink at pub. As ’barely there’ as an ale can be. Aroma is not unpleasant so much as absent. Some light grassy hop I suppose, but barely. Crisp n’ drinkable n’ all, of course. Not sweet, which is good.

Glass, 5 ounces, draught, at the pub, savoured on April 30, 2009; eye: straw, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, slight lacing; nose: light malt, light hops, slight grapefruit; mouth: slight malt, slight hops, light corn, finale where the hops makes a surprising appearance, medium body, lightly bitter, medium-light body, slightly grainy texture, rather carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place, savourée le 29 avril 2009; œil : paille, claire, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse fauve, très légère dentelle; nez : léger malt, léger houblon, très léger pamplemousse; bouche : très léger malt, léger houblon, léger maïs, finale ou le houblon fait une apparition surprise, corps moyen, légèrement amère, corps moyen-léger, texture légèrement granuleuse, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : correct

Some corn and light sweetness in the nose. Brilliantly clear golden body is topped by a low white head that recedes rapidly to a partial cover and ring. Light malt sweetness with some notes of corn. Balanced bitterness and fruity in the aftertaste. Medium light body with moderate carbonation. Somewhat watery in texture. Tulip glass. Just above fridge temperature. Bottle purchased at Brewery Creek in Mar-09.

Draught at the brewpub
Blond color. Is it really an Ale??? Think of an average Lager...

pours a yellow colour with a thin white head. a grain and corn and malt taste.

Pale with a thin white head. Aroma is light wheat, malt, and honey, not a whole lot here. Taste is malt, honey with very light crystal malt.

Cloudy bright yellow. Sweet grainy aroma, doughy. Sweet grainy palate, a little corn, with a berry fruit note. A little too sweet for me.

on tap-pours a retaining thin off white head and yellow color. Aroma is musty, grain. Taste is sweet grain, musty, faint light fruit, light hops. OK effervescence.

On tap at the brewpub
Golden and bright. Slightly earthy aroma. Sweet palate, some anglohop. Somewhat bready but also somewhat doughy. Finishes fairly dry, with something of an English hop taste. What can I say - dull as dishwater.