Camerons Dark 266

Brewed by Camerons Brewing Company
Style: American Dark Lager
Oakville, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle: Pours a dark chestnut-cola color...lightly hazed..decent sticky tan colored cap lasts and laces the glass. Aromas of mocha, cocoa, toffee, a light blush of wet hay and earthiness. Big dose of caramel and roasted malts in the front leave a burnt toffee on toast discernment...midway there is a wee bit of complexity with some nuts and earth tones added to the sweet roast character. Finishes slowly as the metallic and burnt husk astringency tastes slowly take over...aftertaste is lightly charred bitter with some caramel. Ample Malt backbone, sturdy body, creamy mouth feel, roasty-earthy character. Certainly a well crafted Canadian dunkel with a unique character which I enjoy. smooth, flavorful, satisfying. Certainly this brewer’s best offering and the second best dunkel on the Ontario market...hope they make this a mainstay brand.

decent some bitterness had on draught and bottle some malty sweetness, very drinkable

Bouteille 341 ml. 4.5%. Couleur brune foncé, mousse beige. Arôme de caramel. En bouche, malt et caramel, un peu de chocolat tout en étant légère. Très bonne. Une douceur goûteuse qui se boit en quantité.

Nice clear dark brown pour with pale highlights, and a silent tan head that sinks in. Smells lightly sweet with a hint of very inviting dark fruit. Taste shows very little ’lager crispness’ or hops to it and leans to a more light cherry-raisin fruit of a Mild Dark ale or something like that. A bit grape with hint of late hop bitterness. Long subtle aftertaste has toffee coffee and chocolate all hinted at. I believe the style is looked down at but in some cases like right here this brewer has a certain simple genius. Like a masterfully brewed Schwartzbier, the sum is greater than all parts.

UPDATED: AUG 6, 2007 Sampled at the Kitchener craft beer show. Pours a nice brown colour with a lot of head. Aroma is faint, but malty. The taste is filled with refreshing malts and a tiny metallic hop finish. Very enjoyable on tap.

bottle. Poured clear dark auburn with a decent laced beige head. Toasted malty nose. A thin texture, very smooth. Smokey, roasted malt flavour with cocoa. A nice drinkable dark beer.

UPDATED: FEB 24, 2008 341 ml bottle - pours a deep, deep chestnut that looks pretty opaque until held to the light - only then do some gorgeous ruby highlights make themselves known. Fluffy tan head that leaves nice lace - if someone told me this was a brown ale or even a porter (in a more dimly lit locale), i would believe them. Definitely more schwarzbier than dunkel in appearance. Aroma sweet malt, molasses, caramel, toffee, burnt treacle and a good amount of grassy hops. Flavour sweet upfront, with - as pootz notes - some charred husk character. Solid body for a lower abv%, which is commendable. There is a mild bitterness which creeps in right at the end. A unique dunkel, one I would certainly get again.

Dark finished oak colour. Nice light brown head. Robust malty nutty aroma. Sweet flavour very slight chocolate hints. Nice hop bitter smooth finish.

UPDATED: MAY 4, 2005 Sampled at C’est What’s Spring 2005 Festival of Small Breweries. Slight murky ruby-bown colour. Nice aroma - good chocolate malt character with a bit of brown sugar. Similar malty sweetness in the flavour, a but of smoke, and a fresh hop finish. Very nice.
Earlier Rating: 12/15/2003 Total Score: 2.8
Clear dark amber colour, not as dark as I usually expect from the style. Aroma is muted, with some toastiness and a bit of hops. Body is on the thin side. Flavour is well-balanced, with a bit of chocolate around the middle and mellow hops in the finish, but it lacks character.

bottle. Deep brown, small off white head. Aroma is light roasted malts, some chocolate. Taste has some notes of raisins, nutty, sweet and light. Decent.