Chedabucto Bay Rare Bird Ale

Brewed by Chedabucto Bay Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Guysborough, Canada

[026-20060901] Tap @ Rare Bird (Guysborough, NS). Fruity grape aroma -- the white juice kind, not wine. Very clear amber body with a creamy white head and a few big fat bubbles coming from the bottom of the glass. Tastes like sweet candy, yeasty, fruity, a little astringent and very much like grapes. Medium body, kind of watery and fizzy on the tongue. Very different grape characteristic but doesn’t quite get it together.

Golden yellow, small white head, and okay lacing on the glass. Sharp dry bite up front, white grape juice tartness and light hints of what might be yeasty diacetyl? Sweet-tart white grape aroma, touch of a musty/musky aroma and a lot of fruitiness throughout the aroma and flavour, very light hint of banana. I curious to know where some of these flavours are coming from and if they were on purpose. Not entirely unpleasant, but a bit bizarre and I can not think of any other beer off the top of my head that tasted like this – a rare bird indeed! 5-6/3/5/3/11

On tap at the brew pub. Golden colour with a mostly lasting creamy white head. Honey and fruity aroma. Touch of caramel. Honey, light fruity, sweetish finish. Malts are there, but I’d like to see some more hops to finish it off. Light bodied, clean and refreshing.