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Grand River Plowmans Ale

Grand River Plowmans Ale - Amber Ale

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Brewed by Grand River Brewing
Style: Amber Ale

Cambridge, Canada

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
603.42/5.03.35/5.04.7%91.7English pint, Shaker
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Commercial Description:
a robust, deeply flavoured ale with multiple malts and hops blended with some of the American 'super-alpha' hops blended with some new and traditional aroma hops
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 LadySusan (462), Ste-Therese, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Bottle at Volo. The color is amber with a thin beige head. The taste is of citrus fruits with hops and malt that gives it it’s sweetnes. For me this is an average ale.


 Glouglouburp (2778), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 24, 2008  
In short: An earthy and hoppy amber ale. Good stuff.
How: Bottle 500ml from matt7215, thanks a lot Matt. Consumed very fresh, bottling date October 03 2008, drank 12 days later (October 15 2008).
The look: Clear amber body topped by a medium beige head with medium retention
In long: Intriguing nose, very hoppy for a so-called amber ale with lots of perfumy flowers citrus. Taste has a good amount of earthy caramelized despite a rather light body. Fresh red fruits and even a hint of pineapple. The perfumy note of the aroma translate into earthy leafy hops in the taste with a slight dark tea and green tea flavour. Hopping is actually reminiscent of a ESB but with a dirtier caramelized body. Nice beer. But calling a beer Plowman’s Ale up here in the snowy north is not really appealing, it’s like calling a beer the Dentist’s Ale in England.


 Beershine (2677), Hue, Vietnam
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Draught @ Winking Judge. Deep amber with small off-white head. Grapefruity hop aroma is subtle, not in your face. Smooth, balanced, quaffable with low carbonation. Solid malts and hops both. Pretty nice but thins out in the finish a lot.


 Oakes (8057), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 30, 2008  
Reddish - and a bit of brown. Earthy aroma with hints of pine. Very earthy, rich, slightly woody, slightly lemony taste. Nice brew.


 kmweaver (2396), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 18, 2008  
500mL bottle, bottling date indistinguishable. Pours a deep, clear, ruby-amber color; off-white head with solid web-like lacing. Crystal malts, sweet red fruits, and caramel in the aroma; some earthy bitterness. Medium mouthfeel: dried fruits, earthy hops, some light citrus; basic malt core with slightly rough hop character; some cardboard and toastiness at the core. The least remarkable of the Grand River beers I’ve tried to date. A touch watery at the perimeter. Medium finish: earthy and light mineral bitterness, dry toasty malts; mildly rough throughout.


 Cartoonkhaki (1149), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Not bad this is one of my favourites from the brewery. Clean brown with light head. Aroma has some sweet malts and a bit of breadiness to it. Flavour is a little buttery and like fresh white bread but it has a nice amout of bitter to it. Medium body.


micker (31), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Aug 26, 2008  
This stuff is good. If you like bitters than this is a beer to rush out in try. The beer is very bitter, ikely the most bitter beer I’ve ever tried. Yet despite this this beer is very drinkable, and is a great session beer. Of all the grand river beers I’ve tried (4), this is the best one. Though they are all very good. Great job on a great beer.


chops (60), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 7, 2008  
In a growler straight from the brewery. Heavy amber color. Sweet aroma but a pleasant bitter finish.



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