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Muskoka Dark Ale

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Brewed by Lakes of Muskoka Cottage Brewery
Style: Brown Ale

Bracebridge, Canada

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623.05/5.03.02/5.05%43.2Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
Brewer’s Description: Premium ale handcrafted from the highest quality Kent Goldings hops, select Belgian and Canadian malts, yeast and pure Muskoka water.
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chickenman (5), USA
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4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/105/519/20
Oct 29, 2003  
A great dark beer with after tastes of coffee. Goes down nice and is very refreshing for a dark beer


 JoeMcPhee (5000), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Dec 2, 2007  
Very dark brown colour with a thick tan head. The aroma is lightly chocolatey, milk chocolate, dark toasted malts and a hint of light roast. A bit of caramelly character in the nose as well. Sweet toasty flavour, deep rich chocolatey malts. Lingering earthy finish with a soft bitterness. Really more a porter than a brown ale, but it’s tasty, no matter what you call it.


 JesseM (666), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Feb 25, 2009  
341ml bottle from a fresh sixer, from the LCBO. Pours out a nice dark ruby red/brown with a medium mocha head. Aroma: Dry roast, lots of it, metallic, undertone of sweet caramalt and toffee, very nice. Flavour: Decently complex for a 5% beer, layers of the aforementioned characteristics, quite flavourful and closer to a porter really than a brown ale. At the very least this is a highly robust brown ale in all its aspects. A small hint of vanilla is definitely present, riding along a very sweet wave of the malt body. Very well done, glad to get a fresh sample of a solid Ontario brew.


threesheets (11), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Apr 11, 2005  
Wow, predominant roast, the carbonation on my first two was great. The second was a little lacking. A decent dark beer. Purchased at my visit to the brewery.


 yarry (370), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 23, 2008  
341ml bottle, 5% a/v Pours opaque black with a small tan head. Smells very nutty and malty with the kent goldings hinting at the back. The taste is pretty malty which then turns into a nutty flavor which continues on to a very nice deep coffee. This beer is pretty badass. The mouthfeel is very full and rich and the aftertaste nice. I really like it.


 robinvboyer (1428), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Apr 4, 2008  
holy hell, a brown ale? this beer is black! If i didnt know i would think this is a porter. Very small beige head, a slightly fruity aroma, with some roasted malt, and a touch of hops. Smoky flavour, more roasted malt, and some nice hops in the finish. Smooth in the end, wow, i’m very impressed! I’ve had a few of this breweries beers, and they are pretty subpar, but this is very nice.


 daboskabouter (1470), Fergus, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 8, 2001  
Some brown sugarey sweetness and a bit syrupey. Nice brown ale though.


 jbrus (4859), Delft, Netherlands
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 12, 2001  
A bit sweet, hoppy, a bit spicy.



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