Muskoka Harvest Ale

Brewed by Muskoka Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Bracebridge, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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On tap at the Griffin in Bracebridge. Really glad to have had the chance to try this as I just missed a cask of it a couple years back. Taps a nice dark copper with a medium beige head. The aroma is very enticing, solid malt base of caramel and toffee biscuit, with some really nice resiny hops underneath. Flavour is even better. Same delicious malt body all the way through, with a perfect undertone of dry hoppiness. Mild fruity component appears as it warms. Feels dry and bitter on the palate, yet sweet and slighly richer from the malts. I could drink boatloads of this stuff, I really wish it was easier to find. All the elements here work so well together, I really can’t pick up on any flaws. Awesome job Muskoka.

Decent head, tan, light orange in colour. Beer is an appealing orange-red colour. Aroma of caramel malts & hops. Well balanced beer with strong hop flavour and a mostly dry finish, with some lingering bitterness.

On tap @ Hintonburg Public House. Pours a clear amber with a thick beige head. Aromas are grass and citrus. Taste is bright citrus fruit (pineapple?) and citrus hops. Mouthfeel is creamy with mid-range carbonation. What stands out is the lack of a long astringent finish that is typical of these uber-hoppy styles. The bitterness is cumulative however. Nice beer!

On tap at C’est What. Aroma of caramel, fruits and slight yeast. Quite flavourful, nice carbonation and balanced hops.

UPDATED: OCT 4, 2012 750 mL Bottle. Pours a copper body with a nice white head that settles to a tenacious film leaving generous lace. Intense aroma of sweet malts, resiny hops and a hint of toffee. The flavor is definitely full bodied; intense with loads of sweet malt and crystal malt, intense resiny and peppery "grapefruit rind" hops tapering to a toffee finish. An excellent sipping beer that represents the time of year it’s suited for.

Single bottle purchased from Zyn Liqour in Calgary, AB on 11/06/2011. Colour: Light brown with slightly off-white medium head. Nose: Quite nutty...walnut, pecan, brazil. Browning grass - like late summer, suttle caramel, whisp of burning embers, shortbread late. One of the finest aroma’s I have had the pleasure of nosing. Medium-light sweet, medium bitter, medium sour. Sweet and sour sauce up front then settles into a light oaky butterscotch middle. Generates more sweetness late then takes a sharp turn to roasted hop in a long and delicious finish. Outstanding stuff in my opinion.

Pours a dark amber with a frothy head. Big aroma of citrus, herbs and fresh cut grass/hay. Strong citrusy hop flavour with some resiny bitterness to follow... lots of layers of flavour here. Medium carbonation and nicely balanced taste with long lasting earthy finish. Tasty and enjoyable. Very nice.

Beautiful amber colour. RIght off the bat, hit the fruity scent of fresh hops. Sweet passionfruit and caramel notes at the front, with a heavy, but not overpowering bitterness at the end.

A dark reddish amber ale with a thick receeding moka head. In aroma, caramel malts, pinhey c-hops, quite nice and pleasant. In mouth, loads of caramel malts, with beautiful floral c-hops, grapefruit, nutty notes, a perfect harvest ale (in comparison to other recently tasted). Keep up the good work guys! Tasted Nov. 2010.

750m bottle, 6.4% a/v Pours rich copper red/mahogony brown combo with a nice off white head. Gorgeous looking beer! The aroma is spectacular as well, spicy/grapefruit hops and a nice caramel malt background mix together very well. The taste is also spicy and citrusy, very hoppy but the malt backs it up. Not what I would expect from a "harvest ale" but still a very impressive beer. The mouthfeel is full and long lasting, and I will definitely be getting this one again soon!