 MrManning (1415), London, Ontario, Canada
Feb 24, 2008 341 bottle- Deeper amber liquid sits beneath a slightly off white foam. In the nose, pear and fruity malts accompanies caramel and dusty earthiness, with butterscotch as well. The taste is sweet fruity malts, bread and caramel, alongside a blast of English style hopping. Sweet, somewhat bitter lingering finish. Pretty ok.
StompBrockmore (300), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 30, 2007 341ml bottle, courtesy VeloVampire - pours clear honey/gold with a small white head. Good fruity/hoppy aroma. Good earthy/citrusy English hops in the flavour, blended well with the fruitiness of the sweet malt. Finish is ever-so-slightly bitter. Almost crisper than the same brewers pale lager, oddly enough. The two beers are actually fairly similar with this one obviously on the bolder side. Quite hoppy (for an Ontario pale ale). With a little more west-coast style (a bigger piney/citrus kick) this would be awesome stuff I think.
VeloVampire (375), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 28, 2007 341 ml bottle - pours clear copper with a short-lived but nice looking fluffy white head. Very nice aroma of good malt some light fruit, and a good dose of English hops. Flavour starts off with the sweetness of the malt, then you get a different character where the malt and the yeast combine to create a certain fruitiness, some apples and honey, then this all trails off into a mild bitter finish. A nicely balanced and fairly enticing ale, and although it’s pretty traditionally British, it is highly drinkable and a quality product. Good stuff. Would be interesting to try with a few more hops in it, preferably not Goldings.
tomthompson89 (1051), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dec 12, 2006 amber copper colour, nice balanced beer easy drinking not too crazy as not to turn away the normal coors bud drinkers out there. decent beer
Rastacouere (5202), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 16, 2006 Clear and bright deep golden ale of limited head growing potential. Quite fruity up front, more so than I expected, it immediately proposes citrus, tart honeyed apple and orange notes, a strange mixture that ultimately works okay, but feels quite alone as the hop profile is highly simplistic, barely whispering some flowery suggestions. Light bodied and without much substance, light-to-moderate carbonation. Perhaps a bit too clean. Getting a bit old I imagine, but oxidation was not really advanced, carrying perhaps minimal old pencil/graphite notes.
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