Nickel Brook Bertwell 80/-

Brewed by Better Bitters Brewing Co.
Style: Scottish Ale
Burlington, Canada

Serve in English pint, Thistle

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Bottle from brewery ("wet hop" series). Pours deep amber, hazy, with floaty bits. Rich fruity aroma with English hops. Taste: caramel, pepper, dried fruits, cherry; nice. Decent body. Enjoyable.

[4857-20121011] Cask. Apple juicy fruit aroma. Slightly hazy, dark orange red body with a quick bubbly head. Light bread crumbs and grilled-ness in the flavour. Medium body. Average. (6/3/6/3/12) 3.0
(Project X @ GLB brewery, Toronto, ON)

341ml bottle from the brewery. hazy amber. nice complex malt nose, some spicy hops as well. the flavour is similar. the malt progression is really well done and the hopping is ample but not the best part of the beer. great cold weather session beer.

Bottle from From the brewery, this is a wet hop 80/- made with fresh harvested hops from a local source. Pours a murky amber-red with a 1 finger tight sticky cap. Modest carbonation. Aroma is very pleasant – a perfect balance between rich toasty-sweet malts and fresh floral hops. Flavour is what one would expect from a wet hopped ale coupled with a scots wee heavy – Rich chewy malts in front with balance from floral/resinous herbaceous hop bittering from green cones. As this finishes the hops dominate making the long wet finish pleasingly bitter. A nice mix of malts and choice of fresh hops make this unfiltered ale a very drinkable with tons of flavour.

This ale poured a deep amber colour with a nice, big, foamy, tan coloured head. No lacing. Scents include malt/caramel, gravy, ripe fruit and a light earthy aroma. First swig had medium carbonation, slightly thin mouthfeel, caramel, dough, tea and leather flavours. Finish is lightly bitter with a small amount of hop bitterness.

Pint at Loon. Very hazy copper with a light tan rim. Reasonably fruity, mice burnt sugar and toast crust, a slightly savoury hop note, a little pine/resin, sort of an odd skanky-dank aroma, hmmm. Medium body, fairly lively effervescence. Beautiful rich, fruity caramel/brown sugar malts, berries, burnt sugar with an underlying dank, resinous hops, a little alcohol, still has a slightly odd savoury note; dry with decent bitterness and a long, richly malty bitterness. Good stuff.

On cask at Volo
Aromanice floral , zesty notes with citrus hints. Clean hop profile. Sweet sugars behind.
Appearance fine haze on amber-brown with medium rocky top. (off white)
Flavor and Palate : Mellow, clean , mellow feel. Good as it was not to hefty. Honey chamomile hop notes. Golden malts. Mellow softness till very end. Balanced.

2012-10-11. Dark amber brown body with a small tan head. 3+ Mild aroma, lightly earthy green hop aroma. Sweetish malt. 7 Flavour is similar with sweet malt core and mild green hops, sweet finish. 6+ Average plus bodied palate is smooth, a bit under carbonated. Enjoyable, I liked it better once I realized they were not trying to make a hoppy pale ale! Cask at Project X, Great Lakes, Toronto

Surprisingly good English style cask at Project X. Like a wet harvest for sure. More of a bitter than the bitter available. Decent drinkablility and those hops were very nice, came through subtle but there.

Cask at Volo. Last pint of the cask. Pours a murky copper with an average size long-lasting frothy beige head. Aroma of yeast, sweet bready malt, average hops, both spicy and citrusy. Flavour of citrus hops, fruit, yeast and sweet malt. Decent bitter finish. I think this being the bottom of the cask might affect the flavour a bit compared to some of the other ratings, we’ll see, either way I liked it.