Rickards Dark

Brewed by Molson Breweries (MolsonCoors)
Style: Porter
Montreal, Canada

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Pours the color of Cola, with a little light penetration, a bit of off white head. On the nose there is the slightest hint of dried fruit. Diddo on the palate with a touch of coffee. I enjoyed this beer, and would drink it again - just wish there was more complexity to it..

341ml bottle pours brown in color with a finger of off-white head that leaves a few spots of lacing. Aroma is light roasted malts and mild chocolate. Taste is light roasty bitterness with faint hop bitterness and enough malty sweetness to balance things out a bit. This is definitely one of the better macro brews from Molson’s. I almost enjoyed it, which is quite a compliment to Molson’s.

Tap. Light to moderate toasted for the malt, light herbs for the hops with a hint of cardboard and dustiness. Head is small, fizzy, off-white with no lacing and is almost fully diminishing. Color is sparkling clear dark brown. Flavor is lightly sweet and acidic to start and lightly acidic in the short finish. Palate is light to medium, watery with a lively carbonation. An okay dark beer to have at a steakhouse that really should have better offerings (The Keg, Montreal), but this is no Porter.

Note faites de mémoire six heures plus tard. A : Beau col! Faut dire que je l’ai eu en fût. 1.75 Odeur : Bonne odeur d’érable 4/5 G : Pas mal! Mais je soupçonne qu’ils ne font qu’ajouter un peu de sirop d’érable après la fermentation et qu’ils pasteurisent le tout. Je crois qu’un peu de houblon derais du bien mais je suis agréablement surpris. SI vous aimez le sirop et les bières sucrés. Une bière honnête qui dépanne dans un bar en autant que vous aimez les bières sucrés.

Deep brown pour with a tight fading brown head. The aroma has a fairly nice chocolately character. Cocoa and milk chocolate along with some other malt character. There is a little bit of sweetness. The palate is a little bit chalky and prickly. There is a touch of hoppiness but it’s a bit restrained. Decent enough brew actually.

Tallboy can in St Catharines. Remind me never to complain about US liquor/beer laws again after visiting the Canadian, Soviet-style stores. Anyway about the beer: better than average but nothing amazing. Relatively thin for a porter and I wish the maple syrup was more than "a hint."

On tap. Poured a brown color with a small sized off white head. Aromas and tastes of roast and caramel...not much else.

341ml bottle. I little surprised to see it rated so low, I rather liked it. I guess classified as a porter it isn’t a very good representative of the style, but it was a decent dark ale, nonetheless. I suspect the maple syrup might be more for marketing than anything else, but that’s ok. Having tried some maple beers maybe its best that the flavour didn’t carry over much. Flavour has hints of maple, as well as coco and a little hops, but is mostly toffee. Not too sweet for my tastes, but not completely balanced.