Robert Simpson Confederation Ale

473mL can. Chilled in freezer to get it to ’recommended serving temperature’. Pours a clear light gold with a decent head. Quite creamy when cold. A sweet almost flowery taste compliments alcohol and hops. Nice brew, I wasn’t expecting it to be this good after reading a few other reviews.

I had quite a few of these last year out of bottles, so I thought I’d try it again this year and rate it. It does not seem to be so similar--last year I was more impressed. Pours clear pale gold, with floating soap suds 1 cm thick. The head does not last very long at all. The aroma is somewhat hoppy, with cider, citrus rinds, bread, celery, grass, and a lot of honey. However, most of this was revealed only after letting it warm a bit. The mouthfeel is watery, but crisp, with decent carbonation. This ale tastes mostly of honey sweetness, some malty-doughiness, lemon cough drops, aspiring, and a tiny wee smidgen of hoppy bitterness. It was much better last year out of a bottle, I’m sure of it. While it certainly wasn’t bad, it seems to have declined since my last sampling. I hope this is rectified by the next tasting.

Bronze coloured smooth tasting ale from a Canadian micro brewery located in barrie, Ontario. I would definetly purchase this GREAT beer again in the near future. much better than Molson Export or any other ale out there. Has anybody else tried this quality beer? Christopher-Hamilton, Ontario

Bottle. Clear yellow, looks alright. Smells of hops and malts, pleasantly. Smooth tasting, with a fair amount of flavour, similar to a lager in taste. Not bad.

473 ml can. poured yellow with decent white head. aromas of some malts and hops with slight floral notes. flavours similar, well balanced and the floral comes through at the end. also very small metalic finish but this gives way to the floral as it warms. just mediocure nothing special but not bad.