Heritage Brewing Limited (Kichesippi Beer Co.) Reviews

Viper666.Qc	2.7 Heritage Maple Bush Lager Bouteille 650ml. De couleur ambrée et claire. Nez de grains de malt sucrés, moyen de caramel doux avec des notes de sirop d’érable, de miel et de houblon herbeux. Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture très légèrement sirupeuse. Goût de grains de malt pâle sucrés avec des traces de fumée de bois lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût sucré d’eau d’érable avec des notes de caramel sucré ainsi que des trace de pain grillé puis en finale l’on retrouve des notes amères de houblon herbeux. Post-goût moyen, très légèrement amer de houblon herbeux avec des notes sucrées et boisées (rappelant un arrière-goût d’eau d’érable). Sunday, February 10, 2013
Metalchopz	3.8 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager Originally rated August 2004. Tried this beer for the first time at Zaphod’s in Ottawa, on tap, a few years ago. Was blown away ! Now I buy it in a 6 pack of stubbies. I have also bought this beer in a 20 litres and 50 litres for poker nights. Pours a dark amber-red colour with a medium beige head. Small amount of lacing. Low carbonation, but a good malt scent. Starts with a fruity-sweet taste and finishes with a mild bitter bite. Still prefer this one on tap. This brew kills the other one, Premium Lager, that they make. One of my favorite session beer. Sunday, April 15, 2012
zvikar	3.3 Heritage Passion Brew At the warm beer tasting, thanks David Cohen, pours yellow to orange with a small head, aroma of passion fruit, mango, floral fresh notes, flavor is bitter with watermelon, passion fruit and malt, medium bodied Sunday, January 29, 2012
kerenmk	2.5 Heritage Passion Brew Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks David Cohen. 3 y/o beer that was kept @ the DC fridge. Pours clear light gold with a thin layer of foam. Nose - faint grass, lots of monin-like passion fruit syrup. Mouth - murky, vegetal, some passion fruit. Flat, no carbonation, short finish. Don’t like passion fruit in my beer and thus I doubt I’d like it in its prime. Saturday, January 21, 2012
DSG	3.1 Heritage Passion Brew Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks David Cohen. The bottle spent the last few years at Dancing Camel’s cold storage room at about 0 degrees celsius. Clear golden. Aroma of floral hops, some fruits (a hint of passion fruit) and a bit of oxidized notes. Medium-bodied. Surprisingly still quite decent and even pretty hoppy, can’t find too much passion fruit though. Friday, January 20, 2012
Metalchopz	3.6 Heritage Passion Brew Originally rated February 2006. Bought this limited brew at the LCBO on Rideau street in Ottawa. Created for Valentine’s week with passion fruit concentrate. Pours a slightly hazy light golden colour with a great big white foamy head. Retention is also great, and the lace is all over in small patches. Great passion fruit smell with hints of their regular traditional ale. Mildly syrupy mouthfeel. Good sweet start in the taste department, with notes of honey and the passion fruit. Then, leads into a slight grainy and bitter finish. Some grapefruit is also in the finish. Smooth aftertaste. As you all must know by know, I love fruit beers. This one is a first for passion fruit in a brew, and I think it is well-brewed. Not too sweet to gross out the stomach, but not too dull like some fruit lagers/ales. Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Metalchopz	3.3 Heritage Premium Lager Originally rated February 2006. Comes in a stubby bottle. This premium lager pours a golden colour with an amber touch. Carbonation is quite present, big white head with medium retention and good all around lacing. The nose is very nice, with floral notes and a beautiful perfume. The mouthfeel is the weakest part, being a bit thin and watery, but then, the taste bring you back right into it. Grainy malt, floral hops, slight fruit and a dry and mild bitter finish. Not much of an aftertaste. Recommended for a good alternative to macro lagers, and for a good intro to micro-breweries. Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Metalchopz	3.2 Heritage Maple Bush Lager Originally rated June 2006. This spring maple lager pours a rich golden-amber colour with a yellow-white head that disappears at a medium pace. Mild lacing all around with tiny light bubble carbonation that is steady. Sweet maple nose with a pleasant purfume of hop. Watery mouhfeel that is slightly syrupy. Beautiful sweet touch of sap that is not overly sugary. The sweetness then disappears slowly into the aftertaste. Some smokiness, but would prefer it more dominant. Overall, a nice treat for springtime and a good representation of a Canadian resource. Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Metalchopz	3.2 Heritage Black Currant Rye Lager Originally rated December 2006. Missed it last year, and this year it is at 5.5% ABV. Written Solstice Series 2006, Winter Solstice Mooney’s Bay. Pours a clean rich copper colour with a slight red hue. Off-white (almost pink) creamy head dissipates at a decent pace, and leaves nice dirty lacing all around. A surface of foam stays on the brew (the whole time). Very lightly carbonated. Aromas of roasted malts and the fruit is lightly hidden in the background. Creamy mouthfeel. The taste is sweet, but not overly, with a nice bitter finish. Both blend well in the aftertaste. I cannot stop thinking about grapefruits, as this is the fruit I smell and taste. I guess it is the bitterness and the fruit mix. Quite pleasant, will make it a rendez-vous every year. Tuesday, August 2, 2011
rejtable	3.2 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager Pretty solid delivery here. Malty, oily in the mouth. Delivers what it promises. Sunday, April 17, 2011
jimmay	3 Heritage Passion Brew 650 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a cloudy golden colour, lots of fine carbonation and a large white head, good retention. Aroma is mildly sweet, tropical fruit. Taste is also sweet tropical fruit. Sunday, March 20, 2011
Viper666.Qc	2.8 Heritage Black Currant Rye Ale Bouteille 650ml (2010) titrant à 4,5% d’alcool. De couleur rouge-brune foncée et claire. Nez fruité (léger de cassis, notes de mûres et de prunes), de grains de céréales aux notes rôties, léger de pain de siegle avec des notes herbeuses. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture aux notes crémeuses et aqueuses. Moyen goût fruité sucrées aux faibles traces aigres (notes de cassis et de mûres, traces de prunes) avec de faibles traces de légumes bouillis lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de céréales aux petites notes rôties et terreuses (faibles traces de brûlé) avec un léger goût de pain de seigle puis en finale l’on retrouve des notes amères de houblon herbeux (herbes mouillées). Post-goût moyen, aux notes amères de houblon herbeux avec un goût fruité (moût de cassis) ainsi que de faibles traces rôties. Monday, January 31, 2011
mabel	2.6 Heritage Black Currant Rye Ale [3540-20110105] 341mL bottle. Grainy fruit aroma has notes of cabbage and lemon grass. Clear, dark red body with a long-lasting foamy light pink head. Blackcurrant tart fruity malt flavour has a long sweet aftertaste. Medium body. Interesting to try but is not in a style that I like. (5/3+/5/3/10) 2.6 (w/ jerc) Thursday, January 6, 2011
jercraigs	2.7 Heritage Black Currant Rye Ale 2010-01-05. Red tinged dark brown body with a modest frothy beige head. Aroma of dusty malt and tangy fruit. Flavour is similar, dusty malt character and a dry tangy fruit character. Average palate is effervescent. Okay. Bottle from the LCBO, Toronto Wednesday, January 5, 2011
UM02	2.9 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager Malty beer with a pronounced nutty flavour. Drinkable lager but nothing remarkable about it. The Scotch Irish line from Heritage is superior to those beers released under its own name. Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Spab	2.7 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager 341 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a clear dark copper/amber with small off-white head. Malty aroma with caramel, candyish fruit and nuts. Taste is quite sweet and malty with caramel, fruit and light nuttiness. Lingering sweetness in finish; fairly syrupy feel. Ok though a little too sweet. Sunday, December 26, 2010
jimmay	2.9 Heritage Maple Bush Lager 650 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours deep reddy brown, with large beige head, leaving lots of lacing. Aroma is sour, taste is also dominated by sour, but lots of smoky malt and some unidentified sweetness, but not maple. Perhaps I’ve left this too long. Saturday, September 18, 2010
VertBaconStrips	2.3 Heritage Passion Brew Thanks Boutip for the strange and obscure beer with passion fruit. Bright straw coloured brew, clear and clean with a very bright white sticky cap. The aroma is bluntly fake on the passion fruit side, wheaty, light grain, a bit perfumy on big swirls and deep breaths - an interesting aroma which is quite powerful that doesn’t quite work. The taste is similar with more emphasis on a sharp and tart tangy punch, underlying bitterness. Some cardboard. Syrupy and fake, it is still refreshing due to the tartness. Finishes out with a lingering tart bite. I do like this more as I go just do to the light sour tart character. Not a bad beer yet not a good beer. You’re right presario - cardboard isn’t a fruit! LOL. had to add that. Friday, September 17, 2010
sinkhole	2.8 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager Bottle. Pours a deep copper/brown with an average off-white head. Aromas of sweet malts, nuts, and caramels. Taste is sweet with the caramel and malts coming through. Hints of hops and nuts and perhaps a bit woody. Not very bitter and the sweet is okay but too sugary. A decent lager. Wednesday, September 15, 2010
sinkhole	3.5 Heritage Premium Lager Draught. Pours a pale amber-copper colour with a good white head. Aromas of hops with a decent fruity note. Taste is lighter than expected with the fruit (citrus) flavours and spices nicely playing with the hops. A very nice brew. Wednesday, September 1, 2010
sseb69	2.6 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager Bouteille 341 ml. 4.5%. Couleur rousse assez claire. Arômes de malt et caramal. En bouche, assez mince et aqueuse. Notes de caramel, légèrement de noix et peu de malt. Correct mais décevante. Monday, August 30, 2010
czar	2.5 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager Fruity, light nutbrown color, malty, velvety, but still light-bodied. Tasted in a bottle at the brewery. Thursday, August 26, 2010
czar	3 Heritage Premium Lager Tasted in a bottle at the brewery. A genuine premium lager, i.e. what it should taste like : hoppy, no finish, floral and fruity bouquet. Thursday, August 26, 2010
cfrancis	2.7 Heritage Strawbeery At the brewery during their annual Strawbeery Social. Pours a slightly reddish amber with an off-white head. Aroma is intense strawberry and slightly boozy. Taste is alcohol and strawberry. It’s off balance and sweetness overload. Something of a disappointment. I had my glass then went to the IPA. Tuesday, July 27, 2010
GonZoBeeR	2 Heritage Maple Bush Lager Aroma:Light infection nose,maple.... Appearance:Dark redish-brown,good beige head... Flavor:Light maple,light infection..... Friday, July 9, 2010
DuffMan	2.3 Heritage Passion Brew Bottle. Insanely exuberant bubbly white head that takes ages to settle on top of a bright yellow body. Faint, dusty fruit aroma, slightly estery. Palate is very overcarbonated. Light tropical fruit on a slightly yeasty pale malt body, very gassy. This wasn’t too bad, but the carbonation really hurt it. Monday, July 5, 2010
presario	2.3 Heritage Passion Brew Bottle. Yellow with large porous head. Familiar fruit scent, almost could be raspberry. Flavour; I didn’t know cardboard was a fruit. Root and fruit pit bitterness. Not a pleasant beer but might have been better in the winter when brewed. Sunday, June 13, 2010
Spab	2.2 Heritage Maple Bush Lager 650 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a hazy brown with hints of orange at the edges and a smallish but lasting beige head. Aroma somewhat sour with caramel malt and smokiness. Flavour is bigger on the smokiness (although not all that smoky), lighter on the sourness (although it’s still there) and a bit of cloying sweetness not particularly identifiable as maple. Light carbonation. Not very good. Saturday, May 22, 2010
barncatmatt	2.5 Heritage Maple Bush Lager bomber from the LCBO. AP close to still dark brown with no head. AR maple, cara malt, touch of smoke FL sour, touch of smoke, cara malt, very little maple PA to sweet, way undercarbonated, to hot for the abv OV TICK! Saturday, May 15, 2010
Spab	2.3 Heritage Passion Brew 650 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a cloudy yellow gold with lots of small bubbles within and a large white head and good retention. Aroma of sweet, cloying tropical fruit. Taste is sweet tropical fruit which hides just about anything else. Definitely overcarbonated. Meh. Friday, April 16, 2010
terrybail	1.5 Heritage Passion Brew 650 ml bottle from the LCBO ok this smells pretty good but tastes just aweful Monday, April 5, 2010
Strangebrewer	3 Heritage Passion Brew 650ml bottle. Poured clear amber with a white film of a head. Sweet candied fruity aroma. Watery texture. Bready malt backbone with a tangy passion fruit flavour. Medium-light bitter citrus peel finish. Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Cartoonkhaki	2.3 Heritage Passion Brew Light hazy gold colour with thin white head the left quick. Aroma is lightly malty but has that metalic bar towel hint in the background, but it isn’t that bad. Flavour is bitter sweet body is kind of light. Friday, March 12, 2010
DerWeg	2.8 Heritage Passion Brew Slight hazy orange-gold look and short fizzy head. Fine light carbonation. Decent aroma of sweet and tangy fruit, some lemony hop. Taste nice hop and passion fruit combo, with a light acidity of the fruit working well. The hops are a little earthy as well. Body is medium-light, it’s a crisp refreshing bee yet not too dry. Their beers can be a little similar yet the fruit is nicely used here. Saturday, February 20, 2010
cfrancis	2.5 Heritage Passion Brew Pours a rose yellow with a quickly dissolving white head. Aroma is somewhat fruity and a little hop. Aroma is a little lacking. Taste is grain and fruit but really thin. Needs some more pop. Tuesday, February 16, 2010
pootzboy	3 Heritage Passion Brew Bomber from the LCBO: A pleasant surprise! Poured a dark gold clear ale in the stein with a small white cap. Poor retention. Nose is light but nice; biscuit malts, grassy hops, hint of fruity perfume. Light bodied, biscuity with a light hop bight and a fruity presence that rides just below the malt-hop profile but provides a nice ambiance with the hopping. finish is clean lightly bitter and very light fruity sweetness right at the end. A very approachable mild ale with a subtle fruit extract tang to it.....decent. Thursday, February 11, 2010
barncatmatt	2.8 Heritage Passion Brew bomber from the LCBO. this is a decent lager with some fake fruit thrown in. the base lager seemed drinkable. id have it again but i wont be buying another bomber. sometimes you just gotta tick. Tuesday, February 2, 2010
cfrancis	2.5 Heritage Black Currant Rye Ale Pours a reddish brown with little or no head. Aroma is purple fruit and rye bread. Taste is a mixture of rye wheat and black currant. The tax seems muddled and confusing. A little disappointing. Friday, January 8, 2010
Spab	2.4 Heritage Premium Lager 341 bottle from LCBO. Pours a hazy yellow gold with big billowing white head. Light sweet, grainy malt nose with maybe a little fruitiness. Taste is even sweeter and grainy. Ridiculously fizzy carbonation beyond the point of over-carbonation. Relatively weak effort Thursday, December 31, 2009
GRM	1.6 Heritage Black Currant Rye Ale Brown bottle, 650 ml, purchased at the LCBO on December 18 2009, savoured on December 24 2009; eye: ruby, clear, no effervescence, tiny beige head, no lacing; nose: burnt, grain, boiled vegetables; mouth: burnt, grain, boiled vegetables, hint of acidity, finale in vegetables, medium body, not much carbonation, thin, watery; overall: once is enough FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, achetée à la LCBO le 18 décembre 2009, savourée le 24 décembre 2009; œil : rubis, claire, pas d’effervescence, petite mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : brûlé, grain, légumes bouillis; bouche : brûlé, grain, légumes bouillis, petite pointe d’acidité, finale en légumes bouillis, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, mince, aqueuse; en résumé : une fois, c’est assez Thursday, December 24, 2009
Spab	2.5 Heritage Black Currant Rye Ale 650 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a slightly brown dark ruby, with small, soapy pinkish-white head. Mild nose with tart fruit. Taste has tart berries and a certain breadiness. Somewhat thin-bodied. Not dreadful, but not particularly good. Sunday, December 13, 2009
presario	0.7 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager Received in a trade. Seemed really cloudy so I set it in the fridge for a week. Big psssst from the bottle when opening. Almost thought it was going to foam out of the bottle. Poured a glass of foam that kept rising. Taste of the foam and it is very bad. Sour infected beer. A full sip of the liquid confirms that this is not drinkable. Saturday, December 5, 2009
asheft	2.9 Heritage Premium Lager [on tap at Chez Lucien in Ottawa] Weak base malt aroma with some caramel and fresh fruit cocktail notes. Clear dark straw under a thin, white patch and ring. Sweet, lemony caramel malt flavour with low bitterness. Faint nut and blueberry notes and a hint of diacetyl butter. Light to medium body, tangy sweet finish. Sunday, November 29, 2009
piscator34	2.3 Heritage Maple Bush Lager Bottled sample via boutip. Pale amber in colour with very strong and fizzy carbonation. Maple syrup aromas dominate, along with some sour citrus, caramel, and mild smoke notes. Flavors are of maple, tree bark, and under ripe orange. Very dry. There’s an odd sourness here that isn’t quite "off beer", but is still somewhat disconserting. Hardly seems smokey enough to be classified as a smoked beer. Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Radek Kliber	2.8 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager on tap at C’est What Appearance: clear dark amber look , ring on white top , light mid white fizz. 3- Nose: fruity , sweet candy feel , touch of caramel. All out malt. 6- Flavor/Palate : mid light bodied. Sweet with light nutty character , bit too sweet. Raw sugars. Earlier Rating: 10/4/2005 Total Score: 2.8 Fine, creamy head, amber gold brew. Faint aroma, malty, light spice and gentle hop character. Clean body, light woody, hop character present. Flatter finish, Tuesday, October 6, 2009
DerWeg	2.2 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager Tap at Volo - unlike a certain good fellow I did not feed my pint to the nearby potted Chrysanthemums LOL. House yeast character is notably present, making this an earthy, uneasy sweet light-tasting dark lager of a herbal character - it reminds me more of any given bad dark ale from Ontario. Dilute. Simplistic sweet toasted malts. As the man watering the flowers with this beeralready mentioned, the hops are neither prominent, nor of any notable character. Sunday, October 4, 2009
jercraigs	2 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager 2009-10-01. Brown, small beige head. Awful weird aroma does not warrant description. Flavour is similar, harsh dry malt, light astringency, rough. Average to thin bodied palate. Not sure what is going on here but it did not work for me at all. On tap at C’est What Earlier Rating: 8/9/2003 Total Score: 3.2 July 2007. Bottle at LCBO Summerhill Tasting. Chestnut brown body with a small off white head. Sweet aroma of brown sugar, dark malt, and a light nutty note. (6+) Sweet malt in the flavour has a mild nutty roast, and a light bitterness that increases slightly with each sip and lingers pleasantly in the finish. Aftertaste. Better than I recalled it being. 6+/3/7/3/14 - 3.3 <P>TFOB August 2003. Copper/amber colour, Bit of malt and hops in the aroma, more bitter than I was expecting. Better than the lager. 5/3/6/3/14 - 3.1 Sunday, October 4, 2009
GRM	3.2 Heritage Premium Lager Label states Heritage Riverkeeper, brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on October 2 2009; eye: golden, clear, good effervescence, voluminous white head made up of rather large bubbles, good lacing; nose: malt, hops, light caramel; mouth: malt, hops, floral, fruity, grain, light caramel, finale in malt with floral presence, quite carbonated, mildly bitter, slight astringency, medium body, slightly grainy texture, lightly sour; overall: suprising FRANÇAIS Étiquette se lit Heritage Riverkeeper, bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 2 octobre 2009; œil : dorée, claire, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche abondante formée de bulles plutôt grosses, bonne dentelle; nez : malt, houblon, léger caramel; bouche : malt, houblon, floral, fruité, grain, léger caramel, finale en malt avec présence florale, très carbonatée, moyennement amère, très légère astringence, corps moyen, texture légèrement granuleuse, légèrement aigre; en résumé : surprenant Friday, October 2, 2009
DougShoemaker	2.4 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager On tap @ Volo. Nose is candied malt, clear garnet with minimal tan head. Taste is a candied malt, reminds me of root beer, light bodied, sweet, uninspired. Where the heck are the hops? Earlier Rating: 12/29/2002 Total Score: 3.2 Sweet malt, caramel aroma. Copper, medium vanilla head. Very hoppy at first, malty aftertaste, hint of orange. Quite bitter, for the style, fairly well balanced though. A good Dunkel. Friday, October 2, 2009
probstblueribbon	2.5 Heritage Traditional Dark Lager 341 ml bottle from brewery, served cool in a tulip glass. Special edition brewed with fresh Hallertauer hops. App.: Deep copper, clear, rim of off-white head. Aroma: Sweet malts, nutty, light chocolate, a little woody/vinous, some bread crust, not much in the way of hop notes. Palate: Medium body and sparse carbonation. Flav.: More of the sweet malts, nutty, a touch woody and a bit fruity, a touch of floral hops?; off-dry with very little bitterness. I guess I should try this alongside the regular version. Not a particularly impressive brew. Tuesday, September 29, 2009