Durham Brewing Company
Pickering, Ontario, CanadaIndependent
English Style Pale Ale 5.0 % ABV Brown Glass Bottle 500 ml
$3.95 (Canadian) At LCBO
Twitter: N/A
Down to Durham County for a OCBWeek beer. Durham County is an unusual brewery, in that they don't do much social media. They have no website, and no twitter feed. They do have a page on the OCB website, which is here but otherwise they are pretty absent from the internet. I guess they prefer to let their beer do the talking... which is fine with me. It isn't often I find their beer in bottles or cans so I was delighted to find this one at an LCBO down in Etobicoke. Mostly on encounters they beers on tap at local bars, especially C'est What in Toronto, where they brew a line of beers just for them.
Enough already, onto the tasting...
Very dark gold in colour, almost light copper, with a fantastic beefy head made up of tiny off-white bubbles. Very long lasting with good lacing. Honey sweet nose with medicinal hops aroma light pine and camphor. Honey is there on the first sip as is caramel and tangy hops. Slightly piney, floral, herbaceous. The hops are very fresh and green. Aeration gives us an explosion of bright green and piney hops. finish is floral and caramel.
Impressions: Fail, So-so, Pass, Exceptional
Cost: 5/6 PASS
Colour: 5/6 PASS
Beer Style: 6/6 EXCEPTIONAL
Re-Order: 5/6 PASS
Experience: 5/6 PASS
Final Thoughts:
Of all the beers that claim to be "British" or "English Style" this is the first one I have found that does indeed taste like a British beer. Light, floral and fresh, it is a delightful beer. Very thirst quenching, and a great beer to drink on it's own, or with some good BBQ.
Cheers
CJT
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