Collaboration with Sawdust City Brewing Company
Nickel Brook Brewing Company
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Independent Microbrewery
Flavoured Imperial Saison 11.05 % ABV
Twitter: @NickelBrookBeer
Sawdust City Brewing Company
Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Independent Microbrewery
Brown Glass Half Growler 946 ml.
$10.00 (Canadian) At the The Brewery
Twitter @SawdustCityBeer
Remember, remember the fifth of November... Especially when it comes to this collaboration. Every year Sawdust City and Nickle Brook get together to brew a beer to celebrate one of their favourite subjects: themselves. The 11.05 (SUPER) high alcohol beer celebrates Sam Corbiel (the brewer at Sawdust) and Ryan Morrow's (the brewer at Nickle Brook) birthdays which both just happen to fall on November 5th. (Get it? 11/05?) Each brewery brews the beer in turn and this year the job fell to Nickel Brook who gave us an Imperial Saison lightly flavoured with citrus. (Last year's beer was a Triple IPA or IIIPA which was a mind numbingly, face meltingly delicious hop bomb and my post about it is here ).
The beer is available in bottles at Nickle Brook and on tap at Sawdust city and a few select bars in and around Ontario. I managed to grab a growler at Sawdust just to share with you guys!
Enough talk already... I have goosebumps let's try it out.
Pours a light and cloudy, amber gold. Head is quite thin and disperses quickly. The nose is quite hot with lots of grain sugars on the nose, some wood and caramel, a hint of citrus and some bright green hops. First sip is a zippy wheaty Belgian Golden pale ale with a lasting kick of alcohol. Citrus and hints of licorice spike through the middle. Slightly syrupy, leaves sticky lips. Alcohol is hot and heads straight for the brain. Slight malic acid, citric acid, and apple flavour. Aeration gives us some sour candy, tangy, zippy pulse of alcohol with some light grains and herbal hops. Finish is not unlike sweet tarts candy.
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:
Not quite as good as it's predecessor. This beer relies too heavily on added sugar to amp up the alcohol leaving a syrupy, sweet, candy dryness in the mouth. The lovely flavour of this beer gets washed out by the residual sweetness. A good beer though, glad it only comes out once a year... I need some water. Please celebrate 11/05 responsibly.
Cheers
CJT
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