Brewery: Manitoulin Brewing Company
Type: Contract Brewery Est.: 2015
Location: Little Current, Ontario, Canada
Beer Style: English Brown Ale
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 33
Format: Aluminium Can Size: 473 ml
Cost: $3.10 CAD Purchased At: LCBO
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Next up on our Christmas list is a beer from one of the places in Ontario I have always wanted to go to but haven't yet. Manitoulin Island. I'm a bit of a rock hound and I love finding fossils, and apparently, the shores of Manitoulin are covered in them. There also some wonderful historic sites and now there are a couple of Craft Breweries to further pique my interest. This English style brown ale is named after the famous "Cup and Saucer Trail" which is 12 Km of hiking trails over and along the Manitoulin section of the Niagara Escapement. The Escarpment for those who do not know is a ridge of ancient cliffs and rock that extend from wine country in Southern Ontario right up through Collingwood and Tobermory and Manitoulin Island. It is rich in diverse geology and fossils. Most of Ontario's ski hills are along the Escarpment and some of Ontario's finest wineries.
While hiking the Escarpment today would not be a great idea, drinking the beer inspired by the trail certainly is.
Onto our beer...
manitoulinbrewing @manitoulinbrewWhile hiking the Escarpment today would not be a great idea, drinking the beer inspired by the trail certainly is.
Onto our beer...
Pours a translucent tea brown with an off-tan head made up of small bubbles. Aroma is sweet malt and nuts with underlying hints of cream. First sip is light bodied, fruity and malty with hints of brown sugar and molasses. Toasty, biscuit, light green hops are through the middle. Aeration brings some liquorice out of the malty aromas.
Impressions: Fail, So-so, Pass, Exceptional
Cost: 5/6 PASS
Colour: 5/6 PASS
Beer Style: 5/6 PASS
Re-Order: 5/6 PASS
Experience: 6/6 EXCEPTIONAL
Christmas Cheer 6/6 EXCEPTIONAL
Final Thoughts:
The was a delicious beer. I was truly sad when I finished it. Well balanced lots of flavour I could easily enjoy this any time of the year, and you should too.
CJT
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