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I've tried other Saranac beers (though I can't recall which). I think this one (the pale ale) is as advertised on the box - a slightly fruity, moderately bitter English IPA. Nothing earth-shaking, but a good beer for the tail end of the warm weather.
GregClow wrote:Surprising, but not unbelievable, given that there are already a few F.X. Matt brewed beers at the LCBO, like the Headstrong and Yankee Jim stuff.
I had one tonight. Meh. Certainly the LCBO have brought in a lot worse than this, but this is one I could have easily lived without. It's really just a thin bodied English Pale Ale.
TJ wrote:I had one tonight. Meh. Certainly the LCBO have brought in a lot worse than this, but this is one I could have easily lived without. It's really just a thin bodied English Pale Ale.
I guess it hasn't changed much from when I tried it in 2006, then:
"Clear orange amber colour. Quite decent aroma of fresh, resiny hops, with none of the stale notes I got from most of the other Saranac beers in the mixed pack. I thought this boded well for the flavour, but alas, it turned out to be thin and lifeless, with a very mild, simple flavour profile. Well-balanced, I suppose, but it’s hard not to be when the flavours are so subdued. Sigh."
TJ wrote:I had one tonight. Meh. Certainly the LCBO have brought in a lot worse than this, but this is one I could have easily lived without. It's really just a thin bodied English Pale Ale.
I guess it hasn't changed much from when I tried it in 2006
Right. I had my first of these around 2004-5 and more recently a few months back and it has always tasted the same. It's like a "bridge" beer for those moving up from macros but not one that would impress most posters here. Still, a decent enough session ale. Unfortunately of the half dozen or so Saranacs I've tasted the Pale Ale is their best, with their Black & Tan not bad either. Their pale lager and Adirondack Amber were not impressive.