Terrestrial
Wellington County Brewery

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From:
Wellington County Brewery
 
Ontario, Canada
Style:
American Brown Ale
ABV:
5.9%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.68 | pDev: 12.77%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
36
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 29, 2017
Added:
Mar 17, 2012
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  4
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Ratings by beerhunter13:
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Rated by beerhunter13 from Canada (ON)

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%

Aug 02, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.44 by StormAles from Canada (ON)

Jun 29, 2017
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Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)

3.27/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Comes across as rather light given it has s slightly higher than average alcohol​ content. Hoppier than you'd figure a brown ale to be, a little too sweet. Just makes for something a little unusual in not quite a good way. The malt sorta wins out in the end, but call it a pyrrhic victory. A noble effort, but not something i would go looking for.
Apr 07, 2017
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Reviewed by Jesterr44 from Canada (ON)

3.94/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I don't mind this beer but the end result of hopping this brown ale doesn't quite bring the flavours together all that well. Not quite as much smooth malty/caramel/bready taste as a good stout or porter and yet enough to mask what I might enjoy from the hops if they were more forward. A touch of unpleasant bitterness can be sensed just at the finish. As someone who enjoys a nice hoppy IPA or a good smooth stout, I would have this again & enjoy it, but won't seek it out.
Apr 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.84 by Cycle69 from Canada (ON)

Feb 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by GoHabsGo from Canada (ON)

Jan 22, 2017
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Rated by spinrsx from Canada (ON)

3.5/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from the lcbo for 2.50.
Jan 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4.3 by Boo-urns from Canada (ON)

Dec 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Electros from Canada (ON)

Dec 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by Coronaeus from Canada (ON)

Jul 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.69 by 4ster from Canada (ON)

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.92 by Molson2000 from Canada (ON)

Aug 31, 2015
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Reviewed by cjdenomme from Canada (ON)

4.63/5  rDev +25.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
This is one of the best beers I've tried this summer. Pours a gorgeous dark brown with a slight red tinge with a thick, luscious ample tan head. I am not normally attracted to the beers from the Wellington brewery, but this one is a great blend.... A nice zippy hop bite with a very nice caramel-roasty backbone from the malt. Medium finish. This begs to be paired with some fish and chips!
Aug 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)

Aug 19, 2015
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Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)

3.64/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Funny enough, Terrestrial has an earthy brown tone. It's dark but not muddy; clarity and even the odd highlight are pretty easily observed. Its head is so ultra foamy that you'd think a milk frother had to have been used. And the lacing it leaves clings to the glass like tight, wet leather.

There's a fair amount of underlying cocoa in this bouquet, but it's the hops that catch your attention. A blend of five very fragrant varieties (Chinook, Centennial, Cascade, Sorachi Ace, Amarillo) provide a perfumed mix of herbal, grassy, and vaguely citric aromas.

But for all their efforts, those pithy and weedy notes don't amount to enough; malt is still very much part of this picture. Flavours of milk chocolate, toasted nuts and faint suggestions of dried fruits are in no short supply and mingle with the bitterness all through the finish.

I found it curious the brewery called this an "English-style Brown Ale" despite using a plethora of distinctively American hops. Now I get it. The increased hoppiness notwithstanding, this is very mild. In fact, that's my only complain about it: it's too restrained.

Terrestrial is very much of this world. Specifically, it is of the typically underwhelming, conservative world of OCB (Ontario Craft Brewers Association). It's a potentially rip-roaring recipe that needs to be let off the leash. I like it, but I'd love it if only it were a little further outside Wellington's usual comfort zone.
Jul 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.87 by Wajohnst from Canada (ON)

Jun 23, 2015
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Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)

3.33/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
750 ml bottle served just above fridge temperature into a snifter. Purchased for under $10 CDN at the LCBO.

Appearance - hazy dark brown coloured beer capped with two fingers of ivory head.some lacing and good retention.

Smell - nuts, dark fruit and some caramel. Maybe some leafy hops. Repeated sniffs give off an off aroma of subtle cat piss. Thankfully it's not prominent but still some demerits for that.

Taste - nuts and a hint of dark fruit with some wooden flavours. A touch boozy, you can tell this is a stronger brown ale. Some substantial bitterness in the second half of the beer.

Mouthfeel - smooth and some creamy, light enough body and good carbonation. However it's a bit hot with boozy at times which isn't what I'm looking for in a brown ale.

Overall - a beer that has its merits, but definitely not a great brown. A bit too much cat piss on the nose and while it was never the first sniff it did show up at multiple times ( I really wanted this to be better ). The heat on the end sealed this as disappointing, might try again from a can bony wont repeat the bottle purchase.
Jun 16, 2015
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)

3.92/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
750 mL flip-top bottle from the LCBO; packaged Mar 18 2015 and served slightly chilled.

Pours a deep, translucent chestnut-brown colour, with some ruby-red tinges under the light. Seated atop is a one-inch crown of creamy, light beige-coloured head that becomes lumpier and sparser over the next five-plus minutes, eventually dissipating away into a filmy cap and wide, frothy collar. Tons of beautiful lace; this is a nice-looking brown ale. The aroma is a balanced mélange of sweet toffee, brown sugar and bready, lightly-toasted nutty malts, with an equivalently-sturdy complement of earthy, floral, and mild citrusy notes, courtesy of the hop bill. Not particularly aromatic, but still appealing - albeit in a subtle way.

This is a pleasant little brown ale - well-hopped, for sure, but nothing too out-of-proportion in relation to the rest of the flavour profile. A touch of toffee/caramel sweetness comes through initially; some bread crusts and toasted nuts, with citrusy flavours of grapefruit and orange pith also contributing strongly. Not particularly resiny/piney, but I do get mild hints of those flavours. Finishes with an earthy, somewhat floral astringency, which (along with some of those toasted malts) carries on into the lovely bittersweet aftertaste. The mouthfeel is on the lighter side of medium-bodied, with light carbonation levels and a somewhat creamy, frothy feel on the palate. Could use a bit more viscosity, but that's a minor complaint; it's still a mostly-satisfying presence in the mouth. Not really sessionable, but for a 'strong', hoppy beer it's more drinkable than average.

Final Grade: 3.92, a very respectable B+. Wellington's Terrestrial India Brown Ale is a highly quaffable little beer, and certainly one of my favourite Wellington brews to date. It's not too complex, but quite well-constructed - I'd definitely recommend picking up at least one bottle to try. I enjoyed both of the two bottles I picked up, but given the premium price point it's hard to justify further repeat purchases - the large-bottle format seems unnecessary for this beer (although the swing-cap makes them nice for homebrewers). But if they pump some tallboys full of this stuff, and make it a seasonal/permanent fixture at the LCBO? I'd definitely change my tune.
Jun 14, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by FRANKIE65 from Canada (ON)

Jun 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by BigGruntyThirst from Canada (ON)

Jun 14, 2015
Terrestrial from Wellington County Brewery
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 36 ratings