Elgin's Finest Wee Heavy
Railway City Brewing Company
- From:
- Railway City Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 3.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 26, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 07, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.74/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
April 26 2024
Apr 26, 2024
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.98/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.98/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
473 mL can from the LCBO, included in Railway City's 2023 Give'R mixed pack. Dated Sep 12 2023 and served slightly chilled.
Pours deep chestnut brown; holding it to a lamp reveals both the beer's clarity as well as some fiery crimson-red highlights. Just over two fingers of soapy, frothy, light tan-coloured head lasts for more than five minutes, gradually whittled down to a creamy collar and sudsy cap; a beautiful half-inch curtain of lace is draped across the glass. Sweet, malt-forward aromas of caramel, treacle and toasted malts, with hints of dark fruit, red licorice candy and booze; perhaps a faint whisper of roastiness.
It's an approachable, quaffable strong ale. Flavours of caramelized sugars, sponge toffee and toasted malts get things started, followed by suggestions of date fruit and treacle. Mildly roasty on back end, adding hints of cocoa powder, smoke and earthy, herbal hop bitterness to the mix; the aftertaste is roasty-sweet, with cocoa, mild ethanol and a twinge of herbal licorice lingering momentarily. Medium in body, with relatively low carbonation that brushes weakly across the palate; feels smooth and pretty satisfying.
Final Grade: 3.98, a B+. Elgin's Finest Wee Heavy is one of the best Railway City products I've tried in years: the malt flavours are rich and varied, the 7.5% integrates well, and the use of roasted malts adds another (subtle) layer of depth to the experience. I don't think this is a must-try, but I do feel that it's a solid example of an underappreciated style. About on par with their Black Coal stout - this brew is stronger and less roasty, but if I were in the mood for something malt-forward, it'd be a coin flip between the two.
Jan 05, 2024Pours deep chestnut brown; holding it to a lamp reveals both the beer's clarity as well as some fiery crimson-red highlights. Just over two fingers of soapy, frothy, light tan-coloured head lasts for more than five minutes, gradually whittled down to a creamy collar and sudsy cap; a beautiful half-inch curtain of lace is draped across the glass. Sweet, malt-forward aromas of caramel, treacle and toasted malts, with hints of dark fruit, red licorice candy and booze; perhaps a faint whisper of roastiness.
It's an approachable, quaffable strong ale. Flavours of caramelized sugars, sponge toffee and toasted malts get things started, followed by suggestions of date fruit and treacle. Mildly roasty on back end, adding hints of cocoa powder, smoke and earthy, herbal hop bitterness to the mix; the aftertaste is roasty-sweet, with cocoa, mild ethanol and a twinge of herbal licorice lingering momentarily. Medium in body, with relatively low carbonation that brushes weakly across the palate; feels smooth and pretty satisfying.
Final Grade: 3.98, a B+. Elgin's Finest Wee Heavy is one of the best Railway City products I've tried in years: the malt flavours are rich and varied, the 7.5% integrates well, and the use of roasted malts adds another (subtle) layer of depth to the experience. I don't think this is a must-try, but I do feel that it's a solid example of an underappreciated style. About on par with their Black Coal stout - this brew is stronger and less roasty, but if I were in the mood for something malt-forward, it'd be a coin flip between the two.
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