Honey Elixir
Railway City Brewing Company
- From:
- Railway City Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 8.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 29, 2017
- Added:
- Jul 23, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 8
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Honey Elixir is a beautiful mahogany coloured medium body English style brown ale pours with a beige medium density head. Initial aromas suggest sweet fresh honey, some fig and raisin with an underlying hint of toasted nuts and spices.
On the palate, the tastes of honey, taffy and a subtle espresso wash over, met with a refreshing well-balanced hop finish with subtle sweet fruit notes making your palate long for more.
On the palate, the tastes of honey, taffy and a subtle espresso wash over, met with a refreshing well-balanced hop finish with subtle sweet fruit notes making your palate long for more.
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Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.29/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
750 ml bottle served cold into a pint glass. This beer appears to be back for a limited time only. Bottle 349/350 on this batch and best before April 2016. Thanks to Dan for the gift. This honey elixir is a beer I have seen before, however never took the opportunity to purchase. Labelled at 5.0% ABV.
Appearance - Pours a very dark brown colored beer with yellowy honey hues. Capped by a finger of off-white head. Some lacing surrounds the glass over this hazy looking beer.
Smell - Not a huge nose, some faint grainy notes, caramel with a splash of honey.
Taste - Mild bitterness up front, with decidedly English characteristics from the hops. Earthy and leafy. More like a smoothed out and mildly watered down strong brown ale.I suppose there's honey here too, but quite muted.
Mouthfeel - Very soft feel, there's carbonation there, buy doesn't not appear prevalent at all. Dry finish.
Overall - An interesting beer to try, thanks to honey, brown ales and super dry finish combination, but given the cost, probably not the best bang for your buck. Still, Honey Elixir proves that Railway City is pushing the envelope.
Feb 27, 2016Appearance - Pours a very dark brown colored beer with yellowy honey hues. Capped by a finger of off-white head. Some lacing surrounds the glass over this hazy looking beer.
Smell - Not a huge nose, some faint grainy notes, caramel with a splash of honey.
Taste - Mild bitterness up front, with decidedly English characteristics from the hops. Earthy and leafy. More like a smoothed out and mildly watered down strong brown ale.I suppose there's honey here too, but quite muted.
Mouthfeel - Very soft feel, there's carbonation there, buy doesn't not appear prevalent at all. Dry finish.
Overall - An interesting beer to try, thanks to honey, brown ales and super dry finish combination, but given the cost, probably not the best bang for your buck. Still, Honey Elixir proves that Railway City is pushing the envelope.
Reviewed by Logan12321 from Canada (ON)
3.61/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pours dark, 2 finger head, very low retention. Has a slight metallic smell, little bit of malt. Smooth taste, very rich malt flavor. Very smooth to drink, leaves a warm after taste on the finish.
Feb 10, 2015
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.67/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.67/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
750 mL swing-top bottle picked up at the LCBO; best before April 2015 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a foggy copper-ruby colour, topped off with one finger of creamy, light beige-coloured head. It disappears over the next couple of minutes, with the only remnants being a wispy film on the surface and a narrow, bubbly collar around the fringe. The aroma is approachable and clean, consisting largely of lightly toasted, biscuity malts, along with honey and brown sugar sweetness. Smells better out of the bottle than from the glass, but still kind of weak in intensity.
This is a highly enjoyable, no-nonsense malt-forward ale; somewhat reminiscent of an English brown but with a notably sweeter flavour. Bready malts, toasted biscuits, toffee and nuts come through initially, with a pronounced honey and treacle sweetness permeating much of the profile. Finishes with a hint of earthy bitterness, some nut skin and maybe a touch of cocoa. Mild honey and brown sugar sweetness carry on into the aftertaste. Fairly light-bodied, with moderate carbonation levels that give this ale a crisp bite. Not a remarkable beer in any aspect, but certainly well-rounded and charming enough to be hard to dislike.
Final Grade: 3.67, a B grade. I've had the opportunity to try this on multiple occasions from the brewery, where it comes in more affordable 500 mL bottles, but the bottle I picked up for this review marked the first time I bought it at an LCBO. Honey Bee-lixir is a pretty good amber/brown-type ale, but the retail price point is still a bit high, in my opinion - and that's really the only reason I wouldn't buy this regularly. Still, the fact of the matter is that if you really like honey in your beer, this brew shouldn't disappoint you.
Jan 19, 2015Pours a foggy copper-ruby colour, topped off with one finger of creamy, light beige-coloured head. It disappears over the next couple of minutes, with the only remnants being a wispy film on the surface and a narrow, bubbly collar around the fringe. The aroma is approachable and clean, consisting largely of lightly toasted, biscuity malts, along with honey and brown sugar sweetness. Smells better out of the bottle than from the glass, but still kind of weak in intensity.
This is a highly enjoyable, no-nonsense malt-forward ale; somewhat reminiscent of an English brown but with a notably sweeter flavour. Bready malts, toasted biscuits, toffee and nuts come through initially, with a pronounced honey and treacle sweetness permeating much of the profile. Finishes with a hint of earthy bitterness, some nut skin and maybe a touch of cocoa. Mild honey and brown sugar sweetness carry on into the aftertaste. Fairly light-bodied, with moderate carbonation levels that give this ale a crisp bite. Not a remarkable beer in any aspect, but certainly well-rounded and charming enough to be hard to dislike.
Final Grade: 3.67, a B grade. I've had the opportunity to try this on multiple occasions from the brewery, where it comes in more affordable 500 mL bottles, but the bottle I picked up for this review marked the first time I bought it at an LCBO. Honey Bee-lixir is a pretty good amber/brown-type ale, but the retail price point is still a bit high, in my opinion - and that's really the only reason I wouldn't buy this regularly. Still, the fact of the matter is that if you really like honey in your beer, this brew shouldn't disappoint you.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.53/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Feb 25 2023
Jan 08, 2015
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