Rifleman's Ration
Black Creek Historic Brewery

The beer pours out with a good head, that seems firm and lasts. Colour of the beer is a dark amber, and looks appealing. I found the smell to be less inviting than the colour. The beer has a nice amount of bitterness from the hops, enough to let you know it is beer and not water, with a touch of dark, not sweet chocolate, that is not overpowering, but adds character. The overall balance is good, without being sweet. The beer leaves a lingering aftertaste that is pleasant.

Not a bad brown ale, perhaps a little lighter than I like. The taste was almost spot on for a brown ale, but then at the end of the palate came that artificial smoke flavor. Really not a good add,this beer could have stood up by itself without it.

 

 

Pours a slightly misty dark amber - with a rather gushing head and rather light body. Aromas: sweetish caramel, slightly smoky. Flavour sweetish, more like a mild than a brown ale, very light hopping, little aromatic element to the bitterness, but slso significant carbonic bight.

 

 

Dark amber with lots of carbonation, a slight cloudiness and 4 fingers of off white head.

Smells of cherries, quite fruity with a sort of Belgian quality to it.

The taste follows the nose but then turns to a smokey, toasted, almost burnt bread quality.

Light body with little carbonation.

This one reminds me of Black Creek Pioneer Village where it was brewed. The wood smoke qualities take me there. Drinking by Lake Muskoka, Dec 13th, 2017.