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Tuff Session Ale
Tofino Brewing Company
- From:
- Tofino Brewing Company
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #925 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #23,080 - Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 9.02%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 18, 2022
- Added:
- Aug 12, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 13
A bright copper coloured pale ale with a toasty malt base balanced with west coast hops. Its light to medium body and clean, dry finish gives this full-flavoured ale dangerously inviting drinkability.
25 IBU
25 IBU
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Ratings by goalie35:
Rated by goalie35 from Canada (AB)
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Aug 06, 2017
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Aug 06, 2017
More User Ratings:
Rated by Easton70 from Canada (ON)
4.16/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
What an amazing beer. Sweet, malty and full of flavour: a brilliant summer ale.
Jul 04, 2016Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.92/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Tofino Brewing 'Tuff Session Ale' @ 5.0% , originally tasted on tap at IBF'12 & served from a 650 ml bottle purchased for $5.60
A-pour is gold from the tap/bottle to a clear amber in the glass with a small thin off-white head leaving a spotty lace along the sampler/pint
S-caramel malt & mild hoppyness
T-crisp & clean tasting pale ale , toasty malt palate
MF-ok carbonation , medium body , dryness lingers after the swallow
Ov-ok beer & pale ale , with no wow factor
prost LampertLand
Dec 26, 2015A-pour is gold from the tap/bottle to a clear amber in the glass with a small thin off-white head leaving a spotty lace along the sampler/pint
S-caramel malt & mild hoppyness
T-crisp & clean tasting pale ale , toasty malt palate
MF-ok carbonation , medium body , dryness lingers after the swallow
Ov-ok beer & pale ale , with no wow factor
prost LampertLand
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.69/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.69/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
650ml bottle - I suppose a 'tuff' session ale is one whose ABV is not dropped below that standard 5% ABV, then, eh?
This beer pours a clear, bright medium copper amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely rocky, and bubbly ecru head, which leaves a bit of sudsy hanging molar lace around the glass as things quickly dissolve into the ether.
It smells of bready, lightly biscuity pale and caramel malt, a muddled pome and citrus fruitiness, free-range dark sugars, and some plain leafy, weedy, and floral hop bitters. The taste is gritty, grainy caramel malt, a bit of grapey vineyard fruitiness, strange sensations of watery cold cocoa beverages, and some leafy, citrusy, and floral hoppiness.
The carbonation is fairly prevalent in its aggressive frothiness and laid-back fizziness, the body on the far light side of yer typical middleweight, and more or less smooth. It finishes off-dry, the caramel malt still looking sideways at that weird chocolate add-on that continues to follow it around like a lost puppy.
A bit of a head-scratcher, this one is - the overall thin nature surely screams out session ale, but everything else leans almost towards a brown ale sort of thing. Whatever, I'm not about to question the temerity or veracity of 'Tuff City Brewery, Ltd' over such things - or am I? Nah, I've got other Christmas shit to get done now.
Dec 24, 2015This beer pours a clear, bright medium copper amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely rocky, and bubbly ecru head, which leaves a bit of sudsy hanging molar lace around the glass as things quickly dissolve into the ether.
It smells of bready, lightly biscuity pale and caramel malt, a muddled pome and citrus fruitiness, free-range dark sugars, and some plain leafy, weedy, and floral hop bitters. The taste is gritty, grainy caramel malt, a bit of grapey vineyard fruitiness, strange sensations of watery cold cocoa beverages, and some leafy, citrusy, and floral hoppiness.
The carbonation is fairly prevalent in its aggressive frothiness and laid-back fizziness, the body on the far light side of yer typical middleweight, and more or less smooth. It finishes off-dry, the caramel malt still looking sideways at that weird chocolate add-on that continues to follow it around like a lost puppy.
A bit of a head-scratcher, this one is - the overall thin nature surely screams out session ale, but everything else leans almost towards a brown ale sort of thing. Whatever, I'm not about to question the temerity or veracity of 'Tuff City Brewery, Ltd' over such things - or am I? Nah, I've got other Christmas shit to get done now.
Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)
3.77/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - Pours a light copper with two fingers of foamy cream coloured head.
Smell - toasted malts, earthy and leafy hops, hint of lemon, and hint of brown sugar.
Taste - Toasted malts start things off. The earthy and leafy hops come into play next. The hint of lemon and brown sugar finish off the brew.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes dry with a hint of lingering bitterness.
Overall - A refreshing and crisp pale ale. I would have liked the hops to be a little more pronounced but considering this is a "session ale" I think the hop level is sufficient.
Jul 19, 2015Smell - toasted malts, earthy and leafy hops, hint of lemon, and hint of brown sugar.
Taste - Toasted malts start things off. The earthy and leafy hops come into play next. The hint of lemon and brown sugar finish off the brew.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes dry with a hint of lingering bitterness.
Overall - A refreshing and crisp pale ale. I would have liked the hops to be a little more pronounced but considering this is a "session ale" I think the hop level is sufficient.
Rated by souvenirs from Canada (BC)
3.93/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Amber, with one finger of head. Roasted malts, crisp bitterness.
Mar 11, 2015
Tuff Session Ale from Tofino Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
38 ratings
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