County Dark Ale
Wellington Brewery
- From:
- Wellington Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
Ranked #106 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #34,170 - Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 14.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 75
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 24, 2026
- Added:
- Oct 22, 2001
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 15
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Wellington’s most decorated beer is a dark traditional ale with a rich bouquet, matured slowly to deliver exceptional smoothness and balance.
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Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 473mL in a pint glass. From their Craft Classics boxset at my favourite LCBO at Tecumseh Mall in nearby Windsor. Canned October 29/25. My 15th beer from the Guelph, Ontario brewery, and 8th for 2026. With Sundae the cat...
Feb 24, 2026
Reviewed by NedShakeshaft from Canada (ON)
3.84/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Classic English-Style brown ale. Dark copper body with a beige-white head that retains very well.
Biscuity malt with hints of chocolate, stone cherry and orange. A bit of chew but goes down smooth.
I paired it with pizza and it stood up very well to it, which is a good thing, because the pizza was kind of lousy. But I digress.
Not a lot of hop bitterness, which you might expect from a beer that first appeared in the 80's. Unspectacular but solid. Like an old friend, it's welcome to hang out in my fridge anytime.
Jul 23, 2025Biscuity malt with hints of chocolate, stone cherry and orange. A bit of chew but goes down smooth.
I paired it with pizza and it stood up very well to it, which is a good thing, because the pizza was kind of lousy. But I digress.
Not a lot of hop bitterness, which you might expect from a beer that first appeared in the 80's. Unspectacular but solid. Like an old friend, it's welcome to hang out in my fridge anytime.
Rated by paylstep from Canada (ON)
2.59/5 rDev -28.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5
2.59/5 rDev -28.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5
good value buy, plenty of flavour, too carbonated tho.
Jan 02, 2024
Reviewed by EspressoGuy from Canada (BC)
4.15/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
L: opaque dark brown
S: loads of milk chocolate! with a bit of root beer
T: very well-balanced and long lasting... nice long chocolatey (but not fake chocolate!) finish... not sweet at all ... not a really big or overly complex flavour but very nice. No noticeable hop bitterness.
F: medium bodied
O: I really like this beer. The perfect session beer to linger over pint after pint. The chocolatey characteristics are subtle and certainly don't detract from having another. Would love to taste this cask-conditioned or on nitro.
Apr 12, 2018S: loads of milk chocolate! with a bit of root beer
T: very well-balanced and long lasting... nice long chocolatey (but not fake chocolate!) finish... not sweet at all ... not a really big or overly complex flavour but very nice. No noticeable hop bitterness.
F: medium bodied
O: I really like this beer. The perfect session beer to linger over pint after pint. The chocolatey characteristics are subtle and certainly don't detract from having another. Would love to taste this cask-conditioned or on nitro.
Rated by mark_mla from Canada (ON)
4.59/5 rDev +26.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +26.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Classic standby. 'County'
Jan 20, 2016
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