Session Ale
Scotch Irish Brewing Company

A great working of yeast from Onterio's most interesting microbrewery. Definate orange marmelade and sweet honey and challenger hopped. Full flavour for a low alcohol. Bitterness well offset by the unfiltered taste. They could bottle this. Pine and citrus hop aroma.

Tap: Golden colored ale with a nice huge foamy white with good retention. Aroma is quite sweet malt as well as floral hops. Taste is very good with a creamy mouth feel followed by nice sweet malts. Body is average and all of this makes it one true session beer, maybe one the best that I had the chance of drinking recently.

On tap @ The Manx in Ottawa, ON. Light copper with a nice white head that lasts a long time and leaves nice lacing as well. The aromas are very interesting and consist of awesome citrusy hops, fresh oven-baked artisinal bread, and a snappy sour bite of yeast. The taste is hoppy up front, with some definate citrus notes and a lovely dry+hoppy finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, and smooth and the drinkability is good.

Finally got around to trying this after months in Ottawa. On tap at The Arrow & The Loon.

Colour is a copper-tinted gold, with bright white head that leaves excellent lacing all the way down the glass. Aroma is hoppy, and pleasant. Taste comes through well - some hops, well balanced by tasteful malts. Finishes with a strong hoppy bitterness, divinely. I was pleasantly surprised by this brew... didn't even know the style or type of beer that I was headed for. This is a must-try if you're ever in Ottawa!

second review: I'm not going to change the ratings here... there's really no need. It's not quite as amazing as I remember, but it's still a wonderful beer. On the brewery website they describe this as an English-style ordinary bitter. There's nothing ordinary about it, though. Still a wonderfully balanced beer, strongly bitter.... I got some orange flavours in the mid-body which quite suited the beer. This remains one of my favourites.