After a big zlurbfft when the can opened, the beer poured a very active pale straw with a white foamy rim. It's a pleasant enough light ale with a corny edge like the founding father of cream ales, Genesee Cream from Rochester. At the outset there is a short blast of pear juice then some twiggy hop, then a bit of malt and then corn. Throughout the last 2/3s of the taste there is a sort of watermelon rind thing as well, a light but roughish hard to describe thing. The finish is drying. If Northumberland Ale is a 1950's Canadian stock ale, maybe this is a 1950s old-style upstate New York cream ale. But I don't know what that might have to do with Confederation. Or Bavaria in 1516. Still, no bad flavours and plenty of nice clean ones in a light ale, a style sort of lost to the beast that is "lite beer". Consider for your next stinking hot day.A can of beer from Barrie. Mmmm.






Comments
Danny - April 23, 2006 3:35 PM
Great beer,I really like the thermometer.
Thanks Danny
Brewmeister - September 11, 2007 11:04 PM
had one the other day and reminded me a lot of Hoegarden. Bought another six and can't get enough. Just love it.
Eddie G's - May 22, 2008 1:15 PM
AWESOME beer! I've tried everything from around the world and this one is perfect. Wow, my previous beers that I liked were Hoegarden and Genesee Cream (when I'm the USA) so it must be similar to those beers.