Mill Street Hemp Ale

Formerly brewed at Mill St. Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Toronto, Canada

I really don’t know what to make of it. On of those spur of the moment beers. A bit of a potent flavour. I would say a cacao or a clove nose. Not that great, but I’ve had worse.

Well. I’m not a fan of hemp beer. I think it is an abomination of the true nature of beer. Mill Street does everything well though, including brrewing this hemp beer. It was a decent hemp (for hemp beer).

As far as I know, this is only available on tap at the Distillery area where the brewery is located. It’s alright as an opportunity for Mill Street to expand their repertoire, but it’s not my favourite. Kind of nutty and earthy, with a nice dark colour that belies its relatively mild taste. Alright as a genre exercise, but they’d be better off sticking to their other beers.

On tap at Pure Spirits across from the brewery in Toronto. Dark brown, smallish head; light, toasty caramel nose; bitter herbs and dried fruit on the tongue, a bit of cola character...thin, very dry finish; pretty dull I thought.

Again, just catching up my ratings here. I tried this at the outdoor jazz festival last year in the distillery district and it was my favourite beer of the night, which surprised me because the few hemp ales I have had so far in my life have been gimmicky and not very good. This one poured a deep brown with a floral nose of some sort (I could say hemp, but I was probably just looking for it). The word earthy has been used in previous ratings and that is fair – there really isn’t any hop bite here, but there is a very drinkable medium bodied ale. I found it well balanced which surprised me. Very good, I wonder if it has changed at all in the past year.

clear brown, off white head. sweetr malt and whole wheat toast aroma. flavour follows with the toastiness and finishes dry and earthy. not bad.

Clear brown w/ ruby hue. Beige head. Mild toasty aroma of honey & hemp. Light, carbonated feel. Slightly nutty, lightly toasted flavour w/ mineral & honey notes. Rounds off w/ some earthiness & a light spiciness.

Toasty aroma with some metallic hop notes, soap, crackers. Chestnut brown colour with no head. Light to medium body. Carbonation is low but insistent. Palate is woody, toasty with some light chocolate notes that contribute to an overall earthiness. Sweetish, crackerlike, slightly nutty, slightly oily finish.