Mill Street Stock Ale

Brewed by Mill St. Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Toronto, Canada

A true classic ale for the summer. I really enjoyed this one for making a random purchase of something new. Pours a clear yellow with a short head Bottled in a clear glass bottle with a great simple logo that reminded me of a Miller High Life. Nice malty taste with a sweet palate. A true summer beer although I found that each batch reveals something different.

355 mL bottle: Tasty, drinkable ale. Great balance between hops and malt. Tastes sweet, maybe slightly fruity and grainy. Pale colour with light head. Here’s a solid blonde/blonde ale with medium to light body and no harshly bitter flavour or finish. This is well made & tastes fresher than most beers. I usually like my ales heavier with bolder flavours but this is good for style. If you compare it to other Mill St. brews you might view it as relatively thin, but I like the way it stands on its own for what it is. This beer knows where’s it going, while its big brothers Tankhouse & Coffee Porter are very confused with too much flavour going on. This is something I would reach for again.

341mL bottle from the LCBO. Clear bottle which is a little sketchy, but thankfully they seem to be dating them now, and this bottle is fairly fresh, packaged in mid-April. Pours a nice slightly deep gold with a small but rich white head. Aroma is a little odd, funky grainy malts, toffee, cream, with a hint of hops, not unpleasant though. Flavour is surprisingly nice, like a good cream ale in the mouthfeel, and sweet malts that aren’t by any stretch of the imagination cloying, despite the absence of balance. A nice session brew, and I’m pleasantly surprised, as I must admit I wasn’t expecting much, though I should have had more faith as this is from a very solid brewery.

341 ml bottle: Poured out a nice pale golden colour with lots of carbonation bubbles and a thin white head. A malty sweet aroma with a pleasant blending of hops and malt flavourings. Fresh tasting with a nice sweet finish. All in all a flavourful and balanced tasting ale.

341 mL bottle. Golden pour, with small head that doesn’t stick around, lacing remains. Hoppy scent, a little spicy too actually. I was a little surprised by the hops in this, pretty good amount, with a little malt touch. Average mouthfeel and finish. This is what mainstream brewers SHOULD be making.

Light golden colour, thin white head. Light fruity aroma, flavour is very grassy and fruity (peach). Nice pale malt backbone, light hopping. Very refreshing, a nice summer beer.

Sweet malt, floral aroma, golden, small cream coloured head. Biscuit, grain flavours, fine malt after taste. pleasant mouth feel, balanced, a well made beer.

Sparling ale!!!! Bring it on. Nasty precious marketing. Utter B.S. Here we go.... Tasted in Toronto at the Toronto St. Lawrence market craft beer festival. Tasted in raunchy relica wheat beer 5 oz thimble....hot damn. Looks good. Not much else. Sooths the heat.