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Niagaras Best Drummond Hill Dark Ale 2.92 12

Niagaras Best Drummond Hill Dark Ale


Percentile
38
overall
Brewed by Niagaras Best Brewery and Pub
Style: Brown Ale

Niagara Falls, Canada

bottling
unknown

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
123.01/5.02.92/5.05.1%28.9Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
Drummond Hill cemetery is just down Lundy’s Lane from our brewery. In July 1814 nearly 2,000 British, Canadian and American soldiers were killed or wounded in the Battle of Lundy’s Lane fought on the site. The cemetery is said to be one of Niagara’s most haunted places and our Dark Ale is named after that dark point in our region’s history. Drummond Hill Dark is a dark coloured but mild tasting ale brewed from pure Canadian malted barley and small amounts of European roasted malts and Bullion hops. Its intense dark colour comes from the natural darkness of these dark malts - but its taste is surprisingly light and refreshing. 18IBU
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 tupalev (2617), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20

Oct 17, 2009  
On tap C’est What. Dark brown with a very creamy thick white head - looked like nitro to be honest (but it was not). Aroma was pretty muted - some dry roast malt. Taste s not bad - creamy dark malt, hint of roast, edge of sourness, light bitterness. There is some flavour here, but that malt mix and that sour edge did not do a lot for me. Not bad.

 Slacks (486), Bolton, Ontario, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/102/510/20
Dec 13, 2009  
Draught @ Volo: Pours like a flat cola, dark brown caramel colour, iffy and quick to leave white head. Aroma is heavy on molasses, quite sweet, not much else. Extremely harsh to sip with carbonation, almost painful. Quite bland and not much in the way of hopping. Like a watery soda pop.


 j12601 (1306), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 25, 2009  
On tap at Niagara’s Best. Pours a clear almost cola brown with a thin white head. Caramel, light plum. Slightly oxidized and bitter plum and caramel. Finishes up with a slow bitterness.


 mabel (2612), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 31, 2009  
[2511-20091002] Tap. Toasted bread and very mild smoke aroma. Hazy, dark brown body with a medium-lasting creamy off-white head. Dry toast malt grains flavour has mild fruit generic characteristics. Medium body. A little charred but interesting.
(21st FFOCB @ C’est What; Toronto, ON)


 Spab (292), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 29, 2009  
On tap at C’est What Fall Festival. Pours a dark brown with moderate tan head. Roasty nose with some fruit. Flavour is very roasty with fruity sweetness. Slightly bitter finish; medium body. Good, not great.


 blankboy (3212), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 27, 2009  
Draught at C’est What’s ’Fall Festival of Craft Breweries’. Pours brown with a small creamy tan head. Mild, dry aroma of lightly roasted malt and nuts. Flavour’s malty along with nuts, a hint of wood and some hops in the finish. Average bodied. Pretty good.


 HogTownHarry (4020), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 26, 2009  
Draught. At 2009 C’est What Fall festival. Very dark cloudy brick-red pour with an average creamy off-white head. Not much aroma at all, very mild - generic roastiness and some earthiness. The character showed in the taste though - dry, wooody, with nutshell bitterness, hardly any alcohol presence. Average body, undercarbonated, with a surprisingly long dry leafy finish - pretty nice.


 Radek Kliber (3957), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 6, 2009  
on tap at C’est What
Appearance: mid hazed brown with medium sized white top. Decently presented contrast. 3-
Nose: mild nose , slight roast noted , hint of smoke as well , dark side felt. 6-
Flavor/Palate : fruity , sour with slight roasted brown malt on side. Not prefect but decently drinkable ale.



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