Robert Simpson Confederation Ale

Formerly brewed at Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Barrie, Canada

Bottle courtesy of matt7215. Pours copper with a thin off white head. Smells of hay, citrus, sweet malt. Tastes sweet and citrussy with a malty finish.

355ml bottle from the LCBO as part of a Discovery Pack Aroma is slight hops smells like a cheap Americian pale lager Pours a nice coppery orange with medium sized foamy white head The taste is a little metallic it does taste like a pale lager but better i would have one if there was nothing else

Draught @ Winking Judge. Clear coppery gold. Aroma is of toasted butter. Soft, low carbonation. Flavors are Aunt Jemima and butter on waffles. So buttery it actually tastes not too bad and crosses over the diacetyl line to become almost interesting.

(Draught) Sampled at Wellington Gastropub on August 29, 2008. Pours a lasting, medium-sized foamy white head atop a mild amber body. Nose of mild hops and caramel malt. Very bland flavour a la Okanagan Spring. Somewhat tonic and diacetyl as it warmed up. 4/3/4/2/8

473mL can. Chilled in freezer to get it to ’recommended serving temperature’. Pours a clear light gold with a decent head. Quite creamy when cold. A sweet almost flowery taste compliments alcohol and hops. Nice brew, I wasn’t expecting it to be this good after reading a few other reviews.

I had quite a few of these last year out of bottles, so I thought I’d try it again this year and rate it. It does not seem to be so similar--last year I was more impressed. Pours clear pale gold, with floating soap suds 1 cm thick. The head does not last very long at all. The aroma is somewhat hoppy, with cider, citrus rinds, bread, celery, grass, and a lot of honey. However, most of this was revealed only after letting it warm a bit. The mouthfeel is watery, but crisp, with decent carbonation. This ale tastes mostly of honey sweetness, some malty-doughiness, lemon cough drops, aspiring, and a tiny wee smidgen of hoppy bitterness. It was much better last year out of a bottle, I’m sure of it. While it certainly wasn’t bad, it seems to have declined since my last sampling. I hope this is rectified by the next tasting.

Bronze coloured smooth tasting ale from a Canadian micro brewery located in barrie, Ontario. I would definetly purchase this GREAT beer again in the near future. much better than Molson Export or any other ale out there. Has anybody else tried this quality beer? Christopher-Hamilton, Ontario

Bottle. Clear yellow, looks alright. Smells of hops and malts, pleasantly. Smooth tasting, with a fair amount of flavour, similar to a lager in taste. Not bad.