Scotch Irish Corporal Punishment (Corporal’s Bitter Brown)

Brewed by Heritage Brewing Limited
Style: Brown Ale
Carleton Place, Canada

This beer hits the nail on the head. Golden-brown colour. Aroma of toast, nuts, woody hops, amaretto and lemon. Rich, almost pungent bitterness (cabrales!!). Almondy notes, bark, dark chocolate. The finish has toasted hops, minerals, and a dry woody character. An assertive American amber that does not fit neatly into any style. I have to admit, first Perry made the vile weed taste good and now he’s made a beer with a billion IBUs that are compensated for with crystal malts taste good. (Hats off to John Graham, too, for his work on this kick ass brew!)

Deep copper, clear. Decent head despite not being in best shape out of a one week old growler. Surprisingly light nose hitting the nostrils with original flavours: nuts, butter, various herbs, marine salt, rubber… Very hoppy development in mouth where those vegetal/green hops come out almost chalky combined with the roasty malt aspect. Quite watery texture, light body, soft carbonation. Looking forward to sampling this one on draught.

Roasted, nutty coffee beans emboldened by vanilla currents...Hops are extremely black peppery and get very pugnacious in the finish to the detriment of the pleasant maltiness...This was from a growler, so I need to revisit in fresh tap form...

This was direct from the keg, courtesy of Pondoshuffles. Red copper ale with light malt and hops aroma. Intense hops, citrus, and nutty finish. Rich finish and body.

Strong hop aroma amber copper colour with small fully diminishing head. More of a coating than a lacing. Very bitter balanced by a big malt beer. Really thick full mouthfeel. Thoroughly enjoyable but hard to have more than one. Feels a whole lot more potent than 5.3% for some reason. On tap at Augusta's Winking Judge in Hamilton.

Beautiful reddish/brown hue with a small off-white head. Roasted malt, hazelnut, milk chocolate, floral, woody and smokey aroma. Tart hoppy initial taste, some caramel malt comes on to balance the brew. Very bitter and coffee dry finish. Medium-bodied with a chewy and lively mouthfeel. Hint of alcohol feel. A above average brown that is a testament to the brewmaster art. Recommended.

Draught. At Volo. I’ve been looking forward to this ... Clear mahogany with a small head, lovely colour. Aroma is somewhat mild, nutty sweet malt with hops that seem pretty tame, floral and herbal. Taste - oh boy, those hops were lurking! You get the almost chocolate malt first, then the strong herbal hops in waves, bitterness that builds in intensity and pungency - this is like a strongly bitter UK-style IPA with *some* brown ale nutty malt character working in edgewise. The body is perhaps a little light, but this is a session beer for sure, I had a pint and a half of it on the patio and I was a happy man. Keep it coming, Perry. And I’d love to try it bottled (hint hint).

Bottled (in May 2009, it looks like), and it opened with some gusto (huge pfft and a bit of a gusher).. poured sunny orange with a tall white head that left bunches of lacing. The aroma opened with spicy, bright, interesting hoppage (floral, piney, and citrusy) over sweet nutty and caramel character.. sour oaky accents as it warmed up.. kinda dug it. The flavor didn’t hold up as well.. sour, bitter, and generally abrasive the whole way through with fruit skins, grassy, and earthy notes taking charge.. the sweet caramel and nutty notes were there, but they were just pounded by the other stuff.. long, painful finish. Low-medium bodied with huge carbonation on the palate.. this wasn’t old by any standard, but it struck me as infected.