Scotch Irish Corporal Punishment (Corporal’s Bitter Brown)

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

pours reddish brown, off white head. nice cocoa, roasty and hoppy nose. good maltliness with "coffee crisp" flavours and hops predominately roasty with a bit of citrus coming through. very nice.

Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on January 5 2009; eye: copper, clear, slight effervescence, tan head that falls and turns into a tiny layer, a bit of lacing; nose: malt, smoke, light ash, slight nut; mouth: roasted, malt, smoke, good presence of hops that we guess behind those rather powerful tastes, light dust, finale in roasted malt with a good presence of hops and a slight presence of nuts, light astringency, mildly bitter, slightly harsh texture, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: surprising FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 5 janvier 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, très légère effervescence, mousse fauve qui tome et se transforme en une petite couverture, un peu de dentelle; nez : malt, fumé, léger cendré, très léger noisette; bouche : torréfaction, malt, fumé, bonne présence de houblon qu’on devine derrière des saveurs plutôt puissantes, léger poussière, finale en malt torréfié avec une bonne présence de houblon et une p’tite présence de noisette, légère astringence, moyennement amère, texture légèrement rugueuse, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : surprenante

Beerbistro Winterfest and Vintage Tasting. 2004 edition on tap. Dark bronze amber colour with a frothy off-white head. Bready, light caramel, green and fresh pine and grapefruit aroma. Brown bread, caramel, and brown sugar flavours quickly meet the fresh pine and grapefruit finish. Medium to full bodied.

Bottled sample. Deep amber in colour with medium carbonation. Malty milk chocolate aromas upfront, along with citrusy undertones. Tastes a bit like a Terry’s chocolate orange, but with some earhty+herbal hops thrown in for good measure. Light mouthfeel and moderate bitterness. Fairly refreshing for a brown ale. Somewhat British bitter-like.

Tapped an amber-brown with a 2 finger white cap...laced the glass well. Aromas of light caramel over citrus-hay tones Medium-light body, sandy mouth feel, hoppy-citrus character. You get a momentary chew on light crystal malts up front before a rush of brown ale flavors hit: fruits, citrus-pine hopping light nuttty-woody- toasty....all wrapped in a mild body...finishes bitter like an ESB..... a tad off balance and missing the mild maltiness we drink Brown ales for. Although well crafted this ale seems to have an identiy crisis...it’s too hoppy, unbalanced and missing the nutty yeast and toasted caramel tastes of a Brown ale, it has a the sharp mouth of an ESB and too dark for a pale ale..I have to ask what’s the point? Is the brown ale label just a legitimizing vehicle to carry alpha oils in an unbalanced hop-forward ale? Not my cup of tea in a brown ale

341 ml bottle from LCBO, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. NO05/08.

App.: Clear medium copper with a fair tan head. Aroma: Tangy, sour, infected, nutty, hints of fruit and a little earthy hops. Palate: Medium body and fairly soft carbonation. Flav.: Still tangy, sour and infected with some nuttiness, light fruitiness and a little bread crust; on swallowing, it is thin and acrid with out of balance bitterness.

I suspect that something is wrong. This has defects I’ve noted in their other products. A shame, because I bet Perry would have done it well.

Re-rated Sept. 29/09 with a fresh bottle from the brewery.

App.: Deep copper, clear, nice off-white froth. Aroma: Lots of nuts and burnt sugar, earthy and woody hops, stark, English malts. Palate: Medium body and moderate carbonation. Flav.: Similar to the nose with plenty of earthy, burnt, British malts and nuttiness, some earthy and woody hops; dry with fair bitterness.

Much better fresh and uninfected.

on tap at the castle on king. 6 oz sample. served reddish brown with a nice tan head. fresh green hop aromas over complex malt structure. man there is so much goin on in this one. the IBU’s clock in at 84 but the malts somehow outshine them. the malt are so enjoyable and smooth out the noticable citrus twang. this brew is awesome and will be the reason i return to the castle.

Cask Conditioned. Pours red/brown and a bit murky. Really great looking firm rocky off white head. Lightly smoked, nutty roasted malt aroma. Very malty with pepper, clove earth and fruit. Sour. Dry citric pithy finish. I would have noticed the bitterness, however I had just had a 90 Minute DFH IIPA.