Sleeman Original Dark

Brewed by Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. (Sapporo)
Style: Amber Ale
Guelph, Canada

Au Québec, elle est nommé "Sleeman Rousse" pour des raisons de marketing, car des bières titré rousse sont plus populaire que "dark" (foncé). Bouteille claire de 341 et en fut. Couleur orange foncé, peu de collet. Arome de malte peu impressionnant. Goût sec et pas trop bon.

Bottle: Amber in color, somewhat dark, clear, small foamy off-white head, spotty lacing, light carbonation.   Sweet grainy nose, slight cereal and honeycomb cereal.   Sweetened cardboard and graininess on the tongue, very slight mash flavor.   Body and mouthfeel are average at best.   Dirty cardboard like finish, honeycomb cereal, too grainy, slightly barnish.   Not bad, but certainly not good either.

Sampler pack from Albertson’s.

Original Dark: This was the only one of the three that I remotely cared for. Maybe I’ll drink the remaining three… but I’ll probably give them to my father because he is virtually a goat… but human… but he’ll eat of drink just about anything and like it all the same.
Bronze body and a small off white head. The aroma shows some mild hints of smoky biscuity malts. A meager hint of toffee… with a somewhat sweet buttery finish. The palate is watery and the carbonation is too much. This is another stinker from Sleeman…. I’m really not a fan judging by the 3 offerings I just sampled. At least they own Unibroue, which is a brewery that I admire…. But it still doesn’t redeem them in ant way!

Bought a variety pack of Silver, Clear and Red Ale for my guests. Nothing offensive about this beer but very little to distinguish it from any other mass-produced beer. I find it OK as a “session beer” on a hot summer day.

Bottle - from 3-beer variety case. Decent. A little bit of roastiness and hoppiness. Suffers from a slight metallic taste, even though it’s from a bottle, not a can. Not bad for the price, but I’ve had better for the same price or even cheaper.

The aroma is sweet malt that has a rum like quality to it, there is also some hops, vegetables, and a little paper in there as well. The appearance is reddish brown and the head is fairly small. The flavor has a quick sharp bitterness that is somewhat metallic. The palate is average for the style. Sweet aftertaste. Overall, it’s just ok.

bottle-pours clear copper with a small fizzy white head. apples, faint hops and fruity aroma. flavors are toasted, metallic and fairly sweet. not offensive, just nothing really to talk about. lots of metallic notes from the combination of hops and abrassive carbonation. boring and run of the mill dark lager.

Not overly bitter like a real dark but more to offer then other sleeman brands. A nice winter beer.