Howe Sound Brewing Mettleman Copper Ale

Mettleman Copper Ale

 

Howe Sound Brewing in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Amber / Red Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.29
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 16 Ticks: 7
A delicious, malty, copper ale brewed in limited quantities every spring, it is made with 100% barley, hops, water & yeast. It is named for the Canadian epic, Squamish BC’s Test of Metal Mountain Bike Race, a 67 km single-track race featuring 1,000 riders and an army of community volunteers to make it Canada’s most successful grassroots mountain bike race.
 

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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy amber color with a sly transparency about it. Finger’s worth of white foamy head quickly dissipated. Left some stringy lace.
The aroma had some nuts, toast, brown sugar and a touch of caramel malts.
The flavor blended the prior noted aromas sweetly and then the toast and just a tad of roast. Semi-sweet malty aftertaste with a nutty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt spot on.
Overall, nice amber ale worthy of coming back to if I could get it again.

Tried on 05 Mar 2017 at 14:28


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap. Pours a clear mahogany with moderate head, aromas of nuts, sweet toasted malts and brown sugar. Flavors are same tough stronger. Metallic nutty finish.

Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2014 at 13:25



5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a hazy copper / orange with a small white head. Aroma of copper-like malt and metallic notes. Flavour of metallic notes and dry English bready malts. Very bland, but dry and would be very drinkable if not for the metallic notes. Too much metallic / coppery flavour.

Tried from Draft on 30 Jun 2012 at 13:31


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

1L bottle. Spicy malt aroma, light honey , light aromatic hops. Mahagony colour, tanned head, big bubbles. Good malty base, light roast, slight honey sweetness and a proper hop balance. Falls a bit shy in the body department - lacks chewyness in the finish. Nevertheless quite enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2008 at 22:32


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Hazy amber, lasting beige head. Lightly fruity carmel malt nose. Light sweet brown sugar profile, very light hop bitterness

Tried on 02 Jul 2007 at 15:20


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Slightly hazy. More dark amber than copper but that’s splitting hairs - with a loose tan head this beer looks great. Very toasty aroma...vague chocolate/coffee dark malt stuff in there, too. And fuggleish hops, that horrid yoghurty-mossy note. Yeah. Lots of this same stuff - the toast, that same hop character - on the palate as well. That’s two things that I don’t like and they are predominant in this beer. I can’t fault the workmanship of the brew but ultimately success starts with concept. A good idea executed poorly doesn’t work and neither does this - a bad idea (combining two of beer’s laziest, most unappetizing flavour possibilities) done well.

Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2007 at 03:04