Heritage Black Currant Rye Lager
Kichesippi Beer Company in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
5.63
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Originally rated December 2006. Missed it last year, and this year it is at 5.5% ABV. Written Solstice Series 2006, Winter Solstice Mooney’s Bay. Pours a clean rich copper colour with a slight red hue. Off-white (almost pink) creamy head dissipates at a decent pace, and leaves nice dirty lacing all around. A surface of foam stays on the brew (the whole time). Very lightly carbonated. Aromas of roasted malts and the fruit is lightly hidden in the background. Creamy mouthfeel. The taste is sweet, but not overly, with a nice bitter finish. Both blend well in the aftertaste. I cannot stop thinking about grapefruits, as this is the fruit I smell and taste. I guess it is the bitterness and the fruit mix. Quite pleasant, will make it a rendez-vous every year.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2011
at 23:42
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle: Poured a deep reddish color ale with a medium off-white head with minimal retention. Aroma of black currant chemically reproduced syrup. Taste is also dominated by this syrup with a weird mix of malt (rye?). Body is thin and carbonation is very low. A new low for this brewery?
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2006
at 14:30
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Reddish amber ale with no head. Chenical currant aroma with spoiled cheese and burned rubber. In mout, chemical sweet fruits, viscous and cloying, with a weird bitterness. Ouch...this is bad. A rip-off at 4.79. LCBO.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2005
at 10:50