Garrison Brewing Company Tall Ship

Tall Ship

 

Garrison Brewing Company in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Amber / Red Ale Regular
Score
5.89
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 21 Ticks: 23
This refreshing premium ale is golden-amber with light maltiness, crisp hop aroma, and smooth, dry finish. Launch into Halifax’s own "Tall Ship Amber Ale", and celebrate our rich nautical history.
 

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4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
On tap at Governors Pub. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a strong nuttiness supported by hay and straw notes. Flavor has sweet grains and lots of nuts with a sweet earthy toffee and biscuit backing.
Tried from Draft on 03 Oct 2016 at 13:28

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
341ml bottle. (5.0% ABV) Pours a clear amber with a small, short lived, white head that leaves spotty lacing. Mild aroma of caramel malt, grain and biscuit. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, grain, biscuit and grass with a crisp, dry, mildly bitter, hoppy finish. Light body with a watery texture and average carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2016 at 23:35

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear golden color ale with a nice white foamy head with good retention. Aroma of clean crisp cereal notes with light residual sugar notes is quiet awesome. Taste is also dominated by clean and crisp cereal notes with light floral undertone and some residual sugar notes. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Not a popular beer style and I was expecting much but this beer is quite the thirst quencher.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2015 at 14:45

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Purchased at NS Liquor on my trip to Nova Scotia. Pours a rich golden colour with a very light amber hue. Nice creamy off-white head with decent retention and some more creamy lacing. Aromas are quite grainy with some hay and mild sweetness. The taste is pretty much the same, but with the hop showing in the finish. Light grass, but with a touch of what seems like adjunct or chemical hints. The rest is not bad, but not like written on label "Premium", nor "Spéciale".
Tried on 11 Sep 2015 at 16:34

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Sample at Atlantic Beer Festival Moncton. Clear amber color, medium white head. Aroma of caramel and light toffee. Taste is mostly caramel. Light body. Plain.
Tried on 02 Sep 2014 at 07:25

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Location: Draft at Maxwell's Plum, 7/7/13

Aroma: The nose has caramel, some toffee, fruity notes, and a little earth
Appearance: It pours an amber color with a small white-to-off-white head and light lace
Flavor: The taste is similar to the nose, somewhat sweet and malty with light hop bitterness
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has an okay but not great mouthfeel, and mild dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was an alright, but ultimately underwhelming amber. It's better than plenty of beers out there, but it is nothing too exciting.
Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2013 at 18:26

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Poured from a 341mL bottle. Clear, golden amber (more gold than amber) with some off-white head. Mild carmel malt aroma. Same mild taste, with feint hops, very light and a little watery.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2013 at 15:32

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Brown bottle, 341 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on July 20 2010; eye: copper, clear, minimal effervescence, tiny ring of off-white head, slight lacing; nose: malt, light caramel, slight pepper; mouth: malt, somewhat unpleasant acridness, light caramel, light pepper, finale with that acridness and presence of malt and caramel, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, lightly harsh texture; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 20 juillet 2010; œil : cuivre, claire, effervescence minime, petit anneau de mousse blanc cassé, très légère dentelle; nez : malt, léger caramel, très léger poivre; bouche : malt, âcreté quelque peu déplaisante, léger caramel, léger poivre, finale en cette âcreté avec présence de malt et caramel, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement rugueuse; en résumé : ordinaire
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2010 at 13:32

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear light amber color ale with a medium foamy head with good retention and surprisingly very good lacing. Aroma of light caramel malt with a semi-dry finish is OK. Taste is also dominated by some caramel malt with not much in terms of other characteristics. Average body with good carbonation. Very easily drinkable but well done for the style.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2010 at 19:26

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Had in bottle in Lunenberg. Golden-amber colour. Quite caramelly, earthy nose with a little bit of flora hop. Quite earthy in the body, with a light woody taste, moderate bitterness and a decently dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2008 at 16:31