mcberko (47456) reviewed Dark Wheat Ale from Black Kettle Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Black Kettle, pours a deep dark reddish brown with a large beige head. Aroma brings out lots of banana, followed by cloves and dry crusty bread. Flavour is clean, with notes of bitter toasted rye bread, banana and a touch of clove. Slight astringency on the finish. Thin body, but drinkable. Decent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Canadian Blonde Ale from Black Kettle Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Black Kettle, pours a hazy blonde with a medium white head. Aroma brings out a lot of grass upfront, followed by sweet cereal and some biscuity malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with grass and cereal notes. Clean and refreshing, but quite unambitious and boring. Meh.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Black IPA from Black Kettle Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Black Kettle, pours black with a large tan head - looks like a heavy stout. Aroma brings out notes of roast, a touch of diacetyl and some aggressive piney hops. Flavoour brings out a good balance of roasted malt and piney hops -- with ample bitterness along with a nice robustness from the roast. Nicely done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft - Sweet, roasty and some dark chcolate notes. Jet dark brown with a rich light brown head. Some roast, but mostly sweet cocoa and chcolate. Typical nice mouthfeel. Not bad, but flavours are a bit on the sweet and uninteresting side,
mcberko (47456) reviewed Dark Mild Ale from Black Kettle Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
On tap at Black Kettle, pours a deep dark brown with a reddish tinge and a small beige head. Nose brings out toasted English malt and crusty rye bread. Flavour is along the same lines, with English malt and crusty bread. Not the most interesting beer, even as far as milds go. No off-flavours but it's not terribly well-brewed. Okay.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Northwest Red Ale from Black Kettle Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Black Kettle, pours a cloudy amber with a small off-white head. Nose brings out toasted bread, some boiled vegetables and light hopping. Flavour reveals notes of citrus hops, toasted bready malt, a little boiled cabbage and an astringent finish. Not very cohesive, nor well-balanced. Some off-notes here. Meh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap. Pours a light mahogany color with sparse head. Lots of watery caramel. Not offensive but really not much there.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Black Kettle, pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma is typical for an oatmeal stout, with light roast, some sweetness, and a touch of cocoa and coffee. Flavour is pretty much identical, with a nice body of coffee, cocoa, roast and sweetness. A well-done by the books oatmeal stout.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Porter from Black Kettle Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught at the brewery, 12oz
Black color with small beige head. Mild aroma of roasted malt. Dry mouthfeel, moderate flavor of roasted malt, light bread, very light yeast trace; low bitterness level.
Correctly brewed but without much character.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Scottish Ale from Black Kettle Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Toby’s Commercial Drive
Beautiful dark mahogany color. On the positive side, it has some very nice biscuity and caramelly malt; on the negative side, it has some diacetyl. It’s rather dry but quite smooth too. The very light lingering sourness is another disturbing element.
Good starting point with the concept, but with some troubles in the execution .