Hop Yard Pale
Bottled on Jan.26th, 2011 Poured a slightly hazy reddish-copper ale. A really good dirty white head that stuck around for most of the beer. One first smell, I couldn't figure out what it was, then it hit me. A nice sweet candied apple (crisp, toffee, fruity) and a gentle bitter hop character. It just smells like a creamy drink. The taste is great. The malts are first, same as on the nose, and the bitterness is second. Not sure, but would guess around 60 IBUs. The leveling of this is really quite nice. My rating for mouth feel is 3.5 'cause I feel like the hops linger a bit to long. But it is so drinkable. Garrison is climbing the Atlantic Canadian ladder of quality beers.