Golden Yellow and Ruby Red
Its time for another #Beersaturday review. This week I drank two beers, a golden yellow Pilsner and a ruby red Extra Special Bitters (or ESB for short). Let's see how they faired.
Ace Hill Pilsner
Brewery: Ace Hill Beer Co
Origin: Toronto ON Canada
Style: American Pilsner
Abv: 5.0%
IBU: Unknown (I wish all of the Beers listed this detail).
Marketing: Simple and classy design, I would even go as far as saying that it's elegant looking. This beer looks like it could be served in a fancy restaurant and charged a top dollar and no one would question it. Color scheme is white and a regal navy blue with some copper accents thrown in for pop. Large "A" image acts as the Brewery's branding logo. I quite like the can and as you can see I had some fun taking the photos. I found a spot in the house with some great, late afternoon lighting. My one criticism of the design is that it would have been nice to get some more info about the beer listed on there, otherwise top notch marketing in my opinion.
Color: True to the Pilsner style, this beer poured as pale a yellow as you can get in a beer. When placed in the sunlight though, the color popped nice and bright. The foam on top was billowy and extended above rim of the glass a fair ways, like delicious aroma clouds.
Nose: Grain forward aroma with cereals, grass and lemon notes coming through for me. Malty smelling.
Taste: Very subtle sweetness in the begining with a good amount of tang in the middle and nice amount of bitterness in the finish to balance everything out. Some grassy flavors coming through for me, fresh hay and lemon. Taste was quite pleasant.
Texture: Low carbonation but not flat, sharp bubbles and a light bodied mouthfeel. Nice texture overall.
Impression: Quite a bit of flavor and aroma for a Pilsner. Refreshing. A Very good beer overall. I would definitely buy this one again.
Hendersons Best: Amber Ale
Brewery: Henderson Brewing Co
Origin: Toronto ON Canada
Style: ESB
Abv: 5.5%
IBU: Unknown
Marketing: A white, Blue and orange colored can. Henderson Brewery branding logo front and center with no other imagery present. The can reminds me of a baseball jersey. Simple and effective. I like it.
Color: The beer poured a deep ruby red, "like rich mahogany" *said in Ron Burgandy's "Anchor Man's" voice. A decent head on this beer with a very frothy foam that left some nice lacing down the glass.
Nose: Sweet malty aroma of candied fruit, plum, and some citrusy hops notes in the background. As the beer warmed a little I began to notice some chocolate and roasted notes coming through. Maybe some subtle smokey leather?
Taste: At first I thought that this was a very sweet beer but it had a strong punchy bitterness to cut through it and balance it out. After a few sips I didn't find it to be sweet at all but more on the bitter side. I noticed some bread flavors as well.
Texture: Nice carbonation of sharp bubbles overtop a silky mouthfeel. Medium bodied.
Impression: This was a very good beer to me. It was a pretty complex in its taste and smell and I enjoyed how it shifted and changed as I drank it. I may add this one to my list of go to beers.
I drank this as an aperitif before supper. That night I ate a beef and beet stew served over mashed potatoes.
Man they both look good. I like getting a bet on some good light to photograph. It totally makes them look even better. When you said Ron Burgundy I instantly heard it in his voice too, lol
Both beers were quite good this week. Lighting can make all the difference for photos.
I'm glad you got the reference 😂. The movie had a few good and memorable lines that come up once in a while lol
Yeah, to this day I still quote from it. Absolutely amazing movie
I actually do believe you - I just thought that gif was hilarious 😂
Lol. It totally is 😀😀
I always appreciated Ace Hill for their clean and clear simple beer. As an ipa addict, it is plain watery almost tasteless piss to me but that is just my taste.
I drink Henderson quite regularly because their IPA is solid enough and my brother lives close to the brewery and always has some in his fridge.
I am becoming more of a fan of amber again as it is the preferred style of our brewer and it is always on tap. We actually won a gold in a fair brewing competition with it last weekend too!
Cheers to the Ontario beers!
Yeah a Pilsner would be pretty bland compared to an IPA, that's for certain. I tend to like darker beers (as you know) but this one was pretty decent.
I remember that you won in the competition. That's really awesome. I'm impressed!
Oh, the supper looks awesome, love it.
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Wait, I know that the main topic here is beer hahaha, so yes, I also liked a lot the mahogany colour of Henderson's Amber Ale! 😉
Supper ended up being pretty good that night. I don't always add beets to that dish but it was a nice addition and it made it a little different than usual
For me, as a Czech, it is strange to read that in the "Pilsen" style you can smell and taste lemon. But I understand that it wasn't brewed in Pilsen and probably wasn't even used Žatec hops.
Yes, I'm sure that the style is much different here in North America than where it traditionally comes from. I've noticed a trend here in Canada lately to do a lot of German style beers and they aren't very similar to actual German beers that you would find in the Germany lol. In North America they basically just refer to a beers that use the lightest malt (base grains that are unroasted) as a Pilsner.
So we can actually write about the "new style" 'APil' - American Pils :-)
That's a good point. Im going to try and remember to make that distinction for future posts. 😁
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Greetings @leaky20 ,
Enjoyed reading about these beers and especially your opinion about the design factor of Ace Hill. It is quite a striking design indeed.
Dinner looks delicious. ^__^
Cheers, Bleujay
Ace Brewery has some good marketing in my opinion. I like the design. The beer was good too, which is the more important thing 😆