Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Style Pale Ale

Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Style Pale Ale poured a clear, golden-yellow int the glass, with mild carbonation trailing to a short lived white head.  The nose was very mild, with really earthy and mild herbality from light hopping.

Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Style Pale Ale opened with a dry, heavily carbonated start with pronounced minerals and subtle grassy notes leading the charge.  The middle was a little hollow, and light herbal notes came through in the fade to accompany the minerals... a little watery.

Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Style Pale Ale is fairly under-hopped for a US-style pale ale, but isn’t without its charm.  It lacked body, and the weird emphasis on minerals and herbs made it taste closer to a tonic at times than an ale, but it was refreshing and showed no signs of its moderate 5.8 ABV.

Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Style Brown Ale

Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Style Brown Ale poured the color of dark black tea; transparent and lightly carbonated with a thick, yellow head.  The nose was dominated by a concerning sour apple and funky, off malt flavor.

Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Style Brown Ale opened with a surprisingly sweet and creamy start.  The sweetness took on a cloyingness as it settled into an overly estery middle with some banana and apple.  The flavor didn’t change much in the fade, but the ale left a sticky feeling in the mouth.

I want to assume something was wrong with the Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Style Brown Ale I tasted, but most of the off-flavors I tasted and smelt seem to indicate a poor brewing process rather than being light-struck or old.  Gross.