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Street Smarts

Blonde Ale

Beer Type

11 to 14

11 to 14

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Street Smarts

Blonde Beer

Brock St. Brewing Co.

4.3% Alcohol

Perhaps it’s time for another COMDB beer naming party to help out Brock Street with their beer name writer’s block. And is Brock Street really the most refreshing street in Canada, as they so brashly claim to be?  I can’t help but wonder if this is a direct challenge to Mill Street, tossing down the proverbial gauntlet* so to speak. A beer brewer battle. The Mill Street Malters versus the Brock Street Bullies? The Battle of Brock**?

This Blonde from Brock is a fairly light brew at 4.3%. It pours light golden but not clear, a touch of a haze, and a thin tow head head. A malt forward aroma, no hop access on this street. The first taste is fizzy malty with no bitter or hops in the finish. No bubbles in the pour but lots of fizz under the foam.  More fizzy and bubbly than a Disney tour guide. A good malt flavour but the fizz seems to last, I wish it was past, fizz avast.*** Unfortunately the fizz was there with the good malt flavour to the flavourful but fizzy finish.  Not my fav finish for sure.

*Editor’s Comment: Today the term throw down the gauntlet is a metaphor meaning to challenge someone or something, but it’s origins are quite literal. The term derives from the time of medieval knights when a knight would offer a challenge by throwing down his gauntlet, which in case you weren’t familiar with the fashion accessories of a knight it is a metal glove which formed part of his suit of armor. The other knight accepted the challenge by picking up the gauntlet.

**Editor’s Comment: On October 13th, 1812 British forces under Sir Isaac Brock defeat the Americans at the Battle of Queenstown Heights, on the Niagara frontier in Ontario, Canada. The British victory effectively ended the War of 1812 and any further U.S. invasion of Canada. It also effectively ended Sir Isaac Brock, who was killed during the battle.

***Editor’s Comment: Bit of a reach for that rhyme. Don't confuse 'Ahoy' with "Avast". Ahoy means welcome, where avast means "stop," but is often used as an interjection, like "stop what you're doing", or to say stop when you are frustrated. Nothing angers a real pirate like a wannabe who says "Avast" when they really mean “Ahoy”.

Final Rating: Battling the Fizz to 14 out of 20

Blonde Ale

Beer Type

11 to 14

11 to 14

Honourable Mentions

Rating

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