Not nearly as courageous or important as the Operation Husky of 1943,* my operation husky consisted of popping the top on this Rusty Husky, then pouring and scoring. I will add that my operation husky was not nearly as successful as the 1943 version either. I shall elaborate.
I love me an amber. And I do appreciate those Husky gas stations that fly a Canadian flag as big as a tennis court. And who doesn’t love good ol’ Buck from Call of the Wild, and I do enjoy some pre-Nirvana grunge rock from Neil Young’s Rust Never Sleeps.** I had quite enjoyed their Prospector’s Ale so a Bancroft amber Rusty Husky sounded like my cup of tea, as in my cup of tea being a cup of beer of course.
A deep dark amber pour, an amber resin resonating, you guessed it, amber. An aroma of caramel with an edge to it, I’m hoping it shakes off that musty rust. Just as its aroma foreshadowed, the taste is caramel sweet with an edgy ale bitter finish. This husky is ruff, ruff. From caramel smooth to the other end of the spectrum with an abrasive bitter finish. Unfortunately, it’s not really smoothing out, initially a nice caramel flavour but a rough bitter almost boozy backend. In fact, the caramel fades a bit leaving the rough ride as the main feature.
I even checked the brewing date on this one, thinking maybe I got an old, tired husky, because this one wasn’t pulling the sled. I love me an amber, almost always and usually without exception, but this one not so much.
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