Tree Brewing Co. – Okanagan Rail Trail Common Ale
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Overview
- Brewery: Tree Brewing Co.
- Beer Style: California Common
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Pros:
A malt-forward beer with nice balance between light sweetness and bitterness
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Cons:
Not your usual summer-session beer or California Common
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Conclusion:
A malty and lightly toasted beer with nice balance and body
Tree Brewing Co. – Okanagan Rail Trail Common Ale Review
Named after the Kettle Valley Railway the Okanagan Rail Trail Common Ale is a California Common Ale that is brewed in Kelowna BC. Sold in the Tree Brewing Mixer 12-pack this beer pours from the 355ml can as a fairly dark copper colour and is topped with nearly three fingers of dense and lacing head. A malt forward aroma comes through in spades with a toasty and bready like character and light caramel sweetness. For a California Common this is rather malty, dark and toasted but still rather intriguing. Tasting the beer it is too malt forward with a light and smooth body. The toasted notes take control with a bitterness that coincides with the light caramel sweet tones. An almost coffee-like bitterness hits the palate in the later moments of the flavour and gives a pleasant balance of malt and hop tones. This is a very malty beer and not your typical summer-session beer but it is none-the-less very enjoyable.
Alcohol – 5.0%
Size – 4 x 3 355ml cans (Availabile in Summer Mixer 12 Pack)
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