Ale Flashcards

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What is the New Belgium Fat Tire Amber ale?

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From Fort Collins, Colorado. Clear, amber and bright in colour, with an aroma of sweet biscuit and caramel malts. Flavours consist of toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness.

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How many ales do we have at national?

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What is the Parallel 49 Gypsy Tears Ruby ale?

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From Vancouver, BC. Hoppy, red ( ruby ) ale with aromas of molasses, subtle grapefruit and caramel. For strong beer lovers

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What is the Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale ale?

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From Longmont, Colorado. This APA is hoppy with smell of pine, citrus and herbs. The flavour is a well-balanced blend of bitter hops and sweet malts.

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What is the Phillips Analogue 78 Kolsch?

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From Victoria, BC. Pours a clean yellow with white lace. Aromas is floral hops, fruity pear and hays. Taste is a nice crisp bitterness, biscuit, cross of noble and na hops.

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What is the Phillips Slipstream Cream ale?

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From Victoria, BC. Aroma is sweet and malty. The first sip reveals some perfumy vanilla and grassy herbal hop notes, followed by some sweet caramel and a touch of earthy spice.

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What is the Rogue Dead Guy ale?

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From New Port, Oregon. Deep honey in colour with a malty aroma, rich hearty flavour and a well-balanced finish.

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What is the Tool Shed Red Rage?

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From Calgary, AB. Smells rather strongly of roasted, biscuit caramel malt, a bit of nutty bittersweet chocolate, hints of dry, day-old coffee, and herbal, leafy hops. Taste is the same as aroma but stronger.

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What is the Great Western Original 16 Pale ale?

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From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Pours clear gold with a creamy white head. Aromas is biscuit and cracker malt, light butter, spicy hops, and apple esters. Flavours is malt with light hops and bitterness, fruity esters and a dry finish.

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What is the Tree Thirsty Beaver Amber ale?

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From Kelowna, BC. The aroma is a nice balance of dark malt and fruit. Tastes of brown bread, honey, caramel, faint molasses. Finish is semi-dry, with some nutty bitterness and little booze.

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What is the Anchor Steam ale?

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From San Fransisco, California. Pour clear copper/amber with small white head. Aroma is very malty with citrus, flower, caramel, cookie and metal. Taste is light sweet, light acidic and light bitter.

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What is the Tool Shed People Skills Cream ale?

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From Calgary, AB. Smell sweet, light, and slightly grainy malt and a little bit of grassy hops. Taste the same as aroma but less sweet.

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What is the Laughing Dog Huckleberry Cream ale?

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From Calgary, AB. Real huckleberries are added at the last minute of the boil to lend a subtle berry aroma and flavour. Won silver medal at the Alberta Beerfest and NABA.

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What us the Grizzly Paw Rutting Elk Red ale?

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From Canmore, AB. Pour a clean brown with a medium fizzy tan head. Aroma is caramel and toasty malt, apple and pear and earthy hops. Flavour is malt with light hops and bitterness, dark fruit and dry-finish.

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What is the Howe Sound Rail Ale Nut Brown ale?

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From Squamish, BC. Aroma is sweet, some toasty notes, molasses, an acidic sweetness. Taste is strong coffee, bitter walnut, sweet licorice, all dark flavours.

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What is the Anderson Valley Boont Amber ale?

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From Boonville, California. Pour light amber with a frothy tan head. Aroma of heavy floral hops, deeply sweet dark fruits. Medium body, flavour of the aroma, bready a little nutty, bitter sweet end.

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What us the Deschutes Mirror Pond Amber ale?

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From Bend, Oregon. Pour a beautiful reddish copper with an off white head. Aroma is nice and citrusy, tangerine, grapefruit. Flavour is smooth and caramel malt forward, bready with citrus and pine hops. Very easy to drink.

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What is the Village Blonde ale?

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From Calgary, AB. Pours a clean bright golden colour with a finger of white head. Aroma is grassy and grainy with some pepper. Taste is grainy malt sweetness with a grassy and spicy bitterness.

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What is the Last Best Show Pony Pale ale?

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From Calgary, AB. Vibrant notes of passionfruit, sweet citrus on the nose and floral hops that gives the beer a slightly dry, bitter finish. Taste of much the same.

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What is the Phillips Blue Buck ale?

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From Victoria, BC. A deep amber coloured beer, the blue buck has a crisp finish featuring a delicate hop aroma.

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What is the Wild Rose Wraspberry ale?

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From Calgary, AB. A crisp, easy-drinking ale infused with real raspeberries.

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What is the Stanley 1897 Amber ale?

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From Vancouver, BC. Belgian style, medium amber brown colour and taste of subtle toasted malt, light hops. Has a clean finish. Pair with meat, shellfish, or spicy dishes.

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What is the Village Maiden India Session ale?

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From Calgary, AB. Floral citrus hops, high bitterness, unfiltered ale.

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What is the Unibroue La Resolution Spiced ale?

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From Chambly, Quebec. Dusty black colour, aromas of gingerbread and spicy caramel, taste of spicy, toffee caramel and roasted malt. 10% abv

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What is the BSG glutenberg Blonde ale?

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From Montreal, Quebec. 100% gluten free, dry and citrusy taste,easy to drink beer. Pair well with cheese, marinated olives, meats.

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What is the Stanley Park Windstorm Pale ale?

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From Vancouver, BC. Clear golden amber, taste of tropical fruits and earthy pine hops, pair well with grilled steaks, roasted vegetables, thai curry.

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What is the Big Rock Anarchist India Brown ale?

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Golden/Brown colour, aroma is slight malt, strong earthiness, spicy hops. Flavour is mild malt, caramel, earthy hops. Pair with Montreal smoked meat, duck confit, stews.

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What is the Okanagan Spring Pale ale?

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From Vernon, BC. Clear and copper colour, it is fruity on the palate and earthy in hops with a nice, round finish.