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How dark can beer go? While stouts represent the darkest of beer shades, their midnight browns and blacks are not exactly on the fall colour spectrum. Instead, we look to dark ales, a category of beers that is neither stout nor porter. Hoyne Brewing Co.’s Dark Matter is a tasty example that defies easy categorization! In their words: “It is not as roasted as a stout, nor is it as sweet or high in alcohol as a porter. And don’t even mention brown ale in the same breath.”
Amber ales are a type of pale ale that pours amber or copper in the glass, thanks to more roasted and toasted malted barley. Typically, brewers add more crystal or caramel malt to the grist. This extra grain lends a stronger malt influence and a caramel sweetness, yet the final ale remains crisp to finish. Red Truck’s Round Trip Amber Ale offers a pretty classic take: a namesake amber colour from caramel and roasted malts meeting a bracing hop finish. Pairs with: Roast chicken
Roasting and toasting the grain longer in the kiln causes the malt to take on a darker colour, which makes for a darker beer. Brown ales use brown malt, simply a darker form of pale malt, which steers these ales toward a final chestnut-brown colour in the glass. The additional roasted notes often come across as nutty nuances, which is exactly the case with Cannery Brewing’s Naramata Nut Brown Ale. Soft and supple, this full- bodied ale pours mahogany. Pairs with: Cheese fondue or chicken pot pie
Pairs with: Stew and freshly baked bread
Red Truck Beer Round Trip Amber Ale
Cannery Brewing Naramata Nut Brown Ale BC Craft $14.79 772756 6 × 355 ml Dark malts with a heavy kiln and toast bring a deep chocolate colour with namesake nutty and toasted notes before a hoppy and engaging conclusion.
Hoyne Brewing Dark Matter BC Craft $15.29 38550 6 × 355 ml Dark chocolate and toasty notes meet lip-smacking crispness in this enigmatic dark ale, “bringing the mystery of the universe into your glass,” touts the brewery.
BC Craft $15.99 233781 8 × 355 ml Glowing an engaging amber in the glass, this robust ale blends roasted malt and caramel flavours with a notch of hops and lip-smacking to end.
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