Well, I know that fruit beers are all the rage (or at least they used to be), but when you taste this maple syrup brewed beer, you have to think to yourself, "what the heck were these guys thinking".It's way too sweet, and drinking a dark coloured beer flavoured with maple syrup tricks the mind into thinking that you just poured yourself a glass of Aunt Jemima. It's also way under carbonated, so it resembles a drink that's been sitting in the fridge overnight.
The aftertaste is a bit like angostura bitters, which is better suited for gin than BEER. And the bottle cost me almost as much as a good Belgian, so not even good value.
It says on the label that it was brewed with pure maple syrup, but I have a feeling that they snuck in some maple bark... you know... just for good measure.
On Trafalgar Ales & Meads (from company website)
The Trafalgar Brewing Company (TBC) was founded by Mike and Nancy Arnold and George Hengstman in August 1993. For ten years TBC steadily built a reputation as a craft brewery specializing in uniquely brewed small batches of beer. In 2003, with the hugely successful introduction of three flavors of Mead to the Ontario market, TBC changed to Trafalgar Ales & Meads and is now recognized as one of Ontario’s most progressive small breweries. Trafalgar continues to maintain an excellent reputation for quality assurance, extraordinary beers and technical innovation.
Well, I didn't mind this one as much as you seemed to. It's a little too syrupy, and yes, a bit flat, but at least it had flavour.
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