Wellington County Brown Ale
Inspired by traditional English brown ales, this delicious ale is a rich mahogany brown in colour with deep red accents. With roasted malt, nut, and toffee notes this enticing malt-forward ale is balanced with a mild hop finish. This award-winning brown ale is a testament to the fact that the classics never go out of style. Cheers!
3.2
205 reviews
Guelph, Canada
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Big can. Looks dark. Aroma of pale and caramel and light chocolate malts, hints of nuts, and light bitter notes. Flavor the same. Average texture. Very light all around.
Can. Pours dark amber brown with a thick rocky off-white head. Aroma is mostly roasted malt with some sweetness. Flavor is not overly strong with predominate taste of coffee. Body is a little thin.
Pours a dark brown, with a thin off white head. Aroma is of roasty malts, and some caramel and toffee. The taste is a little bland, but some caramel and coffee notes shine through. Not a bad little beer, but not spectacular neither.
Pours a deep brown with a tan head. Edges of the glass show orange. Aroma is subtle with hints of chocolate and vanilla. Flavour is thin as is the body. It tastes a little of roast malts and chocolate. Finish is smooth with a hint of roast grain astringency. It just doesn’t of enough of anything. It’s light on flavour body and aroma. If one of those stepped up, I could like this a lot more.
Dark brownish pour, fairly chear, small head. Sweet malty aroma. Not getting much hops, just sweet caramel malt here. Not overly toasty or anything, so those looking for length of toast will have to look elsewhere. Easy drinking though, and it wont scare off your macro drinking friends.
471ml can from my lovely for fathers day
Pours a nice ruby small head
Very nice malty tate
As I’ve mentioned before, Wellington County beers are all over the map in quality. One can always hope that they get a good one, but there is no guarantee. The Wellington Dark is an example of one of their better efforts. A clear dark reddish brown colour, with a sweet malt aroma. The flavour is reminiscent of many other boring amber ales though.
Great dark ale that is flavourful but not overwhelmingly so. Nice clean aroma and a wonderful smooth taste. One of my favourite Ontario dark ales.
Pours a mahogany red colour with a light golden head. Nice toasted nut and caramel tasted with a smooth mouth feel. Creamy middle with a nice hoppy feel and taste.
Nice malty session beer in 473ml cans from the LCBO. Balanced, flavourful and low alcohol.
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Clear dark copper with reddish hues and large light tan head. Aroma of malts, nutty, and a creamy aroma. Taste of malts, caramel, slightly nutty, creamy mouthfeel, slight hop presence in the middle. Everything blends together excellent on this beer. Very good for this style.
From a cask this is just stunning. Vinous and deep with a good deep structure which well balances the malt and the hops. Bitterness holds out in the end but any way you slice it this is a faithful and majestical rendition of a traditional British style.
Remember, go cask. bNot bottle.
473ml can. Pours a clear dark brown with tan coloured head. Aroma is cocoa, coffee, faint caramel and cereal notes. Light bodied, and slightly watery with cocoa, straw, faint molasses, hard water notes and faint bitterness. A little thin on flavour, body, and way too much carbonation. Not at all like I remember it.
Tried this beer at a restaurant with Steak and Waffle Fries. It was the perfect compliment. Was really surprised what a clean crisp taste it had. Recommend to anyone.
Bottle. Brown amber, tan head. Sweet aroma of molasses, burnt sugar, vanilla, slightly leafy. Light and oily. Sweet with a slight bitter finish. Nothing too exciting, but it’s drinkable.
Pours red with a thick white head. Rich malty aroma, like burnt caramel. A bit thin. Nice chocolate flavour late in the palate. Malty and drinkable but severely lacking in body. I’m not looking for it to be as thick as stout, But, this stuff is as thin as a pilsener. Tastes nice but a little dull.
Can from LCBO. Pours clear dark, reddish brown. Nutty roasty aroma. Taste is nutty, toasty, creamy, with a slightly metallic hoppy finish. A good brown ale (it is a brown ale in my opinion, despite the fact that it is categorized as an English Pale Ale here).
473 mL can. Pours a deep stained oak color with a nice light brown head that settles quickly. Aroma of roasted nuts, malt and caramel. Might be made with dark malts, but this beer drinks fairly light. Surprisingly dry with a malty finish, lightly hopped, wanted just a little more oopmh from it. Just bubbly enough. Nothing interesting here.
473ml can. Finally a beer with some head from Wellington. As I was saying medium creamy-caramel collar with medium retention. Dark ruby colour.
Delicious bready aroma, caramel, spices and dried fruits. Taste is fully complementing the nose: complex and delicate with plenty of malt and caramel, a hint of dark chocolate.
Overall by far the best sample from the Wellington taster pack. Wouldn’t mind some more of it.
473ml can. Voluminous, dense, off-white pillow! Actually lasts awhile - or the thickest lace I’ve seen! Wonderful toffee notes wafting up from the pour. Attractive tawny orange body (Lovibond 18). Stunning initial swig - bold molasses flavoring with light hops bitterness in the finish. Not as sweet in subsequent swigs. Fairly balanced! Very interesting flavours. More complex than I had anticipated. Another win for Welly! Would have been perfect palate if not for the low carbonation level.
Edit: something about this beer - the taste buds become desensitized and lose the ability to enjoy the deep flavours after awhile. The first few swigs are great!!
April 23 2012. 473ml can pours a beautiful dark ruby red with thin off tan head. Head fades to ring and leaves no lacing. Low carbonation. Aroma is toasted earthy malt and sweet fruit like cherry. The cherry carries over in taste but struggles for balance with malts and hops. Falls short of producing anything strong or notable. Wet palate makes it easy to drink, lightness makes it easy to forget. Very slight hops aftertaste at least let's you know you drank a beer.
A little bitter, with coffee and nuts hangin out having a good time. Not a great time, but chattering while watching the telly. Is it better than 94% of beers in its class? Nope. But it’s fine, a solid effort. Not exactly an EPA but moreso than an English Brown, so I guess this is the right place for it.
Aroma of wet barley and garbage. Has a black water body with small head. Flavour is garbage and coffee- or perhaps more like coffee that’s been found in garbage. Weak finish. This one is unbalanced and needs some work.
500ml can. Ruby brown with a biege head that fades to a thin ring around the outside of the glass. Seems rather bland - caramel and cherry lend a sweetness, some hops and a bit of sweet malt. Below average carbonation, little thin, somewhat sweet, becomes dry, end with some pear and cherry along with grains. Not as good as I remember but I know my palate has changed.
Meh. Top to bottom pretty much just dark bread malty presence. Not getting much bitterness. Pretty bland on that front. Medium body in the mouth.
Cask at C’est What with JoeMcPhee. Pours a reddish brown with minimal white head. Soft mouthfeel with notes of coffee and nutty malt. Simple, dark, and good. I like that.
not that bad but fairly boring overall. taste only has the lightest sense of bitterness. mech better than their pale ale at least.
On tap at the brewery, served in a tasting glass. Pours dark caramel with a large, fluffy tan head. The head mostly remains and leaves a moderate amount of fine lace. On the nose, there are notes of chocolate, coffee and toasted malts along with bread, nuts, earth, pine and herbs. The flavour starts out slightly sweet and soon acquires a moderate bitterness accompanied by notes of roasted malts and coffee. On the palate, it is medium in body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Overall, this is not a bad ale. It has a nice malt profile with toasted malts and roasted coffee. Would make a great session ale. 2011-10-08
Bottle purchased directly from the Wellington Brewery in Guelph. pours dark brown with a light tint of red. Thin white head. taste of chocolate, caramel and delicious malt. Almost like a porter. Quite enjoyable.
(can) clear dark amber with small tan head; aroma of stewed fruit, lightly roasty flavour, not bad but nothing exceptional. It came in a pack of 4 cans of different beers from this brewer - all tasted like the same beer with different amounts of water added... Sort of like Duff, Duff Light, and Duff Dry on the Simpsons....