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Black Creek Thomas Benson's Strong Ale

Black Creek Thomas Benson's Strong Ale

Rated 3.025 by BeerPals

Brewed by Black Creek Historic Brewery

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Style:  English Strong Ale

6% Alcohol by Volume

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The Benson Strong Ale rings in at 6%. It pours fairly dark, coppery amber. Additions of star anise (which produces flavours similar to Benson’s liquorice root) and molasses lend this beer a smooth, complex sweetness. Like our summertime experiment, this beer has a touch of cayenne pepper. As we learned last week from our primary source investigations last week, such spices could be used to “liven” up beer and give it a little extra kick. The cayenne here is quite subtle: just a bit of warmth running into the chest on the finish. Mouthfeel: medium weight, and a round body. This isn’t your usual 2015 beer – but it’s a highly drinkable, satisfying brew

ID: 61591 Last updated 3 years ago Added to database 8 years ago

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Overall Rank41494
Overall Percentile22.4
Style Rank305 of 359
Style Percentile15
Lowest Score3.1
Highest Score3.1
Average Score3.100
Weighted Score3.025
Standard Deviation0.000

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  • CYRENAICA 2418 reviews
    rated 3.1 8 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    500ml bottle
    6.0% ABV
    Main/Bronte LCBO Outlet (Milton, Ontario, Canada)
    December 4, 2015
    $4.45
    The beer pours a translucent cherry red colour with a thin white ring for a head. The aroma is dark fruit, molasses, and grains. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with below average carbonation. The anise notes really pop in the flavour along with dark fruit, molasses, and the pepper pops in the finish. A fuller mouthfeel and more carbonation and this would have been a very good beer.

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