J.R. Brickman Honey Red

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

This beer pours a clear dark orange colour with a thin white head. The aroma is grainy malt, some sweet honey, and a little hoppishness. The flavour isn't so great. very grainy, and not much in the way of honey or hops.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottle- Pours a deep amber coloured body with a good sized lasting froth. Aromas are all malt and brown sugar with some honey and bread. Sweet malty with some actual honey flavours and the slightest bittering hops. Finish is sweet and tasty. All in all this is enjoyable. A good summer beer. Another winner in the founder’s series.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

This was the first one of the Founder's Series I bought. Pours a copper colour with a small head that disappears rather quickly, but leaves a bit of lace all around. Not as much carbonation as the Pilsner, but smells the same. Grainy bread malt with some caramel. The taste is quite pleasant all-over, with some caramel, mild bitterness of grass, grainy malt and light honey to blend everything. Really enjoyed this one from the bottle before a Pelican show, but prefer their Pilsner.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

Hmmmm.....this actualy quite good. Very malty, with just the right amount of honey sweetness to mask the dark malt flavour. And, just like the pilsner, one that benefits from the glass rather than chugged from straight from the bottle.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Soon to be released "founder’s series" (suggesting more beers to come) this is one of three newly released "craft" beers by Brick ( Ontario’s first craft brewer) Labelled as "J.R. Brickman" ( the Brick founder/chairman) this beer advertises "CQA Craft Brewed" as if this is a guarantee......................and from the lots I’ve tasted it is.....I was surprised to find a flavorful, all malt medium bodied beer!..................... Poured a orange-amber in the glass with a lovely puffy off white cap that lasted well and laced the glass decently................. Aroma was pungent: some grass and a distinct honey-toffee smells under the substancial bready smells of big malt protiens,...................................... Medium bodied, with a fair malt spine....sticky mouth feel..................... Taste profile: Thick caramel malts up front are balanced by some light herbal hops but the honey is detectable and biases the balance towards sweet...although not cloying....finish is wet lightly sweet with a tang of honey and modest bittering from the German hops. An other wise nice aftertaste like a fresh biscuit with a dab of honey. ..................... Summary: This has the potential to be one of the best session beers from Brick in some years....if not "craft" quality, at least an all malt super premium lager.......update: Tried on tap today ( unpasturized) it is far better and there is a real malty finish. This is now a standard quaff for me. Consumed fresh from the tap there are few equals in taste and drinkability.