Battle of the Nut Brown Ales

We had a little BC Breweries taste test last night.

I found these side by side in the cooler at the Medicine Beach Liquor Store — and while vague memories of reading the Nut Brown Maid in English Lit 12 occupied my thoughts,  my hands took the opportunity to grab a bottle of each.

I don’t remember a battle in the Nut Brown Maid, but these 2 Nut Brown Ales went head to head, and the results weren’t even close.

The Naramata Nut Brown Ale from the Cannery Brewing Company  is out front where it belongs.  Smooth, dark and sophisticated.  Just the way I like my men.  Howard agrees, by the way — about the beer and the men — he does have Mediterranean blood, after all.

And the Granville Island Limited Release Nut Brown Ale?  Not so much.  Lighter in colour, it was also overly hoppy and bitter — Howard thought it tasted homebrew-ish.  Not at all the type of beer you’d take home to meet you parents, if you know what I mean.