Augusta Ale - Kensington Brewing Company

Top_Jimmy

Ontario (Canada)

4.2/5  rDev +15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5

Kensington Brewery is a small Ontario Craft Brewery that currently brewed at Wellington Brewery in Guelph Ontario. The company is so small they only currently have 2 full time employees.

This has become one of my new favourite craft beers from Ontario.

Apperance - This beer pours an amber colour from the can leaving a small head that does not remain while some lacing does remain for a short period.

Smell - Nice amount of hops, bready with a slight malt, slight citrus background

Taste - Forefront of hops, a nice bitter IPA, citrus

Mouthfeel - This beer has some body and a nice mouthfeel. It has a great amount of carbonation and finishes with a hoppy, bitter aftertaste

Overall - This has become one of my current favourite Ontario Craft Brews. It is a nice IPA that is good to start with and not as hoppy and bitter as other local beers susch as Hops and Robbers, which I also enjoy but others may not.

Serving type: can

02-08-2013 02:34:45 | More by Top_Jimmy

CurtisD

New Brunswick (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

06-07-2013 18:46:40 | More by CurtisD

KrisDLSmith

Ontario (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +16.8%

05-25-2013 02:38:12 | More by KrisDLSmith

RefillMyglass

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +3%

05-19-2013 20:20:44 | More by RefillMyglass

valianes

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

05-18-2013 21:30:49 | More by valianes

chadmbogo

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

05-02-2013 13:56:25 | More by chadmbogo

Opiate42

Ontario (Canada)

4.88/5  rDev +34.1%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

It mixes the hops of a nice IPA with the smooth feel of a red ale. Colour is a nice reddish brown and the aroma is fresh and hoppy. The ingredients used must be top notch as I can drink quite a few without getting any form of headache (cheaply made beer gives me migraines).

Serving type: can

04-19-2013 18:01:40 | More by Opiate42

DaPan

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -10.7%

02-13-2013 12:34:07 | More by DaPan

bluetrevian

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

02-13-2013 02:39:44 | More by bluetrevian

yancot

Ontario (Canada)

3/5  rDev -17.6%

02-11-2013 20:57:07 | More by yancot

mjacquard

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

02-09-2013 02:30:27 | More by mjacquard

HATS4BATS

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +9.9%

02-07-2013 20:05:21 | More by HATS4BATS

Kremlock

Ontario (Canada)

3.8/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

A: Pours a beautiful frothy white head. It then falls to a thin film but keeps some nice lacing. Deep straw colour with hues of orange. Slight haze but you can still see fairly well through the glass.

S: Thick bread/biscuit, toffee, grainy with herbal/pine hops

T: The bread and biscuits come trough followed by pine, grassy and a hint of lemon hop flavours.

M: Low to medium body, good carbonation. Bitterness is on the lower side. It allows the flavours of the malt and the hops to shine.

O: A good Pale Ale by any standards. The flavours come through well, the carbonation is on par, and the finish is dry with a short sweet burst.

Serving type: can

01-16-2013 02:51:45 | More by Kremlock

sbarre

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +3%

12-23-2012 14:45:27 | More by sbarre

EgadBananas

Louisiana

3.6/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This is a great looking beer. Translucent, sunny and medium orange in colour, with a light tan coloured head of two fingers. Nice retention and lace. Aroma has some herbal hop notes, some citrus and nutty malts. Mild bitterness, with a nutty, grainy malts, notes of sweet citrus. Feel is nice and creamy, with a good carbonation and upper light body. Nice enjoyable pale ale.

Serving type: can

12-19-2012 02:47:34 | More by EgadBananas

BigGruntyThirst

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +3%

12-14-2012 23:50:15 | More by BigGruntyThirst

SandS

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%

12-02-2012 04:31:32 | More by SandS

cfalovo97

Ontario (Canada)

3/5  rDev -17.6%

11-06-2012 18:54:25 | More by cfalovo97

BGDrock

Ontario (Canada)

3.63/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: amber gold; head is fairly weak and sparse, fades quickly to a film; clear

Aroma: bready malt, caramel; herbal, spicy, and light citrus hops, all mingling well

Taste & Mouthfeel: moderate level of woody, rustic hops at a strength right for the style; malt notes hover in the background the whole way through, of toffee and sap; clean, crisp mouthfeel

Overall: well balanced and sessionable, but nothing really to make it stand out from others in the category

Serving type: can

10-25-2012 01:50:25 | More by BGDrock

traumaqueen

3.75/5  rDev +3%

10-17-2012 03:46:12 | More by traumaqueen

Dalia

Michigan

2/5  rDev -45.1%

10-13-2012 03:52:21 | More by Dalia

Molson2000

Ontario (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +16.8%

09-21-2012 22:39:33 | More by Molson2000

ThinkAgain

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -10.7%

09-07-2012 06:10:03 | More by ThinkAgain

biegaman

Ontario (Canada)

3.98/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Augusta Ale glows a lightly coppered golden tone, clear but not without distortion, and minimal head (despite all that generated from the pour). It is a basic looking ale, but one that strikes me as though it belongs in no less than a pint-sized serving. Webs of lacing do stick here and there on the glass even while its bubbles are lethargic.

Augusta Ale welcomes you with aromas of tree resin, citrus rinds, and bitter herbals. In other words, I hope you like hops. While a big backdrop of biscuity, caramel malt disqualifies this from (especially American) "IPA" discussions, there is nonetheless a notable, distinct hop bouquet that leaves little to be desired for a pale ale.

The entire flavour profile is outlined and shaded in green. Like a comic book illustrator, the brewer has traced each separate panel (flavour) with a bold, hoppy contour. Whether it's the biscuity, bready cookie-like start or the sweet, toasted nut finish, each individual scene is accentuated by hops, be it via pine or grapefruit or weedy, grassy herbals.

The slight citrusy character notwithstanding, this beer has a bitter, leafy quality not unlike spinach. What makes it infinitely more pleasant, however, is a maltiness that tastes like toasted nuts drizzled in caramel. This bready, biscuity profile almost tastes like a Greek pastry (think nuts, honey and phyllo). It is a gratifying ale, but a pint won't last long at all.

Just as there's nothing creative about the name 'Augusta Ale' (the street where this is brewed) so too is there little distinguished about the beer itself. But that doesn't imply there's anything wrong with it. On the contrary, I wouldn't change a thing. Insofar as sessionable, hoppy pale ales go, this is a winner. And a definite re-buy, too.

Serving type: can

08-20-2012 17:55:58 | More by biegaman

hopsolutely

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

First time I've enjoyed this beer since brewing moved from Black Oak to Wellington's facilities. I can't tell the difference and the can is similar to earlier draught.

This is a very well brewed and easy drinking ale, but personally I wouldn't have classified it as "American" in style, as it is grain-forward and lacking any "west coast" or "c" hops. Pours a clear, dark golden colour with impressive white head and lacing. Aroma of bready and green grains with caramelized malts. Taste of sweet caramelized malts transitions into a nicely bitter finish, which lingers for an impressively long time. If there were a hint of pine, citrus or tropical fruits in those hops, it could easily become a “regular” for me.

Serving type: can

08-19-2012 23:14:17 | More by hopsolutely