RED FOX SUMMER ALE ~ MACKINNON BROS.

The first thing I thought when I saw my beer, is what in the world did I order? It appeared and was an intense bright red like a nineteen fifties lip shade. Sampled on draught this beer definitely had an unworldly colour and a very small white head. The beers colour is due to beets. MacKinnon Brothers which is a farm to beer brewery in eastern Ontario, collaborated with ‘Roots Down” organic farm. The beet juice make up less than 1% but lends their dye to make the intense colour. The aroma was mild and simple with an earthiness, citrus hops and a faint fruitiness. The flavour was moderately bitter throughout, with a light citra hop kick at the end. I tasted no evidence of the beets being added. The beer was very palatable and would be easily sessionable but I wanted more. I found the carbonation soft and the body to be quite light, even watery at times. The beer itself could be a little more balanced. I think I would have preferred that that malts had a little more sweetness and the hops at the finish were a little more evident.

4.2% from Bath, Ontario