It's always nice to try beers from different breweries, so when I saw Peterborough ON's Publican House Square Nail in the LCBO I decided to give it a try. It is self styles as a West Coast Pale Ale, which is means that it should be a heavier, maltier pale ale than most. Fortunately it hits that button in an interesting but slightly unfulfilling brew.
Square Nail pours a nice burnt orange colour, which is a good start, but the nose leaves a lot to be desired. On the tongue you get a nice caramel taste, good maltiness that progresses into a citrussy middle with a relatively bitter finish. Unfortunately all of these characteristics are only notes, they are very nice notes, but they are a part of a relatively bland melody. Like a lot of complicated ales, this one struggles for balance, it has a lot of potential but I found that the overall flavour is thin and weak. It's perfectly refreshing, but I had been hoping for more. If ever there was a beer to remind you that the whole is more than the sum of its parts, this is it.
It's available at the LCBO in cans as well as at their brewery in Peterborough.
Alc 5.5% IBU 43
Rating 3 steins
What you need to know
Website
http://www.thepublicanhouse.com/
Brewery address
300 Charlotte Street
Peterborough, Ontario
K9J 2V5
Twitter
@PublicanHouse
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/PublicanHouse
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