Thursday, 25 June 2020

Ketchin Zeez

An oatmeal stout from Bowmanville, Ontario’s Manantler Craft Brewing Co., Ketchin Zeez is a 5% ale sold in festive 650mL bottles. It’s a dark ale that pours with a disappointingly thin tan head.

KZ has a sweet molasses aroma with roasted malt notes and a touch of vanilla. The flavour kicks off sweetly, with a slightly woody vibe and vanilla bean notes. There is a bit of cocoa bitterness in the back end, but it’s quite understated. The real star of this ale is its creamy mouthfeel, which is smooth and fantastic.

Ketchin Zeez has a lot of positive attributes, but it doesn’t come together quite as well as I’d have liked it to. The beer doesn’t have a bottled on date, but based on the Christmasy label, I suspect it’s a bit older than ideal. The beer is a bit flat, but more than that, I also found it to be overly sweet and I don’t think that can be blamed on age.

Rating: 6.5 out of 10.

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