Muddy York's Brave Noise

 My first taste of the Brave Noise project came from Toronto’s Muddy York Brewing Co. Their Brave Noise Pale Ale is a collab with VQH Farms. It’s a 5.6% brew sold in 355mL cans that feature a QR code that links to the Toronto brewery’s code of conduct. A portion of the sales from this beer go to support the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres.

This version of Brave Noise is a strikingly clear amber beer with limited off-white head and a gorgeous pine, caramel, and grapefruit aroma. The beer has a decent amount of caramel-minded malt, but the real driver is a lovely pine bitterness.

Close to a not-so-potent West Coast IPA, Muddy York’s Brave Noise tastes big and tastes great! I’d love to see this as a year round initiative. To be clear, I don’t know if this is a standard recipe or one that can be tweaked, but what was in the can slaps, and it is in service of an improved beerscape more friendly to, and less harmful to, women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ communities. It’s a damn fined cause and a tasty product.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10.