Midnight Sun Espresso Stout - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 6.2%

Midnight Sun Espresso Stout - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 6.2%

Opaque and black but with a reddish hue. Smells strongly like rich, black coffee - dare I say espresso? Some dark chocolate in the aroma as well. A little smoky with some dark fruit and raisin hints.

Midnight Sun's delectable dark chocolate and black coffee taste paired with the creamy oatmeal touched mouthfeel drinks a little like a thick espresso. It's bitter but at the same time sweet with a mouthwatering dark chocolate finish. Amazingly delicious, I usually protest the use of actual coffee or chocolate in beers rather than the brewer producing the same flavours using only malt but this beer is so damn delectable and perfectly balanced that I cannot bring myself to protest. The interplay between oatmeal, the eight malts used and the espresso coffee is really amazing.

Yukon Red - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5.5%

Yukon Red - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5.5%

A nice deep amber colour in a glass. A surprisingly hoppy aroma, roasty with a bit of a glaze-like aspect. Also a touch of molasses or toffee in the aroma.

A very appetizing mix of hops bitterness, red fruit esters, roasty sweetness and touches of grain. There is plenty of malt and just a bit of something chocolatey in the dry finish. The hops character is relatively muted but it provides a nice balance some mild spice. The hops character is slightly astringent with a little pine and a some fresh cut grass but none of these stand out very much because of the robust and positively yummy malt flavours.

Ice Fog - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 6.0%

Ice Fog - Yukon Brewing (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 6.0%

Full gold in a glass. Pine and citrus loaded hops aroma. A mellow but sticky hops character with resin and citrus (sweet orange mostly). A bit of biscuit rounds out the taste. Ice Fog is more of a summer IPA than some (because of the strong citrus aspect) and as a result would pair well with lighter fare than most IPAs and certainly any dish that contains orange and a bit of spice could go nicely with Ice Fog.

Yukon Gold - Yukon Brewing Company (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5%

Yukon Gold - Yukon Brewing Company (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5%

A aroma of grain that is also sweet, lightly hoppy, a bit spicy with a touch of red fruit and slightly bitter. Gold and clear in a glass with the barest hint of red.

Very sweet and lightly roasty with some tastes of grain or biscuit (like a tea biscuit, not a cookie) and a dry hops flavour. The dryness imparted by the hops is typical of the hops character I associate with an English Pale Ale. There is a mild nutty flavour in the finish: this too is a flavour I expect from an English Pale Ale.

I find Yukon Gold by the Yukon Brewing company is just a bit sweeter than a perfect English Pale Ale but that may just be my interpretation of the style; it is definitely quite a good beer.

Discovery - Yukon Brewing Company (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5.5%

Discovery - Yukon Brewing Company (Canada - Yukon - Whitehorse) 5.5%

A darker amber in a glass. A roasty aroma with hints of grain and honey. The taste is sweet then more bitter then sweet again with a particularly sweet honeyed finish. Grain, malthouse and roast flavours with a mellow barely spicy honey throughout and a lingering but subtle nuttiness. Yukon Brewing set out to make a Honey Extra-Special-Bitter and by my measure they did just that: it's quite nice!