Lake of Bays: Spark House Red Ale

One great thing about the micobrew scene is that you get to find beers from places you had never heard of.  Until a few minutes ago I had never heard of Baysville, Ontario but google maps tells me it is in the Muskoka area, somewhere near Huntsville (ish) and they have a brewery!

Spark House Red Ale bills itself as an Irish style red, but it its more of a copper colour as opposed to red.  Colour semantics aside it does indeed drink like a classic Irish red, although it is a very interesting version of an Irish red.  The taste is an interesting mix of spice and barley with a bitter finish a very good example of a red ale.   It is quite drinkable, but that is because it is watery, full bodied would not be a word that I would use to describe it.  It's a good red beer, but personally I prefer something a little less watery, however people who like beers like Keith's Red or Sleeman Red would really like Spark House  I sincerely wish these guys well as the beer has a lot of potential due to a large market for Red Beer here in Canada, but people who like beer with a fuller body will find Spark House to be a bit lacking.

Lake of Bays Spark House is available at some LCBO's (I found it at the Richmond Road branch in Ottawa).  Hopefully they will be able to expand their distribution as this beer has potential to be very popular.

What you need to know
Brewery
 2681 Muskoka Road 117
Baysville, ON
P0B 1A0

Website: lakeofbaysbrewing.ca
 Twitter: @LB_Brewing