One great thing about the rise of microbrew is that you often stumble across breweries that you had never heard of who brew in towns that you have also never heard of. This is the case with Whitewater Brewery out of Forester's Falls, Ontario. According to google maps Foresters Falls is on the Ottawa river, somewhere between Renfrew and Pembroke, and seemingly not really near anything other than rocks, trees, and good places to Kayak, which explains the presence of a lot of kayak and tree imagery on their website. Remote brewing location aside, I happened to stumble across their beer at the Black Tomato restaurant in Ottawa and so had to give their Midnight Stout, an Oatmeal Milk stout a try.
People who read this blog regularly will know that I love a good stout, particularly a good oatmeal stout so I was really excited to give this one a try. I had it on draught and it pours a nice black colour with a good balanced head. My first impression was of how creamy it is, you really get a sense of the thick, milky flavour to it. A lot of stouts can be a bit bitter but this one is not like that at all, it is one of the smoothest and creamiest stouts I have had. When you first take a sip you get a slight smoky intro, which is subtle but really nice. This smokiness leads into a brilliant smooth and chocolaty middle section that trails off into that excellent creamy finish. To say that I was impressed was an understatement. Stout is a tricky beer type to master and it often ends up being quite watery, but Whitewater have done a great job here. If you like stout I would strongly recommend it.
It is available at a selection of pubs and restaurants in the Ottawa valley, including a few in Ottawa itself as well as at the brewery. They also do home delivery to folks in the following towns: Beachburg, Burnstown, Chalk River, Cobden, Deep River, Eganville, Foresters Falls, Pembroke, Petawawa, or Renfew but when I met their owner at the Winterbrewed festival in Ottawa last weekend they mentioned that they are hoping to be able to expand their range soon.
Rating: 4.5 Steins.
What you need to know:
Brewery:
22 Fletcher Road
Foresters Falls, ON
K0J 1V0
Website:
whitewaterbeer.com/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/WhitewaterBrewingCompany
Twitter
@Whitewaterbrew
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