From Sorrento in the Shuswap area, just north of the Okanagan Valley’s Crannog Ales comes the “Gael’s Blood Potato Ale”.  They grow many of the ingredients for their beer and the spent grains are fed to the animals on the farm. All of their ales are only available on tap in BC pubs and restaurants. Every ale they produce is a Certified Organic Irish style Ale.  This beer pours a clear but deep amber/copper colour with a tan head.  The aroma of this brew is of potatoes, earth, slightly smokey, very malty, caramel and floral hops.  The flavour of the beer is of potatoes up front with earth, bread, caramel and a really strong maltieness and a mild hops bitterness.  This beer has a very nice balance between hops and malts even though the malts are far more obvious.  This is one complex brew  and I can not wait to have my next pint!  The beer has an alcohol content of 5.2% and an IBU of 48.

Commercial Description:  This rich Irish red ale is made with organic potatoes for an exceptionally smooth, rich body. It is extraordinarily rich in malt flavour, with just the right amount of hop finish. It’s an immigrant ale, uniting the staple food of Ireland with plenty of new world hops. (Formerly known as “Hell’s Kitchen”.)

“Best Beer” at the Okanagan Fest-of-Ales 2005; and “Best organic Alcoholic Beverage” at the Organic Harvest Awards, 2006.