Saranac Joy to Ale

Saranac Joy to Ale

Country- USA
State- New York
Brand- Matt Brewing Company
Type- Amber
Average Beer Rating- 3

Description:
Saranac Joy to Ale is an amber beer with flavors of sweet caramel, biscuity malt and a smooth drinkability. The ABV for Joy to Ale is 5.5, and 23 IBUs%.

Glass to Use:
Amber beers are best served in a 16oz. pint glass.

About the Brewery
Francis Xavier ‘F.X.’ Matt came to the US from Germany in 1878, where he began working for Carl Bierbauer’s Columbia Brewery. In 1888, he would transform the Bierbauer Brewery into the West End Brewing Company. Prohibition was enacted in 1920 and the brewery would survive this terrible time in American history by producing Utica Club soft drinks. When Prohibition ended in 1933, the West End Brewing Co. was the first in the nation to obtain a license and to sell beer.

In 1980 F.X. Matt II would become president of the brewery and rename the F.X. Matt Brewing Co. in recognition of his grandfather. The brewery is now known as the Matt Brewing Company and it is the 4th oldest family-owned brewery in the US. It’s most popular beer is Saranac.

Beer Reviews:
Tobin’s Review 3 out of 5
Saranac Joy to Ale has a dark gold coloring with a really small white head. The beer has aromas of malt and molasses with sweet grain flavors that end dry without much on the post-palate. It’s almost as if you are enjoying the beer, then someone says… ‘the end’ and your taste buds stop picking up flavors. Overall it’s an incomplete tasting beer.

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