ABV: 5.5%
IBU: 23
Style: Brown Ale - Other
General's Armada Acadian Nut Brown Ale Untappd Rating: 3.75 / 23
Actively Produced
Description: A special project to mark the 170th of the anniversary of the creation of the poem Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie that was an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in English and published in 1847 poem, as well as the creation of an Acadian beer style, and to encourage people to visit one of the Acadian / Cajun brewers that produce that beer style. This Nut Brown is a flavorful, malt-focused beer with hints of nuttiness, biscuit, and caramel, with a moderate, off-white to light tan head. The malt character has some biscuity and nutty flavors and aromas, while there is little hop bitterness character. This well crafted ale is a modest 23 IBUs and 5.5% ABV. The story behind the name: The storied Italian general Italo Balbo, later to be named Commander-in- Chief of the North African Forces during WW2, lead squadron (24) of Italian S-55 Savoia Marchetti hydroplanes to Shediac in 1933 on his way to and back from the Chicago World's Fair. The locals called this an “Armada” of planes.

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