December 17, 2021

342/3692) Home:  Dead Man's Switch by Lake of the Woods of Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.8%, 40 ibu;  the grain bill is malted barley, malted wheat and flaked oats; hopped with Citra and Amarillo; cloudy; nose of peaches and citrus; flavours of pineapple with citrus in the background; touch of bitterness from the pineapple notes causes this one to stand out from a good many New England IPAs; 

The tin advises that this is Best consumed while doing laundry".

Lake of Bays is based in Kenora and the tin reminds us that the Kenora Thistles won the Stanley Cup in 1907.

It also recalls the 1973 CIBC bank robbery in which a man who arrived in Kenora under an assumed name walked into the CIBC branch wearing a balaclava and armed with a rifle, a pistol and a homemade bomb consisting of six sticks of dynamite with a dead man's switch between his teeth.  He demanded a getaway vehicle and driver to go with the sack of cash he took.  The driver turned out to be a plain clothes police officer.  A crowd approaching 1000 people gathered outside and witnessed a rifle being delivered to another police officer outside the bank.  He shot the robber which set off the bomb.   It is believed the sack of cash shielded the plainclothes officer though he did suffer hearing loss. To this day the robber has not been was identified.  There was not enough left to work with.

343/3693) Home:  Double Skull Doppelbock by Epic Brewing Co. of Utah, U.S.A.:  ***; 8.6%, brewed with six different malts and Noble hops; chestnut in colour; rich, roasty, malty nose; mildly sweet with mild roast, and malty flavours; 

Advent day 17.