November 9, 2023

220/4181) Goose Island Brewhouse, Toronto:  88 IPA by Goose Island Beer Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.9% West Coast IPA with chocolate rye brewed for Goose Island's; 35th anniversary; Southern Passion hops; nose is malty, mild dry edge; malty flavours, mild grapefruit, hint of melon, snap of rye with a dry after taste;  

Part of my reason in visiting was to ask after Bourbon County Stout Day.  Last year was so much fun.  To my regret, it sounds like this will not happen, owing to how much it would cost and how much they would have to charge per glass.

221/4182) Goose Island Brewhouse:  Beer Hug Pub Variant by Goose Island Beer Co. of Ontario:  ****; 7.2% West Coast IPA; translucent, nose of pine and resin; flavours of pine, resin and grapefruit; wonderfully old school

222/4183) Wvrst, Union Station:  Two Loons by Slake Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.3%; hazy; fruity nose; citrus flavours with a mild dry edge;

November 3, 2023

219/4180) Home:  Motor Home Westie by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%, 65 ibu West Coast IPA with Cryo Cascade and HBC638 hops brewed in collaboration with Yakima Chief Hops; pours clear; pine and tropical fruit nose; pine and caramel malt flavours;

November 2, 2023

218/4179) Home:  Imperial Espresso Stout by Barnstormer Brewing and Distillery Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 9%, 50 ibu; from their Barrel Roll Series, wax sealed; brewed with Mule Coffee, oats and espresso beans; pours jet black with a  persistent light tan head; nose is cold brewed coffee and grounds; similar flavours;

I opened this to mark International Stout Day.

October 31, 2023

217/4178) Home:  Single Malt Scottie Ale by Old Dog Brewing Company of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.7%, 12 ibu; brewed with “single malt and small amounts of roasted barley”; sweet, malty nose; notes of toffee, malt; a typical Scotch ale, admirably crafted;

October 29, 2023

215/4176) Home:  Czechlist by Barnstormer Brewing and Distillery Co. of Ontario:  ***; 4.8%, 23 ibu pilsner; perfectly clear; malty nose with dry herbal edge; muted Euro-hop bite, malty and grainy;

216/4177) Home:  Never Mind by Grain & Grit of Ontario:  ****; 6.8% India Pale Ale with wheat and sugar; hopped with Tango and Zamba, neither of which I am particularly familiar with; cloudy, nearly murky; nose is sweet Pez and tropical fruit; sweet candied tropical fruit flavours;

October 27, 2023

213/4174) C'est What, Toronto:  Monster Mash by Dominion City of Ontario:  ****; 8% DIPA hopped with Citra and Mosaic; also brewed with pilsner, oat malt, spelt; hazy yellow; tropical nose and flavours;

It felt appropriate after the annual Phantoms of the Organ Organ Spooktacular concert.

214/4175) C'est What:  Pumpkin Spiced Ale by C'est What of Ontario:  ****; 4.5% 24 ibu; with Knox Farm pumpkins, seasonal spice; strong spice nose and flavours; positively bracing on s coolish evening;

October 24, 2023

211/4172) Home:  Velvet Bubble Lord by Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery of Ontario:  ***; 6%; Blueberry Sour; blueberry puree, citrus lemon verbena, natural blueberry flavour; translucent purple; blueberry nose; raspberry like tartness, blueberry with a lemony bite;

This was another mistake, the second in recent memory.  I was in haste, I knew I was looking for the new Flying Monkeys IPA, I saw the colourful tin, grabbed it and hurried to the counter.

212/4173) Home:  Psychedelic Puzzle Factory by Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 8.1%; billed as a “strong beer with natural flavours” and a Blueberry Custard DIPA; also brewed with oats, lactose, blueberry puree, raspberry puree, vanilla beans, natural vanilla, custard flavour and rosehip-hibiscus tea; amber; nose has berries but they are overshadowed by vanilla; much the same is going on with the flavours, save that there are more berry notes;

This is the one I meant to buy.

October 23, 2023

210/ 4171) Home:  ? (Mystery Beer) by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  **1/2; 5.5%; brewed with oat and wheat; Ugh – it’s a sour; tart nose; tartness and nothing else; a charitable rating;

October 22, 2023

209/4170) Home:  Mirror Pass by Barnstormer Brewing and Distilling Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.1%, 50 ibu Rye IPA; also brewed with wheat, oats and hopped with Mosaic and Citra;  mildly hazy; nose is very citrusy; rye is muted, providing a sharp, dry backdrop to fresh citrus flavours;

October 21, 2023

208/4169) Home:  Dry Stout by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 4.5%; roasty nose with coffee and chocolate notes; dry roasty flavours;

October 20, 2023

207/4168) Home:  Black River Stout by Couchiching Craft Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.6%, 35 ibu Irish Dry Stout; pours jet black with a tan head; very roasty nose with hints of chocolate and coffee; tastes of  roasted malt, dark coffee, unsweetened chocolate; very fine;

October 19, 2023

205/4166) Home:  Priceless by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ***; 5.1% hazy pale ale, dry hopped with Citra, Galaxy and Sabro; hazy; citrus and coconut nose; coconut from the Sabro hops largely overshadows the citrus notes;

206/4167) Home:  Lord Nelson's Lager by Couchiching Craft Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***; 5% from their “dry hopped” series; brewed with the four standard ingredients; their Dortmunder Laclie Lager dry hoped with Nelson Sauvin; pours clear; nose of toasted malt; nearly smoky, dry, bitter, malty and grainy, almost like an old pilsner;

October 16, 2023

204/4165) Home:  Big Buck by Black Bellows Brewing Company of Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.5% IPA; brewed with ”oat malt”; dry hopped with El Dorado, Citra and Amarillo; hazy; nose is mild tannins, tropical; tropical flavours with citrus and a mild dankness;

October 14, 2023

203/4164) Sin and Redemption, Toronto:  Paranoia IPA by Brewery Huyghe NV of Belgium:  ***1/2; 5.6% IPA, “Hazy Hoppy Hippo Beer”; hazy; citrus , zest, yeast nose; tastes of citrus and zest with yeast in the back ground; 

In other news, Nickel Brook's Beer With No Name has been released as Uncle Goose.

October 13, 2023

202/4163) Home:  Salted Caramel Ripple Ice Cream Stout by Quayle's Brewery of Ontario:  ***; 5.5%; nose of roast, vanilla; only mildly briny, mercifully, with notes of vanilla, caramel and roasted malt;

October 11, 2023

201/4162) Home:  Pumpkin Spice Latteale by High Park Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 6.0%, 10 ibu(?): auburn; spiced nose, especially ginger; pleasantly warm concentrated spices – a little sweet but not excessively so;

The website says 6.5% but tin reads 6.0%.

October 10, 2023

200/4161) Home:  Blarney Stone by Quayle's Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.2% Irish Stout; the can takes pains to explain how the coffee and chocolate flavours are attributable to dark malt roasted barley, there are no coffee beans, no cocoa; 100% Ontario hops; mildly sweet chocolate nose; similar flavours with a hint of coffee; a solid Irish Stout;

October 9, 2023

199/4160) Home:  Hot Wings by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 5.0% Pale Ale, hopped with Mosaic and Simcoe; more translucent than hazy; largely tropical nose; mild bitterness takes edge off fruity notes; 

The name is a bit of humour – they wanted to be able to say that they have hot wings on tap at the brewpub.

October 7, 2023

198/4159) Home:  Vampires vs. Zombies by Quayle's Brewery of Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.5% Hazy IPA; somewhere between hazy and cloudy; nose is citrus and pine; tastes of dank pine, citrus emerges towards the finish;

October 4, 2023

195/4156) Bar Volo:  Luna, a collaboration between Volo and Third Moon Brewing both of Ontario:  ****; 4.5% English Pale ale, on cask;  earthy, hopped nose with a hint of pine; mild malt presence, subtle dry hop bitterness;

Today is Canadian Beer Day.

196/4157) Bar Volo:  Red Letter Day by Tooth & Nail of Ontario:  ****; 7.5% Anniversary IPA; clear; mildly herbal hop nose; gentle bitterness; 

The Volo marked 38 years last week.  I learned only today that the walls of the new location are adorned with bricks from the old location.

This was the last glass, a partial pour.  They didn't put this one on my bill.

197/4158) Bar Volo:  Alto, a collaboration between Volo and Great Lakes Brewery, both of Ontario:  ****; 8% Imperial IPA; opaque; dry, nearly bitter hop nose; similar flavours;

October 3, 2023

194/4155) Home:  Raspberry Redemption by Couchiching Craft Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***; 4.8% fruited ale with wheat and raspberries; nose is wheat, raspberry; mildly tart raspberry notes;

October 2, 2023

192/4153) Home:  Purple Paisley by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****:  7% IPA brewed with the addition of oats; pours hazy; berries and citrus to the nose; tastes of berry and citrus, mildly sweet;

Billed as an “alter ego to Green Velvet”.

193/4154) Home:  PIG by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 7% “West Coast Style IPA” brewed with oats; hopped with Simcoe, Centennial. Cascade and Columbus; clear, golden yellow; nose of pineapple and other tropical; tastes of pine, pineapple and tropical fruits;   

In my view, a step down from Witchshark but very fine just the same.

September 30, 2023

191/4152) Home:  Meadow Haze (2023) by Couchiching Craft Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 4.5% New England IPA brewed with wheat and four 4 hop varieties:  Amarillo, Galaxy, Mosaic and Citra; pours hazy; nose is fresh citrus and stone fruit; there is a mild dank edge to this with flavours of peaches and citrus;

September 29, 2023

190/4151) Home:  Fiddle & Field by Quayle's Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 5.6%; Pale Ale; hopped with Cascade and Centennial from their fields as well as Citrus and Talus; clear, golden; floral nose; floral with mild, dry herbal notes;

September 28, 2023

189/4150) Home:  Andromeda Galaxy by Burlington Brewery of Ontario:  ***; 4.7%, 20 ibu Black Light Lager; mild coffee aromas; flavours of coffee and raisins;

September 27, 2023

188/4149) Home:  Dark Ink by Burlington Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 6.2%, 24 ibu Baltic Nitro Porter; pours very dark; fluffy tan head; malty nose with dark coffee notes; malty with semi sweet chocolate and mild coffee flavours;

September 26, 2023

187/4148) Home:  Grind Stone by Burlington Brewery of Ontario:  ***;  8.3%, 40 ibu “Double Indian Pale Ale”; 4 ingredients; opaque but neither cloudy nor murky; floral, perfumed nose; flavours are quite similar; an odd one; 

Back in the 1980s or so when there was a similarly named brewery, of which I was quite fond.

September 25, 2023

186/4147) Home:  Stout by Off The Hop Brewhouse/Newark Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.8%; pours black with a thin head; nose of toasted malt; thin mouthfeel; mild cocoa notes and toasted malts;

Some have suggested this is more akin to a Schwartzbier.

September 24, 2023

183/4144) Barnstormer Brewing and Distillery Co.:  Billy Bishop Brown Ale by Barnstormer Brewing and Distillery Co. of Ontario:  ****; 3.8%, 18 ibu; malty, dried fruit nose; malty with notes of caramel and toffee;

184/4155) Barnstormer Brewing and Distillery Co.:  Pilot Tet Batch by Barnstormer Brewing and Distillery Co. of Ontario:  ****; 6%, 15 ibu; a cross between a German Hefeweizen and an American IPA; bubblegum nose; bubblegum flavours with a mild bitterness;

185/4146) Barnstormer Brewing and Distillery Co.:  Skiddles IPA by Barnstormer Brewing and Distillery Co. of Ontario:  ****; 4.1%, 53 ibu; citrus and tropical nose and flavours;

These were part of a flight of beers.

September 23, 2023

180/4141) Couchiching Craft Brewing Co.:  Atherly Pale Ale by Couchiching Craft Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.9% English Pale Ale; nitro pour; herbal, floral nose; dry herbal, mild citrus, malty; 

We are staying at the Horseshoe Valley Resort for out University class reunion.  Today's lunch can't be beat, in fact every meal has been pretty good and so, too, is the company.

181/4142) Couchiching Craft Brewing Co.:  Ahoy, Matey by Couchiching Craft Brewing Co. of Ontario: ***1/2; 4.7% APA; fruity nose; herbal, fruity flavours;

Maybe the best part of a reunion is catching up with people you once thought were tedious and learning you just hadn't taken the time to get to know them better.

182/4243) Quayle's Brewery:  Big Chute by Quayle's Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 7.0%; hopped with Simcoe and Mosaic; piney nose; piney, astringent;

Quayle's is very much in the middle of nowhere.  It is on a rural farming route but it is huge.  My impression is that of an out-sized Badlands which is high praise indeed.

September 16, 2023

179/4140) Home:  Dora #63 by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%; this edition features modified water chemistry and malt bill; single hop: Citra; murky; nose is herbal, rooty, citrusy; citrusy with tannins overriding any sweetness; 

September 15, 2023

178/4139) Home:  IPA by Off The Hop Brewhouse/Newark Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 5.8%; opaque but neither cloudy nor hazy; piney nose; blend of citrus and pine, only the very mildest bitterness;  

I am not sure what to call the brewer - both names appear on the tin.

September 10, 2023

176/4137) Badlands' Beer Garden:  September DIPA (2023) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 8.2%; hopped with Cashmere, Citra and El Dorado; formulated in an effort to brew a less tropical DIPA; cloudy; tropical fruit salad nose; dank, earthy tropical notes;

177/4138) Badlands' Beer Garden:  Pedestal Manilita by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.5%; Manilita is a hop from New Zealand; cloudy yellow/gold; herbal nose; herbal, mild tropical flavours;

September 9, 2023

175/4136) Home:  L’Échange by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 8.2% DIPA; sixth anniversary collaboration with Messorem of Quebec; brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops selected by Merrorem; murky; nose like white wine; tastes of white wine, with mild tropical notes and berries;

September 8, 2023

174/4135) Home:  Pretty Super by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%; a 6th anniversary collaboration with Superflux Beer Company of British Columbia; hopped with Riwaka, Superdelic and Simcoe; murky; nose is pineapple, mixed tropical fruit; similar flavours with a touch of sweetness;

September 7, 2023

173/4134) Home"  Glaukopis by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 8.2% DIPA brewed in collaboration with Mortalis Brewing Company of New York for Badlands' sixth anniversary; hopped with Nelson, Riwaka and Talus; murky; nose is tropical, melon with a hint of citrus; mild dankness, scant hint of  alcohol, tropical, citrus especially grapefruit;

 Athena is commonly known as Glaukopis, Ulysses’ benefactor in Homer's Odyssey.; 

September 5, 2023

172/4133) Home:  Meowl Mix by Badlands Brewing:  ****; 10% DIPA brewed in collaboration with Barncat Artisan Ales of Ontario for Badlands' sixth anniversary;  hopped with Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, Riwaka, Nelson and Galaxy; tropical nose with a citrus edge; mild sweetness, tropical, citrus; alcohol emerges towards finish along with a touch of dankness;

They have collaborated for very anniversary but this will be the last as Barncat is closing.

September 3, 2023

171)/4132) Home:  Home:  Six by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5% IPA; 6th anniversary beer; hopped with Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Manilita; yellowish, cloudy; nose is tropical; tropical with mild dankness, tiniest hint of malt;

August 29, 2023

170/4131) Home:  Dark Streets of London by Clifford Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.2%, 35 ibu ESB; brewed with a traditional English Ale strain; pours copper, minimal head; nose is herbal hops; flavours of caramel, toffee, biscuit, herbal hops;

August 28, 2023

169/4130) Home:  August DIPA (2023) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****1/2; 8.2%; murky; hopped with Cashmere, Idaho 7 and Nelson Sauvin; nose is papaya, melon with a hint of pine; I can tastes an ever so mild hint of alcohol but mostly delicious mango and papaya;

August 27, 2023

168/4129) Home:  Ultra Nelly by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ***; 8.2% Imperial/Double IPA hopped with Nelson Sauvin; murky; citrusy nose with modestly off-putting notes of vegetation, not entirely unknown to Badlands;  flavours of berries, citrus with some dankness; no hint, however, of that abv.;

August 26, 2023

167/4128) Home:  Morning Moon by Wellington Brewery of Ontario:  ***; 6.2%, 25 ibu IPA with wheat and oats; hopped with Ontario Cascade and Citra plus Idaho 7; pours hazy; nose is citrusy; grainy and citrusy with mild tropical fruit flavours and a hint of dankness at the finish;

August 25, 2023

166/4127) Home:  Galaxy 2 Ways by Collective Arts of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.6% New England IPA; hopped with Galaxy and Galaxy Spectrum; grain bill includes wheat and oats; cloudy; fresh but not sweet (uncommon) papaya; similar flavours; mild dankness; for a change the flavours are not especially sweet either with a dry lingering after taste;

August 19, 2023

164/4125) Badlands' Beer Garden:  Bronze Kicks by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ***; 5.6% pale ale; cloudy; mildly dank edge, herbal notes, mild citrus; oddly herbal nose;

A 6th anniversary offering.

165/4126) Badlands' Beer Garden:  Dora 62 by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%; pours cloudy; modified grist bill for this edition; hopped solely with Citra; nose of tannins and citrus; interesting blend of herbal tannins and candied hops, mild citrus and sweet tropical fruit flavours;

August 5, 2023

163/4124) Home:  Vanilla Birthday Cake by Shakespeare Brewing Company of Ontario:  ****1/2; 9% Imperial Stout; brewed for their 6th anniversary which was July 15th; this was a limited edition and my wife was very lucky to have snagged this; Imperial Stout; deep brown; nearly black; tan head; nose: sweet vanilla, mild hint of coffee; flavours of sweet vanilla icing, hints of roasted malt, sweet finish;

August 4, 2023

162/4123) Home:  Smithwick's Red Ale by Guinness & Co. of Ireland:  ****; 4.5%; as opposed to their pale ale which I see far more often; deep red; malty, biscuity nose; malty with caramel and biscuit; surprisingly nice or maybe I just miss how readily available U.K. beers once were locally;

August 3, 2023

161/4122) Bar Hop Brewco, Toronto:  Silo by Willibald Farm Distillery and Brewery:  ***1/2; 6.6% North American IPA dry hopped with Citra, Mosaic and Freestyle Nelson Sauvin; cloudy, lemony yellow; citrus nose; dry, nearly dank citrus flavours; 

To mark International IPA Day.  Only their rooftop patio was open and I would have liked some air conditioning.  The menu is a QR code which my ancient phone does not support so this was the barmaid’s choice.  This was followed by Amsterdam Boneshaker at the Rex with the Dave Clark 4 in performance.

August 1, 2023

159/4120) Home:  Red Ale by Torched Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.4%; with added wheat;  pours deep red; nose is grassy maltiness with notes of caramel; malty caramel flavours;

Torched was formerly known as Brewster’s Mill Brewing Company.  The original mill was torched in the early 1800s, hence the (new) name.

160/4121) Home:  1832 Irish Stout by Torched Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.4%; Irish Dry Stout; dark with a thin, wispy head; nose of sweet chocolate and roasted malt; roasty with mild chocolate notes; moderately thin mouthfeel for the style;

July 31, 2023

157/4118) Home:  River Pigs IPA by Torched Brewery of Ontario:  ****1/2; 5.7%, 50 ibu; with oats and wheat; pours amber, translucent; nose is floral and piney; malt is present but mostly mild floral and nearly harsh pine/resin notes; very old school;

The name of this beer is a tribute to those who kept the logs flowing on Ausable River to Brewster’s Mill in Grand Bend.

158/4119) Home:  Hazy IPA by Torched Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.5%; Double Dry Hopped; somewhat hazy; mildly citrusy nose; tastes of mild citrus but it is not especially pulpy or juicy;

July 30 ,2023

156/Home:  Bootleg Cream Ale by Royal City Brewing of Ontario:  ***; 5.5%, 20 ibu; pours clear; bready, herbal nose; grainy sharp bitter herbal notes; none of the minerally flavours one often encounters in a cream ale;

The label informs us that this “may contain wheat” which is something that uniformly bothers me.  Don't they know what is in their product?  To be fair, back in the day the miller had a good many customers and there may have been traces of the last order mixed in with yours.

A comment from untappd.com:  “not creamy”.  I wish I was certain that this individual is kidding.

July 29, 2023

154/4115) Home:  Florida Stole My Parents by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%, 15 ibu; brewed with wheat and oats, hopped with Comet and Eclipse; infused with orange and tangerine; described as an “OJIPA 100% hazy”; pours hazy as advertised; scent of orange juice and zest; tastes of zest and orange with hints of grapefruit and pineapple towards the finish;

155/4116) Home:  Chilly Tins by Nickel Brook of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.5% New Zealand style IPA with wheat and oats; hazy; hopped with New Zealand hops:  Waimea, Nelson and Sabro; nose is white wine, fresh tropical; more Sabro (coconut) in flavours than nose, with mild wine, tropical and herbal notes;

July 25, 2023

153/4114) Home:  Tropical Thunder by Brock Street Brewing Company Ltd. of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.4%, 50 ibu; New England style IPA brewed with Kviek yeast; and Melody hops; grainy nose; herbal, dry flavours – not much tropical to speak of here;

July 24, 2023

152/4113) Home:  Astrophysics by Equilibrium Brewery Of New York, U.S.A.:  ****1/2; 6.5%; American style IPA brewed with the addition of wheat; pours opaque, yellowy orange; frothy foamy head; candied citrus nose with mango and papaya; tastes like a candied fruit salad with berries;

“Beer balanced by science”

July 23, 2023

151/4112) Home:  Stonehammer Dark Ale by Fixed Gear Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5%, 20 ibu; translucent; nose is rooty with a hint of chocolate; I am getting mostly mild chocolate and hints of roasted malt; with a fuller mouth feel I might have mistaken this for a Porter;

This is one of the beers rescued after Stonehammer’s demise.  Stonehammer was formerly known as F&M Brewing.

July 22, 2023

150/4111) Home:  Alley Cat by Fixed Gear Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.1% Milkshake IPA; brewed with milk sugar; translucent; mildly sweet, juicy nose; very subtle flavours; just a bit sweet and citrusy;

July 21, 2023

149/4110) Home:  Tarana-Saurus by Indie Ale House of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.7% Toronto IPA/“old school pale ale”; grain bill includes oats and wheat; hazy; citrusy nose; mixed citrus flavours;

July 20, 2023

148/4109) Home:  Rings of Saturn by High Park Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%, 35 ibu hazy IPA; dry-hopped with Galaxy and Citra; pours hazy/cloudy; nose is strong peach; hint of pine, stone fruit and mango;

July 14, 2023

147/4108) Home:  Left Hand Path - Nelson Sauvin by Third Moon Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; West Coast IPA; named for an album by Entombed; nose:  if you could burn white wine as per Jay Leno’s Starbucks joke, it would smell like this; white wine flavours;

This is an odd one.  I found the disagreeable nose dissipated after a couple of weeks in the fridge and I ended up raising the rating.  This sometimes happens with Badlands as well and may explain why I am prone to like their canned IPAs as much or more than the draught versions. 

July 13, 2023

146/4107) Home:  Chaotic Sumer by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%; IPA; cloudy; I hear the term “vegetal” on occasion and I think it would apply to the nose in this instance, with peaches and citrus; tastes of orange and grapefruit with a mild sweetness;

July 12, 2023

145/4106) Home:  Pedestal (Pink) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.5%;  "Pink!" is a nes hop to me, from Jackson Farms;  only somewhat foggy; nose is characteristic candied hop notes with stonefruit; unusual flavours from Badlands – honey, stonefruit and citrus;

July 11, 2023

144/4105) Home:  July DIPA (2023) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 8.2%;  hopped with Riwaka, Mosaic and Motueka; murky; tastes of tropical fruit and berries with an ever so mild hint of alcohol;