May 27, 2025

121/4602) Home:  Birthday Bestowed 5th Anniversary by Third Moon Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 11.5% Imperial Stout with chocolate cake, chocolate, vanilla and sparkles; jet black, thin, wispy short lived head; nose of chocolate with a  hint of vanilla, chocolate icing and coffee; tastes of chocolate and vanilla, only mildly sweet for all that;

“Features more cake than ever before.”

122/4603) Home:  No-Coast IPA by Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario:  ****1/2; 7.0%, 55 ibu; the GLB website calls this an American IPA; brewed with wheat and Centennial hops; clear; malty nose with citrus and pine; tastes of grapefruit and pine; not at all bitter but to my mind the West Coast wins out here; sweet and fruity but not quite juicy;

Quotations from the can:  The everybody pleaser”, “You don’t have to pick sides.”, “a beer with no rules”