May 30, 2025

123/4604) Bar Volo:  40 Anni by Volo of Ontario:  ****; 8.5%, 75 ibu Imperial IPA; brewed in collaboration with all seven former House Ales brewers; mildly cloudy; nose is grapefruit; dry, nearly bitter grapefruit and resin; Volo 40th anniversary weekend;

This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Cafe Volo, now Bar Volo.

124/4605) Home:  Amici M.L. by Volo in collaboration with Mike Lackey of Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario:   ****; 6.5%”Old School IPA”;  Old School is what the board says but elsewhere it is called a hybrid IPA, a mix of old and new school; cloudier than the above; grapefruit nose; tastes of grapefruit with mild pine;

125/4606) Bar Volo:  Amici M.T. by Volo in collaboration with Matt Tweedy of Tooth & Nail both of Ontario:  ****; 5.6%, 40 ibu London Porter; deep rich brown with a thin but persistent tan head; mildly sweet mocha nose; mild mocha flavours;