August 5, 2019

234/2834) Home:  30,000 Islands IPA by Trestle Brewing Company of Ontario:  **; 6.3%; Parry Sound; brewed with the usual four plus oats; pours clear, which is a nice change for an IPA, with a soft fluffy head; Asian tea nose; floral flavours with a strong malt presence, grassy, resiny;

Brewed In Parry Sound, home of the great Bobby Orr.

August 3, 2019

232/2832) Home:  Lotus Citra IPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; Lotus is a new hop to Badlands and it is fairly new to me as well - Badlands paired it with an old favourite, Citra; orangey nose; tastes of mango and orange with a hint of pine;

233/2833) Home:  The Classy Cow Milk Stout by the Shakespeare Brewing Company of Ontario:  **; 5.5%; brewed with the usual four plus lactose and oats; non-pasteurized; nose is sweet; mild roast, mild chocolate flavours;

August 2, 2019

231/2831) Home:  IPA No. 10:  Simcoe and Mosaic Hops by Collective Arts of Ontario:  **; 3.2%; a self-styled Nano-IPA; hazy yellow; citrusy nose; citrus and melon flavours; a remarkable lite/session ale;

August 1, 2019

229/2829) The 3 Brewers, Heartland:  Kamehameha by The 3 Brewers of Ontario:  *1/2; 5.2%, 16 ibu; a Thursday cask; billed as "Sour-Fruited"; their Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Denali and Cashmere hops and pineapple; hazy; tart, sour, hint of pineapple towards finish;

230/2830) Home:  The Grumpy Goat IPA by Shakespeare Brewing Company of Ontario:  **; 6%; biscuity, malty nose; uncommonly malty, rich and biscuity with a dry edge and a dry finish;

Brewed in Shakespeare, Ontario, which is not far from Stratford.

July 29, 2019

228/2828) Home:  Inglewood by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%;  features Mosaic and Amarillo hops; nose of oranges and peaches; flavours of citrus and zest;

This is named for a small village within Caledon - from their "Spotlight Caledon" series.  From their website:  "Inglewood is a small village within the town of Caledon and is one of the closest to our brewery. The credit river and Bruce trail run directly through the village, which makes it a quaint and scenic beauty to take a stroll through."

July 28, 2019

226/2826) Home:  Strawberry Rhubarb Milkshake IPA by Moosehead Breweries of New Brunswick:  *1/2; 5.9%; 20 ibu; brewed with the usual four ingredients plus wheat, oats and lactose; hazy; sweet strawberry ice cream nose; sweet strawberry flavours with a touch of rhubarb at the finish;

227/2827) Home:  Hazy State by Collective Arts of Ontario:  **; a 4.1% double dry hopped IPA with Citra, Amarillo and Centennial hops; unfiltered; nary a mention of the word "session"; yes, it's hazy; soda-like mouthfeel; billed as the successor to their State of Mind beer; reminds me of a New England IPA like; citrus and tropical nose; citrus zest, resin, light tropical notes;

July 27, 2019

224/2824) Home:  Peach Paradise by Lake of Bays Brewing of Ontario:  **; 5.2%, 55 ibu; a peach milkshake IPA; Magnum, Mosaic, El Dorado hops, "natural peach flavouring", lactose; sweet peach cobbler nose; peach nicely compliments the hops; bitter finish;

225/2825) Home:  July DIPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **;  8.2%; positively swampy; dry hopped with Galaxy hops; sweet peach nose and flavours; mildly bitter finish;