August 17, 2019

244/2844) Stonepicker Brewing Company, Forest:  Hack N' Slash IPA by Stonepicker Brewing Company of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.4%, 42 ibu; tropical and stonefruit nose; grapefruit and tropical flavours;

Stonepicker is on a farm in southwestern Ontario - a very nice setting.

245/2845) Stonepicker Brewing Company:  Big Red 9350 by Stonepicker Brewing Company of Ontario:  *1/2; 6.1%, 37 ibu; a red IPA; sweet, malty, mild citrus notes;

August 15,2019

242/2842) The 3 Brewers, Heartland:  OK Damn Gurl by The 3 Brewers of Ontario:  *1/2; 4.8%, 28 ibu; cask;  Brown Ale with chocolate,vanilla, sea salt and rosemary; described as a salted brownie with rosemary - who would do that?; chocolate nose; vanilla is a nice addition but I find the rosemary and especially the salt off-putting;

243/2843) The 3 Brewers, Heartland:  La Florida by The 3 Brewers of Ontario:  **1/2; 4.8%, 42 ibu; a fruit beer brewed with with passion fruit and guava;  opaque; a whole variety of citrus to the nose, like a glass of SunnyD; variety of fruits, delicious, refreshing with a hint of hoppy bitterness towards the finish; I might have been fooled into believing this was an IPA;

August 13, 2019

241/2841) Home:  Beer League Lager by Central City Brewing of British Columbia:  *1/2; 5%; pours clear; a pretty standard lager with a crisp finish;

August 11, 2019

239/2839) Home:  Organic Grapefruit Radler by Beau's All Natural Brewing of Ontario:  **; 2.5%; from the tin:   "organic beer, organic juice from concentrate (apple, red grapefruit, elderberry), organic red grapefruit flavour, organic sugar, citric acid, potassium metasulphite" - who knew suphites were organic or even all natural?;  nose of grapefruit and apple; the beer is very present in the flavours which is not uniformly the case with radlers; also flavours of grapefruit and berries;  very nice;

240/2840) Home:  No.99 by Wayne Gretzky Craft Brewing of Ontario:  *1/2; 5%; brewed with rye grain; clear, mild rye to nose; bready, gainy; rye is strongest at finish;

Readers may make their own "Great One" jokes in the space allotted.

August 10, 2019

237/2837) Someone else's place:  Lost Lake IPA by Whistler Brewing Co. of British Columbia:  **; 5.9%, 70 ibu; brewed with Nugget and Chinook hops; leafy, vegetal, slightly resiny;

238/2838) Home:  Too Wound Down by Bell City Brewing Co. of Ontario:  **; 4.7%; floral nose with tannins; floral flavours;

August 9, 2019

236/2836) The 3 Brewers, Adelaide Street:  Blood Orange by The 3 Brewers of Ontario:  **; described as American Pale Ale; I am getting more orange to nose than the flavours; dry, nearly astringent hop flavours with essense of orange; dry hoppy aftertaste with orange zest;

August 8, 2019

235/2835) The 3 Brewers, Heartland:  Wayward Seaman by The 3 Brewers of Ontario:  *1/2; 4.4%, 16 ibu; cask; described as a Sour-Gose; their Yuzu Gose with Kohatu hops, lime peel and black pepper; lime nose; tastes a lot like a particular brand of nacho chip;