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;