Friday, 1 July 2011
June 29, 2011
231) Home: Sparkling Ale by Cooper's Brewery of Australia: *1/2; top fermented and bottle conditioned; sediment collects at the bottom, the choice to leave it behind in the bottle or gently mix it in before pouring is left to the drinker; I mixed it in;
June 28, 2011
230) Home: Green Tea Ale by Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario: *1/2; brewed with organic green tea and ginsing; in the manner of their Orange Peel Ale, it is very subtle and summery;
Monday, 27 June 2011
June 27, 2011
229) Home: 606 India Pale Ale by Paddock Wood Brewing Co. of Saskatchewan: **; interesting hop profile: earthy but with hints of citrus; very nice;
Sunday, 26 June 2011
June 26, 2011
228) Home: Morimoto Soba Ale by Rogue Brewery of Oregon, U.S.A.: *; I thought I caught a touch of smokiness in the nose, likely from the roasted soba used in brewing this; I found this malty, almost biscuity, with mild notes of citrus (orange) in the after-taste;
Saturday, 25 June 2011
June 25, 2011
227) Home: Patrick's Pick Extra Special Bitter by Trafalgar Ales & Meads of Ontario: *1/2; left over from St. Patrick's day; scanned at the LCBO check-out as Elora ESB, but I supppose there's no harm in re-labelling something for the occasion - you might get a new customer from it; it's quite malty; a decade ago I visited the old Elora brewery site, since taken over by Trafalgar, but that was so long ago I cannot comment on if or how this one has changed;
Trafalgar came early to the craft beer party and they do have a lot of different products but for some reason it is fashionable to knock them; I can't claim to have tried most of them but a scan of their list leads me to believe they don't mind taking chances, though I cannot attest to how they play out; oddly enough, it was my daughter who spotted this on the shelf with the harps and shamrock on the label;
Trafalgar came early to the craft beer party and they do have a lot of different products but for some reason it is fashionable to knock them; I can't claim to have tried most of them but a scan of their list leads me to believe they don't mind taking chances, though I cannot attest to how they play out; oddly enough, it was my daughter who spotted this on the shelf with the harps and shamrock on the label;
June 24, 2011
225) Home: La Fin Du Monde by Unibroue of Quebec: **; a Belgian style triple; I thought it would be appropriate on St. Jean Baptiste day, which I take off on the grounds that even if it is not a holiday nation-wide, it should be; Unibroue is owned by Sleeman which in turn is owned by Sapporo of Japan; translates as The End of the World;
226) Home: Shock Top by Shock Top Brewing of Missouri, U.S.A.: *; a rather ordinary Belgian style wheat ale brewed with coriander, orange, lemon and lime peel; I recall being pleased with things in general the day I bought this as I had come across something moments earlier that I didn't expect to see, and had stopped looking for some time ago; had I read the tin more thoroughly, I would have seen that Shock Top is a trademark owned by Anheuser-Busch; it would have been revealing had I learned this after rating the beer but it wasn't bad and the hope is people may be encouraged to try other Belgian wheat or "wit" ales; I can tell you Unibroue makes a good one in this style (Blanche du Chambly) which I enjoyed on a patio in Quebec City last summer;
226) Home: Shock Top by Shock Top Brewing of Missouri, U.S.A.: *; a rather ordinary Belgian style wheat ale brewed with coriander, orange, lemon and lime peel; I recall being pleased with things in general the day I bought this as I had come across something moments earlier that I didn't expect to see, and had stopped looking for some time ago; had I read the tin more thoroughly, I would have seen that Shock Top is a trademark owned by Anheuser-Busch; it would have been revealing had I learned this after rating the beer but it wasn't bad and the hope is people may be encouraged to try other Belgian wheat or "wit" ales; I can tell you Unibroue makes a good one in this style (Blanche du Chambly) which I enjoyed on a patio in Quebec City last summer;
Thursday, 23 June 2011
June 23, 2011
224) Home: Holiday Honey by Old Credit Brewing Co. Ltd: *1/2; left over from Christmas; made with Billy Bee honey; hints of this in the taste but it's not over-powering or cloying; the Mississagua Half Marathon goes past the brewery but I was busy at the time so I didn't drop in;
I am trying to consume an Ontario beer every day of Ontario Craft Beer Week, though some will be duplicates and they won't show up, having already had their turn in the spotlight.
I am trying to consume an Ontario beer every day of Ontario Craft Beer Week, though some will be duplicates and they won't show up, having already had their turn in the spotlight.
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