July 9, 2019

199/2799) Home:  Summerweiss Tropical Wheat by Muskoka Brewery of Ontario:  **; 5.3%; brewed with malted barley and wheat, passionfruit and mango; hazy; both fruits are prominent in the nose; sweet but not overly so; fruity passionfruit and mango flavours; I thought I detected a touch of orange; delicious and refreshing;

200/2800) Home:  Raspberry Radler by Waterloo Brewing Co. of Ontario:  **; 2.5%; brewed with apple juice concentrate, sugar, raspberry juice, lemon juice and "natural flavours"; strong, fresh raspberry nose; raspberry is strongest but lemon adds a tartness and apple is also prominent;

Waterloo Brewing is the new name for Brick Brewing, passed at a recent shareholders' meeting.  I voted, by proxy, against.

July 8, 2019

197/2797) Home:  Max's Big Beer by Grain & Grit Beer Co. of Ontario:  **; 5.5%, 54 ibu; a Milkshake IPA with peach and vanilla brewed in support of Max's Big Ride for MD;  mild peach nose; an interesting blend of dry hops; the sweetness from vanilla largely overshadows the peaches until the sweet peach finish;

198/2798) Home:  In The Palms by Grain & Grit Beer Co. of Ontario:  **; a 6%, 90 ibu IPA with lactose; cloudy; piney, resiny nose with a sweet edge; sharp resiny notes; a bit odd;

July 7, 2019

195/2795) Home:  Pedestal (Galaxy CY18) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **; 6.5%; brewed with Galaxy hops from 2018, frozen; brewed to contrast with the next entry; when I was there they were taking a poll and the 2019 version had a large lead; murky as per usual; candied citrus nose; citrus flavours with dry, earthy finish;

196/2796) Home:  Pedestal (Galaxy CY19) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; murky; tropical and citrus nose; even sweeter citrus notes than the entry above with none of the dry earthiness; "candied hops" was how the individual at Badlands described it;

July 6, 2019

193/2793) Home:  Pedestal (Idaho Gem) IPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; another murky one; sweet citrusy nose; sweet citrus and guava notes;

The Pedestal line allows Badlands to shine the spotlight on one particular hop variety.  Idaho Gem is not to be confused with Idaho 7.

194/2794) Home:  Invisible Friend by Grain & Grit Brewing of Ontario:  *1/2; 5.1% 35 ibu American Pale Ale; Citra is added in the boil and then it is dry hopped with Simcoe, Galaxy, Mosaic and Centennial hops; mild nose of stone fruit; oddly sweet; very mild peach and citrus notes; I wanted to like this one more;

July 5, 2019

192/2792) Home:  Dora #12 IPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **;  6.5%; from Badlands' "exploratory series of beers"; dry hopped with Mosaic and Galaxy hops; peach and tropical fruit nose; flavours of mango and tangerine;

Part of the experiment was to modify the malt bill and water chemistry for its effect on the mouthfeel.

July 3, 2019

190/2790) Home:  Ol' Woody Alt by Sawdust City of Ontario: *1/2; 5%, 35 ibu; malty nose with a pilsner style edge; "our take on a German amber"; only mildly sweet with a dry edge;

191/2791) Home:  Glass Garden IPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; "fermented with our secondary IPA strain"; brewed with Citra and Simcoe hops; tropical nose; pineapple, mango, flavours; mild bitterness;

July 2, 2019

188/2788) Home:  Beardmore Kölsch Style Ale by Furnace Room Brewery of Ontario:  *1/2; 4.5%, 8 ibu; clear; malty, mildly minerally nose; faintly sweet and malty with mineral edge;

George Beardmore owned what was once the largest tannery in the British Empire.

19/2789) Home:  Tree Crawler Double IPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **; 8%; brewed with Citra hops, oats and English yeast; murky; citrusy nose; citrus flavours with a bitter edge and finish;