December 29, 2024

253/4480) Home:  menagerie Single Hop Pale Ale (Nelson Sauvin) by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 5.4%; brewed and dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin; hazy, pale yellowy gold, frothy head; nose of white wine, goose berries; tastes of white wine with mild citrus and goose berries;

December 27, 2024

252/4479) Home:  High Grade by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.2% “IPA brewed with barley, oats & a fat bag of Idaho 7, Citra & Mosaic”; also wheat; hazy; citrusy nose; tropical and citrus blend of flavours; seems a bit flat; re-tooled from previous version;

December 18, 2024

251/4478) Collective Arts Taproom and Café, Toronto:  Dulce du Leche by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****1/2; 11.9%; dark as night; nose is sweet, nutty, boozy, nougat, marzipan; sweet wtih similar flavours and a sense of creaminess; 

December 17, 2024

250/4477) Old Flame Brewing Co. in Toronto's Distillery District:  Perry's Chocolate Orange Stout by Old Flame Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5%; sweet chocolate and orange nose and flavours;

December 14, 2024

249/4476) GLB Brewpub, Toronto:  Stocking Toe by Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario in collaboration with the Wooly Pub:  ***1/2; 4.5%, 25 ibu Clementine Pale Ale brewed with malted barley, wheat, oats and Clementines; hazy; nose and flavours feature Clementines and while it is not so subtle that one needs to search, it is not excessively strong; Clementines linger into the after taste; there is an element of graininess to flavours along with citrusy hops;

December 12, 2024

248/4475) Home:  P'tite Maudite by Unibroue of Quebec:  ***1/2; 4%, 30 ibu “Single Brown/Light Beer”;  pale brown; spiced and malty nose, sweet and yeasty with cloves; yeasty with flavours of cloves and very malty; well carbonated, nearly fizzy; a bit more worthy of the name than the previous entry;

“While the era of the Chasse-galerie legend is in the psat, today’s generations still feel the same longing for pleasure”

December 10, 2024

247/4474) Home:  Ce N'est Pas La Fin Du Monde by Unibroue of Quebec:  ***1/2; 9.5%, 50 ibu Belgian IPA; opaque; stronger than La Fin DI Monde, which weights in at 9% and 19 ibu; grain bill is barley and wheat; sweet, yeasty nose with sharp dry hops; tastes of dry, earthy herbal hop flavours with sweet Belgian flavours; 

Described as a Belgian Tripel with New World IPA hops.