August 15, 2025

165/4646) Home:  Regal Serenity by Badlands Brewing of Ontario in collaboration with SOMA of Spain and Northern Monk of England:  ****1/2; 8.2% DIPA hopped with Riwaka, New Zealand Cascade and Nectaron; previously available in Europe; cloudy, yellow; nose of tangerine and stone fruit; tates of tangerine and stone fruit, mildly sweet;

August 14, 2025

164/4645) Home:  Land of Bones by Badlands Brewing of Ontario in collaboration with Bad Bones Brewery of Quebec :  ****1/2; 6.5% IPA with New Zealand hops:  Riwaka, Superdelic and New Zealand Cascade; murky pale yellow; nose of citrus, Pez and grapes; tastes of citrus, white wine and Pez;

Something even better than usual emerges at Badlands when it's time for their anniversary packs.

August 11, 2025

163/4644) Home:  Serpents (2025) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario in collaboration with Messorem of Quebec:  ****1/2; 8.2% DIPA; hopped with Motueka, Simcoe and Citra; swampy, orange; aromas of lime; very dry with limes and mixed citrus;

August 10, 2025

162/4643) Home:  Eight by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.5% IPA; hopped with Peacharine, Superdelic and Riwaka; pours yellow-gold, somewhere between murky and swampy; sweet candied peach aromas; tastes of sweet peaches with Pez-like candy notes and a hint of tropical fruit;

From Badlands' eighth anniversary mixed pack.

August 9, 2025

160/4641) Badlands' Badio:  Be Free by Badlands Brewing of Ontario in collaboration with Freestyle Hops:  ****; 6.5%; hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka and Peacharine; murky gold; herbal, berries, stone fruit;

161/4642) Badlands' Badio:  Have Style by Badlands Brewing of Ontario in collaboration with Freestyle Hops:  ****; 6.5%; hopped with Cascade, Kohia Nelson, and Motueka; murky gold; citrusy flavours with lime and grapefruit in particular standing out;

August 4, 2025

159/4640) Home:  Make Milk Bags Great Again by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.6%, 35 ibu Canadian Red Ale; deep red-brown; malty nose with caramel notes; sweet malty flavours with caramel;

The photo is the best I could come up with.  Here is what it reads:

"There is no milk in this beer.

"But if you understand the satisfaction that comes with perfectly snipping the top corner of a bag of milk, you are Canadian to the core. Where did the little plastic piece go that you just chopped clean off? If you did it correctly it's somewhere in the drawer with the scissors. This is our identity.

"That's why this Canadian Red Ale was brewed for you. Smooth, crisp, and slightly malty with juuuuuuuust the right amount of bitterness. It pours deep red, much like the colour of an aggressively tossed elbow.

"Save your sorry's, it's time to Make Milk Bags Great Again."

August 3, 2025

158/4639) Home:  Tokyo IPA by Omnipollo of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.4%; brewed to mark the anniversary of Omnipollo’s bar in Tokyo; billed as a rice IPA though while whole barley is listed on the package, rice is not; hazy, golden yellow; nose of tropical fruit and lemon; lemony tropical flavours feel mildly washed out;

This was brewed in Ontario, but as Omnipollo is a Swedish company I never know how to list things like this.