December 6, 2025

241/4722) Mascot Brewery, King Street, Toronto:  Mondo West IPA by Mascot Brewery of Ontario:  ****1/2; 4.5% West Coast Session IPA hopped with Cascade, Cenennial and Amarillo; dry, resiny nose and flavours;

This was a can pour.

December 5, 2025

239/4720) Home:  Scrumpers by Smugglers' Trail Caskworks of British Columbia:  ****; 5% 10 ibu mulled winter spiced ale with Cabernet Sauvignon, sweet orange peel, coriander and winter spices; opaque, amber; tart, spiced nose; mildly tart with notes of wine, spice, and mildly bitter orange;

"our take on mulled wine”;

Day 4 of the calendar;

240/4721) Home:  Naughty Hopper by Double Vision Brewing of New Zealand:  ****1/2; 8.9%, 72 ibu Imperial IPA hoped with Simcoe, Amarillo and Mosaic; nearly clear, brownish; nose of grapefruit, pine and resin; similar flavours - an old school west coast IPA;

Calendar day 5

December 3, 2025

238/4719) Home:  Repeater by Full Circle Brew Co. of England:  ****; 4.2% Session IPA with oats and hopped with Centennial, Amarillo and Mosaic; cloudy; citrus is most prominent with tropical aromas; tropical is more forward in the flavours with citrus, and the mildest hint of pine at the finish; very flavourful, session or otherwise;

“suitable for vegans"  Day 3 of the Advent calendar

December 2, 2025

237/4718) Home:  Unsolicited Advice by Manual Labour Beer Co. of Alberta:  ****; 3.5% Dark Mild brewed with caramel, pale and chocoalte malts, Mount Hood hopsand Old English yeast; pours brown; nose of toasted bread and molasses; bready with notes of molasses;

Day 2 of the Advent calendar.  When I was in the ninth grade, an outstanding math teacher named Mr. Bergey counselled, "Free advice is usually worth what you paid for it.".

December 1, 2025

236/4717) Home:  Mwsh Lager by Purple Moose Brewery (Bragdy Mŵs Piws) of Wales:  ***1/2; 4.7% Kôlsch style lager brewed with wheat; clear, golden; lemony nose; lemony with toffee ; finish is mildly dry lemon; very flavourful for a lager;

Canada Craft Advent Calendar day 1

November 28, 2025

234/4715) Home: Origin of Darkness 2025:  Nitro Coffee Stout by Collective Arts in collaboration with Third Moon Brweing Co. and Monigram Coffee Roasters, all from Ontario:  ****; 8% coffee stout;  brewed with oats and Nicaraguan coffee; pours jet black with a thick, finely bubbled tan head; strong dark roasted coffee bean aromas; rich, dark coffee flavours with a hint of caramel sweetness; 

235/4716) Home:  Origin of Darkness 2025:  Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Stout by Collective Arts in collaboration with Monigram Coffee Roasters, both from Ontario:  ****1/2; 11.9%;  brewed with wheat, oats and Nicaraguan coffee; pours jet black with a short lived, thin bubbly head which quickly turns thin and wispy; nose of bourbon, alcohol, vanilla, chocolate and coffee; similar flavours; thick, very well carbonated mouth feel; 

November 27, 2025

232/4713) Bobhouse Banger by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6%, 5 ibu Peanut Butter Porter brewed with oats and peanuts, in the form of real peanut butter; chestnut colour; peanut outshines chocolate in nose; peanuts are a bit more subdued in the flavours alongside rich chololate; 

“...the perfect beer for downhill skiing, building snowmen AND frolicking along the shore of Lake Huron on a 34 degree  summer day”

This is the last entry from the Winter Sports Beer League mix pack.

233/4714) Home:  Summit Peak (IPA 31) by Collective Arts of Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.9% West Coast IPA hopped with Simcoe, Chinook, Vic Secret and Columbus Cryo; wheat added to the grain bill; hazy golden; nose of resin, pine and grapefruit; dry pine wirh a dry after taste;