October 5, 2026

154/4900) Home:  Bells by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario in collaboration with Wills of Quebec:  ****; 8% DIPA; with oats and hopped with Loral, Rakau, Southern Cross and Freestyle Tropical Fusion hop kief; yellow, murky; milidly tropical fruit blend to the nose; similar flavours; 

October 4, 2026

153/4899) Home:  An IPA For ALS (Simcoe, Citra, Ekuanot and Columbus) by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 7.3% IPA with the 2026 Ales for ALS hop blend; grain bill includes oats; hazy, golden; juicy grapefruit nose; Bellwoods promises flavours of Sunny D and I get that – also pineapple with a hint of peaches;

Fifty cents per can and one dollar per pint goes to the Ales for ALS charity.

October 3, 2026

152/4898) Home:  Daze by Lightcaster Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.2%, 32 ibu hazy IPA; hopped with Superdelic and Citra; grain bill is barley, oats and wheat; yellowy gold, hazy; mostly citrus aromas; lemony citrus flavours with a snap of candied Pez-like sweetness;

October 2, 2026

151/4897) Home:  A Pumpkin Spiced Coffee Stout by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.5%; featuring San james Coffee Bar; brewed with barley, oats and wheat as well as classic pumpkin spices from East India Company:  cinnamon, ginger,  cardamon, allspice, clove, nutmeg and vanilla – they have all spice as two words; deep brown with a thin, wispy tan head; spiced nose; tastes of spices, cola, mild chocolate but no pumpkin flavours;

September 28, 2026

149/4895) Wvrst, Union Station, Toronto:  Chill Serum by Rorschach Brewing Company of Ontario:  ****1/2; 7.4% West Coast IPA; with pilsner malt; hopped with Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe; pours clear; fruity nose with resin notes; resin is more pronounced in flavours with resiny after taste;

Regretably, this was a part pour as the tap had run out.

150/4896) Wvrst, Toronto:  Rodeo by Matron of Ontario:  ***; 6.6% IPA; hazy; after the above it is a bit bland; juicy nose, mixed fruit flavours;

September 21, 2026

148/4894) Home:  Guiness Smooth by Kenay Breweries Limited of Kenya:  ***1/2; 4.5%; with malted barley, barley and corn starch; dark as night with a foamy tan head; malty nose with mild roastiness; sweeter than I was expecting; beyond that it has the roasty malt flavours one associates with Guinness but in this case, off set by the sweetness;

My wife brought this home from a health care mission to Kenya she went on.

September 18, 2026

147/4893) Craft Beer Market, Toronto:  Mind Flay by Chroncile Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6%, 67 ibu West Coast IPA; amber, opaque, nose is mildly dank with notes of toasted malt and citrus zest; flavours of citrus zest;