March 30, 2026

82/4828) Home:  Home and Home Mosaic by Great Lakes Brewery:  ****; tropical and citrus nose and flavours;

March 28, 2026

81/4827) Home:  Gnome Offerings by Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 7.1%, 14 ibu Belgian Golden Strong Ale; clear, golden; persistent, frothy white head; sweet aromas with a hint of coriander, bananas and clove; tastes of candy sugar, cloves, mild citrus zest and coriander; 

“Drink responsibly.  Gnomes have been known to collect interest.”

March 25, 2026

80/4826) Home:  Riff IPA No. 1 by Nickel Brook of Ontario:  ****; 6.7%; with oats and wheat; hopped with Krush and Nectaron;  hazy/cloudy with globules; nose of berries, pine and tropical fruit; dry resiny flavours with mixed tropical fruit and berries;

Small Batch series

March 24, 2026

79/4825) Home:  Old Primeval Bourbon - Vino de Naranja 2026 by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****1/2; 11.5% Bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout aged for twenty one months in second fill bourbon barrels intially home to Vino de Naranja; grain bill includes rye and oats;  thin tan head, deep dark brown; nose of wine, bitter orange, dark roasted malts, oak; orange notes, wine, oak, mild bourbon; thick heavy mouth feel;

Vino De Naranja is an orange wine, a style which seems to be fashionable of late.

March 23, 2026

78/4824) Home:  Old Primeval Bourbon Red Vermouth 2026 by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****1/2; 11.5% Imperial Stout aged for sixteen months in second fill bourbon barrels that initially held red vermouth; brewed with wheat and oats; deep brown with a scant tan head; nose of oak, bourbon, vermouth and alcohol; Manhattan-like throughout, as Bellwoods suggests, dark roasted malts, raisins, vermouth, bourbon, alcohol;

Old Primeval is the nickname of a giant snapping turtle in Georgian Bay.

March 19, 2026

77/4823) Home:  Hop Gun by Aqua Nova Brewing Co. in collaboration with Shawn & Ed Brewing, both of Ontario:  ****1/2; 7%, 28 ibu NEIPA; hazy; earthy nose with citrus zest; citrua zest and earthy hop flavours;

 “a wingman beer collaboration”

March 17, 2026

76/4822) Home:  Saintly by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.1%, 4 ibu Dry Irish Stout; dark with a tan head; roasty aromas; mildly sweet and roasty; uncommonly thin mouth feel; 

We are instructed to “Shake the can & pour vigorously.”