June 8, 2026

111/4857) Home:  #Select Mosaic by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.5% IPA; with Mosaic hops from Oregon; cloudy; nose of dank berries and tropical fruit; tastes of bluerberries with tropical flavours – uncommon;

Normally I visit Badlands on the release day of their annual #Select series, which is their beginning of summer celebration, but owing to my retinal operation the surgeon does not want me driving yet so this was ordered for delivery.  In spite of all the protestations and declarations this was dropped off on my door step, no signature, no proof of age requested.

June 5, 2026

110/4856) Home:  #Select Citra (2026) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****;  6.5% IPA hopped with Idaho Citra; cloudy, yellow; fresh citrus nose; fresh citrus flavours, mildly juicy but not sweet; 

June 4, 2026

109/4855) Home:  Ruby Striker, IPA No. 32 by Collective Arts of Ontario:  ****; 8.0%, 32 ibu Double IPA with grapefruit; hopped with New Zealand Cascade, Cascade, Chinook and Citra, added pink grapefruit juice; cloudy; sweet pink grapefruit juice aromas are offset by a dry hop edge; almost a radler with pink grapefruit, dry, nearly astringent earthy hop notes and zest;

June 2, 2026

108/4854) Home:  Paulaner Weisbier Dunkel by Paulaner Brauwerij of Germany:  ****; 5.3% dark wheat beer brewed with malted wheat and malted barley; rich brown colour; aromas of cloves, banana and dried fruit; flavours of dark fruit and cloves with a  hint of banana and a hint of chocolate;

June 1, 2026

107/4853) Home:  Dora #90 by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5% IPA; this time around Badlands used a modified agitation process during dry hopping; hopped exclusively with Citra; cloudy; nose is mostly citrus; tastes of citrus with a touch of  mango;

May 30, 2026

106/4852) Badlands Badio:  Forks of the Credit (2026) by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  ****1/2; 6.5% IPA;hopped with Galaxy, Simcoe and Mutueka; tastes of citrus, pineapple and peaches;

May 24, 2026

104/4850) C'est What Brewing At The Market, St. Lawrence Market, Toronto:  Tailspin IPA by C'est What Durham Brewery of Ontario:  ****; on cask; 6.5%, 32ibu East Coast IPA; 6.5%,a bit grainy and a bit hoppy with a mildly bitter finish;

105/4851) C'est What Brewing At The Market:  DIPA by Double Trouble of Ontario:  ****; I will go along with the discription from the menu card which reads, "big, rich, and complex with a clean, bitter finish;

C'est What Brewing at the Market is their newest venture, located in the lower level of St. Lawrence Market.  On weekends I would recommend entering from the outside as the market gets absurdly busy.  Today was a Cask Social.