November 28, 2012

226/626) Home: Twice As Mad Tom Double IPA by Muskoka Brewery of Ontario: **; an 8.4% variant on Mad Tom which has become the go-to IPA for many; this is super-aggressively hopped - right up there with Ten Bitter Years or Smashbomb; more malt presence than one might anticipate based on the nose;

227/627) Home: Rickard's Dark by Molson Coors of Ontario: *1/2; my thinking was if I could try Keiths I can try Rickards; the tin describes it as a "porter brewed with maple syrup"; pours dark with a creamy head, traces of Quebec maple syrup;  of the two, I preferred the Keith's;