August 16, 2014

186/1167)  Home:  Jake the Snake by Lake of Bays of Ontario:  *1/2;  7.5%;  an  Imperial Pilsner aged in white oak barrels;  from the NHL Alumni series, Masked Men edition III; named for the first goaltender to don a mask, Jacques Plante;   pours a clear, straw colour;  unusually strongly hopped for a pilsner, with Columbus and Chinook hops;  the alcohol notes are prominent but for all this the backbone is the pilsner style, which is a style I hadn't imagined could be tinkered with to any degree;