April 20, 2019

110/2710) Home:  Vimy Cream Ale by Vimy Brewing Company of Ontario:  *1/2; 5%; Reinheitsgebot compliant; clear; grainy nose with mild fruity sweetness; not as minerally as many cream ales; biscuity, grainy flavours;

Had I been thinking, I would have consumed this on the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

111/2711) Home:  Paper Chase Birchwood Ale by Beau's All Natural Brewing of Ontario:  *1/2; 5.8%, 27 ibu; a FeBREWary offering from Beau's Wild Oats series; usual four ingredients plus oats and birch bark; aged on roasted Canadian birch wood; described as "delicious (and deciduous)"; woodsy sweet nose; herbal, sweet; an odd one;