July 10, 2020

186/3166) Home:  Galaxy Motueka by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; tropical and pineapple nose; fresh pineapple flavours with tropical notes;

July 9, 2020

185/3165) Home:  Mosaic Wai-iti by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; like many in their line, this is named for the hops; soft tropical nose; resin, tangerine flavours; hint of peach;

July 8, 2020

184/3164) Home:  July DIPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 8.2%; dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin and Galaxy; nose is mostly pineapple; melon and pineapple flavours;

July 7, 2020

183/3163) Home:  Dora #31 by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; with Citra, Mosaic and Riwaka hops; Badlands boasts of particularly high hop levels for this one; tropical fruit and berry nose; tropical and citrus flavours; way too easy drinking for 6.5%;

July 6, 2020

182/3162) Home:  Bohemian Pilsner by Brock Street Brewing Company Ltd. of Ontario:  *1/2; 5.2%; Reinheitsgebot compliant; perfectly clear; grainy with mild fruit notes and a sharp Saaz snap at the finish;

July 5, 2020

181/3161) Home:  Game of Thrones:  My Watch Has Ended by Ommegang Brewery of New York, U.S.A.:  **; an 8% Imperial Brown Ale; brewed with maple syrup and fenugreek;  sugary sweet nose; this is the final installment in the series; dark sugar and maple notes; not excessively sweet, as I had feared it might be;

July 4, 2020

179/3159) Home:  Simcoe Motueka by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; citrusy nose; pine and tropical notes;

180/3160) Home:  Pineapple Radler by Ace Hill Brewing Company Inc of Ontario:  *1/2; brewed with pineapple and lemon juice concentrates and carob bean gum; scent of pineapple; blend of lemon and pineapple flavours;

July 3, 2020

177/3157) Home:  Strawberry Blonde by Brock Street Brewing Company Ltd of Ontario:  *1/2; 5%; added strawberries; malty strawberry nose; typical blonde ale but with strawberry notes;

178/3158) Home:  Nelsons Shoes by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **; 6.5%; brewed with Mosaic, Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin hops;  pineapple, berries and melon nose; berry and melon notes;

On-line, Badlands refers to this as Nelson Shoes but the label reads Nelsons Shoes (no apostrophe).

July 2, 2020

176/3156) Home:  Citra Belma by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **; 6.5%; citrus and melon nose; flavours of pineapple and melon;

July 1, 2020

173/3153) Home:  Molson Golden by Molson Coors of Ontario:  *1/2; 5%; clear; nose of grain, possibly adjuncts;  sweet, fruity; I seem to recall in the day there was a touch of bitterness but not now;  yes, that extra half point is strictly for nostalgia;

It seems appropriate to run this again:

174/3154) Home:  Dora #30 by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **; 6.5%; brewed with 2020 Galaxy hops; gentle pineapple nose; pineapple flavours with a mild bitterness throughout;

Considering how it has been in excess of one hundred days since I have ventured to Toronto I am not all that far off pace.  Here's hoping we can crowd around bars again very soon.

June 30, 2020

173/3153) Home:  Lemon-Cayenne Radler by Ace Hill Brewing Company of Ontario: **1/2; 2.5%; brewed with concentrate of apple, orange, lemon, lime, cayenne extract, lemon extract and carob bean gum; scant hint of cayenne to the nose; very fruity, citrusy, tart in a good way with a solid hit of cayenne at the finish;

June 29, 2020

171/3151) Home:  An IPA by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  **1/2; 7.3%; brewed with Citra, Mosaic and Sabro hops and Foggy London yeast; cloudy pour; foggy appearance; nose is peach; tastes of peach, tangerine, citrus zest; mildly bitter finish;

172/3152) Home:  A Stout With Coffee by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  **; 5.5%; brewed with Not Even Coffee Roasters' Columbia Pedregal #2; very strong dark coffee nose; dark bitter coffee and roasted malt flavours;

June 28, 2020

168/3148) Home:  Gaama IPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.5%; hopped with Galaxy and Amarillo; nose and flavours are fruit on tropical fruit and citrus notes;

169/3149) Home:  Soft Sound DIPA by Badlands Brewing of Ontario:  **; 8.2%; dry hopped with Mosaic; nose is mostly pineapple; pineapple, citrus, mild tropical notes;

170/3150) Home:  Four Session IPA by Spearhead Brewing Company of Ontario:  *1/2; 4%, 20 ibu; brewed with four malts and four New World hops; grainy, malty nose; malty, bready, hint of herbal, floral hops; it is sessionable but not exactly like most New World IPAs;

June 26, 2020

167/3147) Home:  Sin By Silence by Third Moon Brewing of Ontario: **1/2; 6.5%; brewed with barley and oats; Mosaic; tropical nose with a touch of pine; tropical flavours, citrus zest, pine with the latter two building towards a bitter finish;

Purchased at the brewery in Milton.  Milton is also home to Orange Snail.  Why doesn't Brampton have a highly esteemed brewery or two with a retail outlet?

June 24, 2020

Mercifully, Brampton has achieved Stage Two of emerging from the lock-down.  A bit of luck for me.  As is my wont, I had booked off St. Jean Baptiste Day on the grounds that nothing would take the steam out of Quebec's nationalist celebration quite like the sight of an Anglo enjoying himself.

I booked a visit to my barber which caused me to feel several pounds lighter and then I walked to Tracks Brewpub.  I still think this is Brampton's nicest patio.  It must be one of the larger ones as well.  The man who cleans the draught lines had not shown up yet so I had to make do with mixed drinks.

Onward to Stage Three and beyond!

June 18 2020

166/3146)  Home:  Unnamed Pale Ale by Mash Paddle Brewing of Ontario:  **; 5.5%, 24 ibu; malt bill includes both barley and wheat; in the English style; toasted malt nose; mildly roasted flavours;