December 10, 2023

242/4203) Home:  The Promenade by Hutton & Smith Brewing Company of Tennessee, U.S.A.:  ***1/2; a  6.7% New England IPA brewed with four different hops; ever so mildly hazy; fruity, pulpy nose; mildly sweet fruit salad flavours;

Advent Calendar Day 8; brewed in Chattanooga to be precise; 

243/4204) Home:  Altruism by White Pony Microbrewery of Italy:  ***1/2; 6.5%, 30 ibu; Belgian golden ale brewed with wheat, sugar and Noble hops; pours clear, golden; sweet, nearly sugary nose; sweetness offset by herbal hop notes in the flavours;

White Pony bills themselves as an “Italo-Belgian Brewery”.