October 5, 2018

289/2510) Biermarkt, Mississauga:  Sculpin IPA by Ballast Point Brewing Company of California, U.S.A.:  **1/2; 7%; sweet fruity nose; candied lemon and orange flavours, mildly dry after taste;

October 4, 2018

288/2509) The 3 Brewers, Heartland:  Nuttin' On You by The 3 Brewers of Ontario:  **1/2;  a 4.8%, 27 ibu cask selection; their Brown Ale with peanut butter, chocolate and vanilla; Justin was going for a Reese's Pieces type of beer; sweet creamy vanilla nose with peanuts against a backdrop of cocoa which brings out the chocolate notes of the Brown; rich peanut chocolate and vanilla flavours;

October 3, 2018

287/2508) Home:  Optimal Wit by Port City Brewing Co. of Virginia, U.S.A.:  **; a 4.9%, 15 ibu Belgian style white beer brewed with spices;  also brewed with Virginia grown wheat, Spanish orange peels, coriander, grains of paradise and oats;  "tastes like Sunshine and Happiness" - it was their idea to make these proper nouns, not mine; pours mildly hazy; the nose is orange, zest, yeast; spiced flavours of orange, yeast, zest; an interesting wit with a citrusy finish;

October 2, 2018

286/2507) Home:  À Tout le Monde (Megadeath) by Unibroue of Quebec:  **1/2; 4.5%, 22 ibu; described as a Saison Ale on lees; dry hopped, bottle refermented; pours cloudy with a fine, persistent head; spiced, yeasty, lemony with a mildly sweet after taste; tastes like a beer with a much higher abv; surprising; very nice;

This was brewed at the request of Megadeath vocalist Dave Mustaine.  Some trivia from the Unibroue website:  this has the lowest abv of any Unibroue beer.  The name is taken from a track on their 1994 LP Youthanasia.

October 1, 2018

285/2506) Home:  Theoretikal Zero Double Dry Hopped Session IPA by Flying Monkeys of Ontario in collaboration with L'anjub Vinebro of Spain: **;  4.8%; no hops are added during the boiling so, in theory, this has an ibu of zero; unfiltered; nose of peach and citrus; peach, bright citrus, no hint of bitterness;

September 30, 2018

284/2505) Home:  Trailer Park Boys:  Green Bastard IPA by North American Craft of Ontario:  **;  6.5%; brewed with barley malt, rye malt and wheat flakes as well as Citra, Amarillo and Cascade hops; pours clear; malty nose with pine; perhaps this is best described as an hybrid English/ North American style IPA; piney hops are nearly entirely overshadowed by the aggressive maltiness;

September 27, 2018

283/2504) The 3 Brewers, Heartland:  Tribe Has Spoken by The 3 Brewers of Ontario:  **1/2; 4.5%, 50 ibu, cask; billed as an IPA - India Session Ale;  their Cat's Pajamas Nitro IPA with Summit and Citra hops added; the nitro replaced by carbon dioxide in the casking process; citrusy nose; lemony notes, pineapple, citrus, bitter after taste;