January 12, 2021

23/3373) Home:  Zane Lost His Avocado Bag by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 7.6%, 25 ibu; a Brut IPA brewed with malted barley and malted wheat; clear; as can suggests, (somewhat) champagne-like; melon, white wine, tropical fruit nose; fruity but dry; one of my favourite Brut IPAs so far;

24/3374) Home:  Rip Zip Skip A New England IPA by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.5%, 35 ibu; in addition to the usual four ingredients this is brewed with also lactose, torrified wheat and flaked oats; pours opaque; nose is citrusy, faintly resinous; citrusy, not especially pulpy considering the style;

January 11, 2021

21/3371) Home:  Murder of Crows Black IPA by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  **1/2; 7.6%, 90 ibu; dark as any stout; toasted malt nose; malty, dry, earthy, herbal hops, coffee;

22/3372) Home:  Van Full Of Weirdos by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 5.8%, 65 ibu; described as a Cryo Simcoe IPA; nearly clear; orangey citrus nose; sweet citrus, topical notes;  almost no bitterness;

January 10, 2021

19/3369) Home:  Mystery Beer One by Lake of Bays Brewery of Ontario:  ***; 5%, 15 ibu; from the Toasty Toes Taster Pack which with comes with the warmest winter socks I have ever worn; partially filtered; ingredients include Magnum hops, wheat, tea (pineapple, cane sugar, citric acid, sulfites, green tea, black currents, natural passion fruit flavours, cornflower petals, calendula petals, safflower); pours clear; billed as a fruit beer; tin calls it a  flavoured beer"; nose of mixed fruits - pineapple, currents, peach; inexplicably, perhaps, I also taste peaches along with sugar, pineapple, fruit juice; might be even nicer on a summer day

The package encourages the taster to vote to choose their next beer.

20/3370) Home:  Mystery Beer Two by Lake of Bays Brewery of Ontario:  *; 4.3%, 38 ibu; brewed with the usual four ingredients plus wheat; Idaho 7 and El Dorado hops; dry hopped with Citra and El Dorado; some call it a saison but I am not sure that Untappd's source is the brewery; the ingredient list suggests a session IPA; it has a citrusy nose of grapefruit and orange; the peppery spiced notes do hint at saison, however; dank and off-putting in light of the promise of that nose; peppery finish; pepper overwhelms the citrus;

January 9, 2021

17/3367) Home:  Wishbook Belgian Ale by Henderson Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 9.5%, 30 ibu; the Ides of December beer from 2019, brought back; brewed in honour of Eaton's catalogs of Christmases gone by; deep, rich brown; was 9.4% in 2019; nose is boozy with dark fruit and a hint of cinnamon; malty with sweet sugary notes;

18/3368) Home:  Home:  12km Through Snow, Uphill, Barefoot, Both Ways Old Ale by Henderson Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 9.5%, 30 ibu; nose has hints of molasses and licorice; tastes of candi sugar, raisins, figs, molasses;

January 8, 2021

15/3365) Home:  705 Blonde Ale by Full Beard Brewing Co. of Ontario:  **1/2; 3.8%; mildly citrusy nose; mostly mild citrus, a cut above most American Blonde Ales;

Full Beard Brewing Co. is located within the 705 area code.

16/3366) Home:  Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Eh, Eh, Eh! by Full Beard Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***; 5.5%, 29 ibu; a combination Australian sparkling and Canadian Blonde, also billed as an Australian Ale; no preservatives or additives; unfiltered; grain bill is malted barley and malted wheat; brewed with Australian hops; tastes of fresh honeyed sweetness and malt and what people describe as "vegetal";

January 7, 2021

13/3363) Home:  No Man's An Island by Grey Matter Beer Company of Ontario:  ****;  5.2%; a toasted coconut porter; nose of roasted malt, hint of coconut;  roasty with notes of dark coffee, chocolate and mild sweetness from the coconut;

14/3364) Home:  Rise Of The Robots by Grey Matter Beer Company of Ontario:  **1/2; 5.6%, 19 ibu; a Japanese Super Dry/Japanese Rice Lager; nearly sake-like nose; crisp, dry; feels like a summertime beer;

January 6, 2021

11/3361) Home:  Dawn of Civilization by Grey Matter Beer Company of Ontario:  ***; a 5%, 13 ibu wheat beer; grainy, mild fruit, mild malt;

12/3362) Home:  Mission To Mars by Grey Matter Beer Company of Ontario:  ***; 5%, 44 ibu; an American Pale Ale brewed with hops from Europe - Mandarina Bavaria and North America - Citra, Ekuanot; mildly hazy; citrus nose; mild bitterness throughout, citrus zest;