July 30 ,2023

156/Home:  Bootleg Cream Ale by Royal City Brewing of Ontario:  ***; 5.5%, 20 ibu; pours clear; bready, herbal nose; grainy sharp bitter herbal notes; none of the minerally flavours one often encounters in a cream ale;

The label informs us that this “may contain wheat” which is something that uniformly bothers me.  Don't they know what is in their product?  To be fair, back in the day the miller had a good many customers and there may have been traces of the last order mixed in with yours.

A comment from untappd.com:  “not creamy”.  I wish I was certain that this individual is kidding.

July 29, 2023

154/4115) Home:  Florida Stole My Parents by Refined Fool Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%, 15 ibu; brewed with wheat and oats, hopped with Comet and Eclipse; infused with orange and tangerine; described as an “OJIPA 100% hazy”; pours hazy as advertised; scent of orange juice and zest; tastes of zest and orange with hints of grapefruit and pineapple towards the finish;

155/4116) Home:  Chilly Tins by Nickel Brook of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.5% New Zealand style IPA with wheat and oats; hazy; hopped with New Zealand hops:  Waimea, Nelson and Sabro; nose is white wine, fresh tropical; more Sabro (coconut) in flavours than nose, with mild wine, tropical and herbal notes;

July 25, 2023

153/4114) Home:  Tropical Thunder by Brock Street Brewing Company Ltd. of Ontario:  **1/2; 6.4%, 50 ibu; New England style IPA brewed with Kviek yeast; and Melody hops; grainy nose; herbal, dry flavours – not much tropical to speak of here;

July 24, 2023

152/4113) Home:  Astrophysics by Equilibrium Brewery Of New York, U.S.A.:  ****1/2; 6.5%; American style IPA brewed with the addition of wheat; pours opaque, yellowy orange; frothy foamy head; candied citrus nose with mango and papaya; tastes like a candied fruit salad with berries;

“Beer balanced by science”

July 23, 2023

151/4112) Home:  Stonehammer Dark Ale by Fixed Gear Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5%, 20 ibu; translucent; nose is rooty with a hint of chocolate; I am getting mostly mild chocolate and hints of roasted malt; with a fuller mouth feel I might have mistaken this for a Porter;

This is one of the beers rescued after Stonehammer’s demise.  Stonehammer was formerly known as F&M Brewing.

July 22, 2023

150/4111) Home:  Alley Cat by Fixed Gear Brewing Co. of Ontario:  ***1/2; 5.1% Milkshake IPA; brewed with milk sugar; translucent; mildly sweet, juicy nose; very subtle flavours; just a bit sweet and citrusy;

July 21, 2023

149/4110) Home:  Tarana-Saurus by Indie Ale House of Ontario:  ***1/2; 6.7% Toronto IPA/“old school pale ale”; grain bill includes oats and wheat; hazy; citrusy nose; mixed citrus flavours;