February 20, 2026

49/4795) Home:  Macaroon Machine by Moorsleutel Beer Engineers of the Netherlands:  ****; 10% 55ibu Coconut Patry Stout brewed with wheat, coconut and vanilla beans; deep dark brown, scant tan head; nose is alcohol, coconut and vanilla; tastes of boozy coconut and vanilla with a hint of chocolate; heavy mouth feel;

February 18, 2026

48/4794) Home:  Eat The Salad by Fuerst Wiacek of Germany:  ****; 6.8% 44 ibu DDH IPA with oats and wheat; dry hopped with Vic Secret and Citra; absurdly carbonated; honey coloured cloudiness; treopiocal notes to the nose especially pineapple and mango with citrus zest; tastes of pineapple and mango with a hint of zest; 

This was brewed in Ontario for a German brewer.

February 17, 2026

47/4793) Home:  Whirl Domination by To Øl of Denmark:  ***1/2; 6.2% 69 ibu India Pale Ale; grain bill includes wheat and oats; hopped with Idaho 7, Simcoe, Mosaic and Citra; hazy orange gold; apricot notes to the nose; flavours of apricot and citrus;

This is the first IPA brewed in the new brewhouse in Svinninge.

February 16, 2026

46/4792) Home:  Maredret Alstus by Brewery John Martin & Brewery Timmermans of Belgium:  3.5; 6.8% 36 ibu Belgian Abbey Beer; brewed with barley malt, roasted barley, sugar, wheat and “natural flavours”; translucent; nose is spice; tastes of bitter ashes with mild sugar notes; 

Brewed by the sisters of Maredret Abbey with spelt and plants, inspired by Hildegard

February 15, 2026

45/4791) Home:  Hoser Juice by Double Trouble of Ontario:  ***1/2; 10.8% Triple IPA; murky; nose of citrus and pine; tastes of pine, citrus and alcohol with a bitter finish;

It was difficult to ascertain exactly who brews this.  Undoubtedly it is a product of  current events – “Not for sale in the US”.  This was formerly known as “Grim Reaper”.

February 14, 2026

44/4790) Home:  #DIPA by To Øl of Denmark:  ***1/2; 8.7%, 50 ibu DIPA with oats and flaked wheat; “dry hopped to the brim with Cascade, Citra and Simcoe”; pilsner malt; murky; floral, piney aromas; pine and floral flavours; 

“The mighty Double IPA”

February 8, 2026

42/4788) Home:  Winter Warmer by Fairweather Brewing of Ontario:  ***1/2; 9.3% “Strong beer conditioned on raspberries, wildflower honey, vanilla and ginger"; opaque with a foamy white head; nose of ginger, raspberry, honey; sweet vanilla flavours with honey notes, especially at the finish, raspberry moderately overshadows ginger;

43/4789) Home:  Barrel Stock by Nickel Brook of Ontario:  ***1/2; 10% barrel aged strong ale brewed with oats; aged for one year in barrels previously used for Kentucky Bastard Imperial Stout; brown with a thin white head; nose of piney hops and oak; tastes of dark sugar, alcohol, oak and pine; a bit like a barley wine;

Here again, I must admit that I do not fully understand the style.  Strongly hopped beers like Headstock should be consumed fresh.  The idea of aging them does not feel entirely right to me.