April 30, 2026

90/4836) Home:  White Faced Monster by Whitewater Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 6.5%, 17 ibu Canadian Hazy IPA with oats and wheat; cloudy, golden with a creamy white head; nose of fresh mango; similar flavours;

 The name was “inspired by legendary wave on the Ottawa River”, a Class IV rapid it turns out.

April 28, 2026

89/4835) Home:  Paddy O'Beer by Great Lakes Brewery of Ontario:  ***1/2; 4.7% Irish Red Ale; grain bill includes wheat; deep, dark red; malty nose; malty with notes of toffee;

April 27, 2026

88/4834) Home:  Witchshark 14th Anniversary Edition by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 9% Double IPA; brewed with Skyform Pineapple Terpene, oats and wheat; cloudy, yellow; dank pineapple aromas; dry, dank pineapple flavours;

April 26, 2026

87/4833) Home:  Jutsui (2026) by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario in collaboration with Kilter Brewing Co. of Manitoba;  ****;  6.5% IPA; with oats and wheat with the addition of Manilita, "a relatively new experimental New Zealand hop"; between cloidy and murky; nose of mango and strawberry, similar flavours;

This is their second collaboration - I missed the first - described as a "recipe blend' of Kilter's Jucii IPA and Bellwoods' Jutsu:  for Bellwoods's 14th anniversary.

April 25, 2026

86/4832) Home:  Double Monogamy Riwaka by Bellwoods Brewery of Ontario:  ****; 8.5% Double IPA; cloudy; nose of strawberries; flavours of strawberries and tropical fruit; 

April 24, 2026

85/4831) Home:  Strange Anmial by Merit Brewing of Ontario:  ****; 7.1%, 33 ibu “Juicy IPA”; brewed for Merit by Lake of Bays Brewing Co. grain bill is flaked oats, wheat malt and barley; hopped and dry-hopped with Sasquatch – Canada’s first homegrown hop – and Mosaic; cloudy; nose of pineapple with hints of melon; flavours of pineapple and berries;

Was it inspired by this?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJMKXgrJDnc

April 21, 2026

84/4830) Home:  St. Ambroise West Coast IPA by Brasserie McAuslan of Quebec:  ****1/2; 7%, 65 ibu; dry hopped with Sabro, El Doradoand Citra; pours clearand golden; pine nose; flavours of pine with hints of caramel;

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