My prayers have been answered in one small way. A beer has shown up locally at about a 50% discount, a stout made by the good lads at Hockley an hour and a bit north east of Toronto. It is so new that their website has not caught up to it. Previously, it had only been available seasonally and in a one litre presentation growler-ette...but it was ten bucks. Now a can with just under half a litre has appeared for $2.50. Why is it that Canadian standard sizes for beer are in measures like 473 ml? Time to grow up and add the 27 ml, folks.
Anyway, this is a perfectly fine session beer, at just 4.2%. Good dry black malt toastiness in your nose and in your mouth. Cola ale with a mocha head. A bit of chalky mouthfeel, a bit of minty hop, a slightly sour mildly yogurty yeast with toast scrapings with a bit of dry cocoa mixed in. Dandy.
Comments
chococat - January 12, 2008 2:33 PM
Mmmm!
Dave Horan - January 12, 2008 3:01 PM
No such luck out in Ottawa yet, but we did get the stout in growlers, which I had not seen until this year. Bought my girlfriend 2 stouts and 2 darks as one of her presents for Christmas. Sufficed to say, she loves me!
C. - January 12, 2008 3:39 PM
keep up the good work!
Troy - January 12, 2008 6:52 PM
Very fine beer indeed. It will be joining the Hockley Dark as their two year round offerings as they have discounted the product of Hockley Gold.
I actually picked up two more for tonight's game.
http://greatcanadianpubs.blogspot.com/2008/01/news-from-hockley-valley-brewery.html
Ryan - January 13, 2008 8:29 PM
I guess you already knew that 473ml is a U.S. pint.
Why does Canada use imperial measures, but list them in metric?
Alan - January 13, 2008 8:57 PM
See, that is why I need readers as I had not bothered to look it up - <i>but</i> would it not be the case in Canada that we are not talking about an imperial measure in this case as that would be a UK pint or even what Canadians call a pint of beer, 12 oz. What we are using here is a non-traditional US measure in our 30 year old metric measurement.
jason - January 14, 2008 12:08 AM
so there really was a metric pint? a proper imperial pint would be about 568 mL.
1. HOCKELY DARK
Canada | HOCKLEY VALLEY BREWING CO.
LCBO 34660 | 473 mL | $ 2.50
2. HOCKLEY DARK
Canada | HOCKLEY VALLEY BREWING CO.
LCBO 679787 | 500 mL | $ 2.65 | PRODUCT DISCONTINUED
jason.
Paul of Kingston - January 14, 2008 10:06 AM
Agree - very much as a great candidate for stout sessions. Likely the lightest stout I have yet tried. Stoutiness is very subtle and hugely affected by serving temperature. Don't let this one get too cold.