Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Quick Note: La Choulette Blonde, Hordain, France
Posted by on Friday, May 6, 2005 in - 2 comments
Extraordinary. The aroma is like warm milk infused with fine herbs. It is milky malty rich with the flavours of a sweet clean summer barn plus cherry and vanilla and malteser or malted milk. A lively white head over antiqued gold ale. Very rich and lovely. About $2.50 CND at the LCBO for 330 ml of …
Allagash Dubbel and Triple Reserves, Portland, Maine, USA
Posted by on Friday, May 6, 2005 in - 1 comment
This string of Maine posts has surprised even me - and I was there - but who knew that by the Maine seacoast there was an excellent Belgian brewer like you find in more obvious spots like Quebec and in the leatherstocking region of New York? I thought I had picked up a 750 ml each of Allagash's …
Massachusetts: Harpoon IPA, Boston
Posted by on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 in - 1 comment
I have always liked this beer from Harpoon, one of the flagships from one of New England's micro-marcos. Light amber ale pours a white loose bubble head which resolves to a rim. The pale malt provides light-medium body and a touch of nut. There are two distinct hops: one, a orange, herby green …
Massachusetts: UFO Hefeweizen, Harpoon, Boston
Posted by on Saturday, April 30, 2005 in - 3 comments
Out of a Harpoon mixed 12 with the Ale, IPA and Munich Dark as boxmates. This is a nice US hefe with some of the odd esters that mark the style but lighter than thet original German version. While banana and clove are the usual flavours in the style, as was the case with Paper City's rendition …
Shipyard Brewing, Portland, Maine, USA
Posted by on Thursday, April 28, 2005 in - 5 comments
I didn't pay as much attention to Shipyard Brewing as I usually do when I visit Maine. Maybe because they are now a mini-regional I can get their brews at the Galeville Grocery two hours away. A few years ago, as I went on a bit about back here as I reviewed the IPA, mein host and I got a personal …
Maine Singles
Posted by on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 in - 9 comments
I have some work to do. This is buy a part of the excellent cross section of beers from Maine that I was able to bring back the other week. One of the great things about a good beer shop is the ability to buy singles and mixed packs. When you think of it, a diversity of 12-packs is really no …
Quick Note: Sparhawk Golden, South Freeport, Maine, USA
Posted by on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 in - 1 comment
Sparhawk Golden
Bar Harbor Brewing Company, Maine, USA
Posted by on Sunday, April 24, 2005 in - 1 comment
Amongst all the cargo hauled back up north the other day were more than a few 22 ouncers from Maine micros like these two from Bar Harbor Brewing Company of that sea coast town about an hour south of the US-Canadian border. Bar Harbor is a bit of a hot bed of micro-brewing, being also the home of …
Quick Note: Bishop's Finger, Shepherd Neame, England
Posted by on Friday, April 22, 2005 in - leave a comment
Found at the LCBO southern Bank Street shop in Ottawa, this is truly a lovely ale from Shepherd Neame in Kent. The pale malt fruitiness you taste in crystal malt form in a beer like Bombardier is just as lushly at the forefront - but instead of a prune or raisin, it is a plum or grape...or better …
Pils and Baks in Buda
Posted by on Friday, April 22, 2005 in - 2 comments
My sister is in Budapest with us now, so I went out and bought some German, Hungarian and Czech beers to try out. We also went out to an 'all you can eat' sushi joint on the Buda side called Wasabi (it may be part of a chain) and had some beer there. It was actually my first time eating sushi at …
