Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
Arrogant Bastard Ale, Stone Brewing, California
Posted by on Saturday, October 23, 2004 in - 4 comments
This is a hot beer. Boozy. Good boozy. • But what would you expect from a beer who has its own URL at www.arrogantbastard.com and has "You Are Not Worthy" on the cap. Stone Brewing Company has a satanic theme going with its branding, too, that probably ensures that it will never be sold in the …
New York: Post Road Pumpkin Ale, Brooklyn Brewery
Posted by on Thursday, October 21, 2004 in - 2 comments
Now that the Yankees are out of the playoffs, I can admit again to my enjoyment of things New York...more upstate than anything but, as the City and upstate have a mutually vestigal relationship, there is much of the City to be found upstate. One great thing is the New York Times, another is the …
Variety 12-Pack, Smuttynose Brewing, New Hampshire
Posted by on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 in - 1 comment
Now that I have spent more than a year having made up with New Hampshire, I can enjoy Smuttynose as I should. These variety packs are great. They introduce you to a brewery's product for under 20 bucks Canadian, 14 US. Smart marketing. Good labels, too. The two old guys on lawn chairs on the IPA …
Stouts: Freeminer Deep Shaft, Gloucestershire, England
Posted by on Monday, October 18, 2004 in - 1 comment
Who can resist when one reviewer says: " Very possibly the darkest beer in the world." Well...I suppose lots of people who do not like dark or black beer. But for people who understand that Guinness is actually red, this kind of line makes an ale very attractive. • Freeminer Brewery is one of … read more »
Deuchars IPA, Caledonian, Scotland
Posted by on Saturday, October 16, 2004 in - 4 comments
India Pale Ale did not originate in from Scotland, though the Scots brewers were early adopters of most English styles as a matter of survival. This very light ale for an IPA has something of the Scots roast barley bite and a slight smokey yeast there as well as a very nice bright orangy flavour …
Big Hop Bombs: Ruination IPA, Stone Brewing, California
Posted by on Thursday, October 14, 2004 in - leave a comment
Nothing but an ale most masterful could claim this name. 7.7%. Light wine. It smells like opening a bag of hops pellets and tastes like licking one out. This is a BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG brew and meant to be. If you do not like hops this is not the beer for you. If you can not contemplate beauty in the …
National Six-Pack III: Labatt 50, Quebec
Posted by on Saturday, October 9, 2004 in - 8 comments
50. portland asked me to. And worst of all, this is actually a case...which I can never remember what they call in Ontario where a case is really a two-four. In Halifax, a case was 12. I don't know what I will do with the other eleven. A slice of lime won't even make it a Molrona as this is from …
National Six-Pack II: Wellington SPA, Ontario
Posted by on Saturday, October 2, 2004 in - leave a comment
Wellington Special Pale Ale or SPA. At the Beer Store for $10.50. From Guelph, Ontario. Can't say there are bad tastes in this brew. Then again, I can't say there is much taste at all. Not thin, no, it's got a medium-light body and the colour of light maple syrup and...that is about it on first …
National Six-Pack I: St. Ambrose Pale Ale, Quebec
Posted by on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 in - leave a comment
As I walk through this troubled world hunched over starting at my feet I sometimes wonder things. Things like why do the Red Ensign bloggers let me hang out when we don't believe in too much in common. Things like why golf is. Things like why can't Canada make good beer like the British and …
More English Pale Ales
Posted by on Friday, September 17, 2004 in - 1 comment
In the spirit of the post that had to end, I picked up two world classy pale ales from Engherlant - Charles Wells Bombardier and Shepherd Neame Spitfire, both bought at the main LCBO in downtown Kingston. Bombardier is pretty much available year round now while the Spitfire is part of a seasonal …
