Posts Tagged: Beer Reviews
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 - 6 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 …
Rogue Chocolate Stout, Oregon, USA
Posted by on Saturday, September 18, 2004 in - 4 comments
I mentioned in a post below how I am amazed how the LCBO - Liquor Control Board of Ontario - cannot stock shelves better than a decent corner store in the USA. With the monopoly of 12 million people behind it, the LCBO is the greatest buyer of beer, wine and spirits in the world. The biggest used …
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 …
Four North East IPAs
Posted by on Monday, September 6, 2004 in - 1 comment
PA's Tröegs Hopback, southwest NY's Southern Tier, Ithaca's Flower Power and Maine's Shipyard. • Porter lost out to India Pale Ale somewhere in the mid-1800s. The style came out of the export trade to the British soldiers in the Empire - by brewing double strength and double hopped, the ale …
Three Mid-Atlantic Brown Ales
Posted by on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 in - leave a comment
Brooklyn Brown Ale, Ithaca Nut Brown Ale, Tröegs Nut Brown Ale • Brown Ale is a difficult style. It is really a bunch of styles from England, Belgium, Scotland and the USA. When you think of it...pretty much all beer is brown. And, really, so it ever was until someone figured out how to dry pale …
Five From Penn And One New Yorker
Posted by on Monday, August 16, 2004 in - 3 comments
As part of a continuing tradition of investigative reporting, I present five Pennsylvanians and one south central New Yorker: • Click on the picture for, really, nothing more than a slightly larger picture of the same thing. • I've give some detail as I pop a few of these starting with the …
<strike>Five Seven</strike>...err...Eight Pales Ales
Posted by on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 in - 3 comments
Unlike my recent exposé on Belgian whites, this collection took at seven minute trip to the local LCBO and cost between $2.75 and $3.00 CND per 500 ml bottle. The seasonal selection of beers they bring in is quite good and you can find some nice choices in a single style to compare. These are all …
