Posts Tagged: National Six-Pack
National Six-Pack: Arkell Best Bitter, Wellington, Guelph, ON
Posted by on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 in - 2 comments
It has been a while since I did a National Six-Pack review. There are a couple of reasons. There are, relative to anywhere in the US or the UK say, quite a limited number of craft brews available to the Canadian consumer. And, in addition to that, there are a lot of them that I really would not …
National Six-Pack XI: Northumberland Ale, Church-Key, ON
Posted by on Monday, December 5, 2005 in - 1 comment
It has been a while since I have done a National Six-Pack review, my effort to find the best Canadian pale ale...well, mostly pale ales. The other day I was heading back along the north shore of Lake Ontario when I hit the rolling hills of Northumberland County when I thought I'd head inland for a …
National Six-Pack X: Sgt. Major's IPA, Scotch Irish, Ontario
Posted by on Thursday, March 10, 2005 in - 3 comments
Finally the wee truck from Fitzroy Harbour up on the Ottawa River near Arnprior made its way down to Kingston giving us a taste of this excellent local ale. This is a hoppy beer that reminds me a lot of my recollection of the Dragon's Breath Ale contract brewed and bottled by the old Hart Brewery …
National Six-Pack IX: Holy Smoke, Church-Key, Ontario
Posted by on Monday, February 14, 2005 in - 6 comments
You have to love the fancy packaging. When you can only buy the bottles at the brewery, however, I guess you have already attracted the audience. The packing tape is a very nice touch. Eleven bucks for a six when you buy two. On tap at many finer brew bars in Ontario. • This is a really good …
National Six-Pack VIII: Raftman, Unibroue, Quebec
Posted by on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 in - 7 comments
You think it is February. Nothing will surprise you in February when you are as many weeks from Yule as you are to spring. Month o' the rut. Then, you try a brew that you have never gotten around to trying and the world is all sunshine and love...or at least has one more good brew to tell folks …
National Six-Pack VII: Gritstone Premium, Ontario
Posted by on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 in - 1 comment
I bought a six of this quite a while ago and amongs all the double IPAs, Christmas ales and porters, I kept coming back to one of these when I wanted something nice and sensible. Doesn't sound like much of a recommendation. A warm one poured into a frozen glass produces a decent off-white head … read more »
National Six-Pack VI: 1892 Traditional Ale, Newfoundland
Posted by on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 in - 6 comments
One golden summer more than a decade ago, I had a job that meant I had to spend some time visiting various parts of Atlantic Canada. This included my only extended stay in St. John's Newfoundland and with it a meal allowance that got me to and through The Ship Inn, Erin's Pub, Water Street and a …
National Six-Pack V: Sleeman Fine Porter, Ontario
Posted by on Saturday, November 27, 2004 in - 6 comments
This is a shift. I am going to include true six packs which are not necessarily pale ales when cause warrants. This one does. • It is the first Sleemans signature series brew, out for a limited time only and it is a porter. Interesting stuff but, first, look at the outside - they are blinding me …
National Six-Pack IV: Big Rock Traditional Ale, Alberta
Posted by on Thursday, November 11, 2004 in - leave a comment
A trip to the LCBO located this week's contender for national six-pack supremacy, Big Rock Traditional Ale out of Alberta. To review, this is the nation of Canada we are discussing and the pursuit of the best pale ale produced therein. So far we have had the great, the good and the ugly. The last …
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 …
