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by mintjellie
Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:59 pm
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: SIDE LAUNCH - MAN OVERBOARD SERIES - SESSION IPA
Replies: 3
Views: 4005

Re: MAN OVERBOARD SERIES - SESSION IPA

Wow just when you think Michael is dedicated to the sublime and traditional, look out! Sorry about the image size folks. I took it with my phone and felt too lazy to resize it. No problem. In my own lazy experience if you post it privately to your own FB page it will be auto-resized, then you can g...
by mintjellie
Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:29 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Drinking old - not aged - beer
Replies: 15
Views: 10151

Re: Drinking old - not aged - beer

Any advice on sites I could purchase old beer? I'd love to give something that ages well over long periods a shot.

Courage RIS, JW Lee's Harvest, Thomas Hardy, and I really don't know what else. Samichlaus? Fuller's Vintage Ale?
by mintjellie
Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:30 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: SIDE LAUNCH - MAN OVERBOARD SERIES - SESSION IPA
Replies: 3
Views: 4005

Re: SIDE LAUNCH - MAN OVERBOARD SERIES - SESSION IPA

Sorry about the image size folks. I took it with my phone and felt too lazy to resize it.
by mintjellie
Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:28 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: SIDE LAUNCH - MAN OVERBOARD SERIES - SESSION IPA
Replies: 3
Views: 4005

SIDE LAUNCH - MAN OVERBOARD SERIES - SESSION IPA

My beeradvocate review. 4.19/5 rDev 0% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25 Pale straw, brilliant clarity. Noticeably effervescent. Towering pale white head. Spotty lace. Tropical nose offers notes of mango, passionfruit, and white grapefruit. Hints at honey. The aroma is s...
by mintjellie
Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:17 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO Spring Craft Beer Release 2015
Replies: 110
Views: 54672

It's encouraging that St. Louis moved well enough they bothered to bring it back so soon. That might encourage them to try other beers of the style in the future. Gregorius should get some love. That's not a super easy beer to come by and it's got the trappist designation, which is neat. If Green D...
by mintjellie
Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:25 pm
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Faxe Amber
Replies: 2
Views: 2561

liamt07 wrote:You masochist.
I finished the whole can!

My only regret is that, since I was buying from an Agency Store, I couldn't get a can of Faxe Strong to complete the trifecta.
by mintjellie
Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:08 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Faxe Amber
Replies: 2
Views: 2561

Faxe Amber

1.41/5 rDev -49.5% look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1.5 Pale copper. Quarter-inch pale beige head is gone as soon as it arrives. No lace. Aroma is faint, giving notes of toast and diacetyl. Insipidly malty with a gentle bready note, followed by buttery and metallic notes. ...
by mintjellie
Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:55 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Faxe Premium
Replies: 0
Views: 1551

Faxe Premium

1.58/5 rDev -44.2% look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.75 Deep gold colour, 1/2 inch fizzy white head disappears quickly. No lace. Mild, vaguely beery aroma hints at fresh baked bread lightly buttered. Sweet, malty flavour with notes of white bread and light diacetyl. Light h...
by mintjellie
Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:59 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Crazy price for Koval Single Barrel Millet
Replies: 22
Views: 10555

I was pretty close to picking up a bottle of this, but the last few reviews have made me think otherwise. Me too. I feel dispirited. Well, I hope I didn't lead anyone astray in terms of buying something they didn't really like. I DO want to be trusted on this site. I did make a great Toddy the othe...
by mintjellie
Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:58 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Which LCBO Beers Do You Miss The Most?
Replies: 89
Views: 38840

aren't these all at the lcbo right now? I also miss Sam Adams Latitude 48 Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock. Belhaven Scottish Stout I might have been wrong on the Lat 48. Maybe I just don't see it in Collingwood. Belhaven Best Bitter is general list, but not the Scottish Stout. Or at least I never see it. ...
by mintjellie
Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:49 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO Winter Craft Beer Release 2014
Replies: 166
Views: 70915

Re: LCBO Winter Craft Beer Release 2014

liamt07 wrote:
Cass wrote:Sigtuna Midvinterblot
Still a decent number of these sitting on the shelf of my local LCBO from last year's release...
Really? I enjoyed that one quite a bit. Whats your local? I might pick some up lol.
by mintjellie
Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:35 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Random Reviews
Replies: 465
Views: 167979

Alexander Keith's Saphir Hop. This new release in the series is very good, the hop flavour is prominent and pleasant. The beer, as all those in the series IMO, could be a bit maltier, but it drinks very nicely. I believe Saphir is a new world hop grown in Germany and it seems to show characteristic...
by mintjellie
Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:36 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Which LCBO Beers Do You Miss The Most?
Replies: 89
Views: 38840

Prima pils and dfh 60min +1 for the Prima Pils. I always buy it when travelling now, after having discovered it when it was at the LCBO. Make that a +2. I loved that beer. I also miss Christoffel Blonde and Christoffel Nobel. Sam Adams Latitude 48 as well. Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock. Weltenberger Klo...
by mintjellie
Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:16 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: In praise of session beers
Replies: 13
Views: 4708

Drank a whole lot of Muskoka Detour this summer.
by mintjellie
Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:35 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Kolsch: what is it to you?
Replies: 33
Views: 9624

Social media. Most breweries don't have someone hammering golden taps into their 1000+ followers. That's why GLB and Beau are locking down so many awards. I mean what cask conditioned ale does GLB produce that warrants a golden tap? Is Side Launch really doing that well, or do they just have good u...