I really liked the contrast between full hop flavour, with the lack of bitterness. It's something I don't really find in much local stuff. It reminds me a little of Centennial IPA in the way that it's hopped.schomberger wrote:Yeah, I don't think I'd go out of my way to get it either, especially if Neighbour or Canuck were sitting there in front of me at whichever LCBO I happened to be at. However, I do think this beer is a good interchangeable option for Neighbour, which I really enjoy, but don't often go out of my way for either.
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TheSevenDuffs wrote:Jeff, are you saying that you found R&R to be full of hop flavour without the big bitterness? If so, that's interesting because I found exactly the opposite of the bottle I had last night.JeffPorter wrote: I really liked the contrast between full hop flavour, with the lack of bitterness.
"Lacking" in bitterness is probably an exaggeration, but as shomberger said, I find it to be more of an afterthought.
Interesting about your bottle - maybe our taste buds are opposites and complimentary (!)
Although I may have spoke too soon about the "local option" as the Bellwoods Cat Lady is all juicy simcoe hoppy goodness - much better than their simcoe monogamy, IMHO, and more like Johnny Simoce (even though in this beer, there's more than just the one hop.)
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Collective Arts Brewing tweeted yesterday that they are bottling Saint of Circumstance Citrus-Infused Blonde Ale.
Should be available now (or soon) in Toronto bars and restaurants. No specific info on if/when it will be in LCBO outlets.
Should be available now (or soon) in Toronto bars and restaurants. No specific info on if/when it will be in LCBO outlets.
There will be more R&R coming at some point, as they are just about to do judging on the artwork for a second series of labels. Not sure when they're planning to brew & release it, though.heebes wrote:Was RnR a one off then? Haven't see any bottling dates after Sep 20, and these ones are starting to fade.
I had my last bottle of the Sept batch the other night, and yeah, the hops had dropped a bit. Still a solid beer, but definitely one that needs to be drunk fresh to really get the full impact.
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I picked up a 6-pack on Saturday and all the bottles have the 10-10-13 code on them. Not super fresh, but if it's this tasty after a month and a bit, I'm going to have to grab a 6-pack of the next batch the second it hits the shelves. Been a while since I had that nice a hop blend.
I just picked up a 6pk bottled November 20th and it's fantastic. The last bottles I had was the first batch 5-6 weeks old and it fallen off quite a bit I thought. I still haven't had fresh NN (has anybody in Ottawa? at least for LCBO bottles) but I prefer them...
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But honestly, I never see them all fresh at the same store so there's never much of a decision. I'm not too picky, whatever is fresh can make it's home in my fridge for a few weeks.
Also I don't know what's up with the date stamps but I must have gone through 7-8 bottles before I found one that wasn't partly smudged off.
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But honestly, I never see them all fresh at the same store so there's never much of a decision. I'm not too picky, whatever is fresh can make it's home in my fridge for a few weeks.
Also I don't know what's up with the date stamps but I must have gone through 7-8 bottles before I found one that wasn't partly smudged off.
