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I was at the Grand River dinner at the Golden Kiwi Saturday night, and had a couple glasses of the Grand River Black Cherry Pils. It was a very nice beer, lots of cherries in the aroma, and a bit sweet on the palate, but it also had a nice dryness in the finish to keep it from becoming too cloying. Personally, I'd like to see this replace the bumbleberry wheat as the summer seasonal.
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Picked up a growler of Mill Street Frambozen to party with friends in Kingston. The MS Pumpkin Ale will be along soon!
This eve:
Had a newly canned Denisons Weisse with some Pizzaiolo La Spinotta. I liked the beer Michael!
Not sipping a Cauvard Beaune 1er Cru Burgundy 2005 with some thin shards of ash-aged Peccorino, while watching the Riddick Chronicles. Apart from the stupid Vin Diesel movie it's all good.
This eve:
Had a newly canned Denisons Weisse with some Pizzaiolo La Spinotta. I liked the beer Michael!
Not sipping a Cauvard Beaune 1er Cru Burgundy 2005 with some thin shards of ash-aged Peccorino, while watching the Riddick Chronicles. Apart from the stupid Vin Diesel movie it's all good.
In Beerum Veritas
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MacEwan's Scotch Ale blended 3:2 with San Benedetto Spiring Water (carbonated).
The Scotch on its own is just too much for me, at least before dinner after a sedentary day.
Blended as indicated, it produces a plenty rich and full-bodied beer at about 5% ABV - a bottle produces a pint in other words.
The blending seems too to bring out the unique roasted quality of the malt or specialty malt in this. I don't think it is peated, but there is a definite smoky-like taste to the beer. I wonder how they achieve that? (St. Andrews from Caledonians had it too, when we got it here).
The hops, per the Scotch style, are restrained but not invisible.
A fine pint and it went very well with a pizza and chicken wings from Pizza Pizza.
Gary
The Scotch on its own is just too much for me, at least before dinner after a sedentary day.
Blended as indicated, it produces a plenty rich and full-bodied beer at about 5% ABV - a bottle produces a pint in other words.
The blending seems too to bring out the unique roasted quality of the malt or specialty malt in this. I don't think it is peated, but there is a definite smoky-like taste to the beer. I wonder how they achieve that? (St. Andrews from Caledonians had it too, when we got it here).
The hops, per the Scotch style, are restrained but not invisible.
A fine pint and it went very well with a pizza and chicken wings from Pizza Pizza.
Gary
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Don't do it man. Really. Just...no. It's beyond awful.DragonOfBlood wrote: Malted Corpse so I will be sampling some of that
Tonight I had a Curmudgeon IPA, which was a lot better than I remember it being--it laces like a beast. Great head retention too.
And now it's a Magnotta Copper Altbier which is probably one of the best beers they sell at The Beer Store. The lacing on this one is pretty stellar as well.