What're you drinking right now?

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:59 pm

DFH Punkin Ale

It's sweet and quite spice forward, to my palate. I can pick up the alcohol in the nose, like boozy pumpkin pie, but not in the flavour.

Very nice.

And I didn't like it when I tried it last year.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:29 pm

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.

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:12 pm

All I really wanted today was something cold, wet, and refreshing. Something simple. So I grabbed a can of the stepfathers High Life.

And it's really hitting the spot right now.

The Champagne of Beers.

Man, is this stuff ever fizzy - maybe there actually is truth in advertising once in awhile.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:12 pm

Homebrewed all-Canadian SMaSH - Nothing but 2-row and homegrown cascades. It's under 5% abv, but has the hopping & bitterness of an IPA.

Followed by Nash's 37 Hr Simcoe SMaSH. I'm amazed by the deep copper tone and malty flavours from the extended boil (also just 2-row malt). Great stuff.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:32 pm

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.

Andicus · Post by **Andicus** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:52 am

Just had another glass of the Helles Bock from a Mill Street growler my bro-in-law was kind enough to pick up for me. It was written on the cap to be 6.6%.

Very tasty!

G.M. Gillman · Post by **G.M. Gillman** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:02 pm

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

grub · Post by **grub** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:13 pm

mmmm, more homebrewed gonzo clone for me. it will be a sad day when the keg runs out - but at least i've got two other kegs in the fridge and 70gal or so in fermenters

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:46 pm

Trafalgar Malted Corpse. I've been up for 16 hours, so I guess I'm kind of a malted corpse myself, except that I'm at least 5x more interesting than this product...

Ale's What Cures Ya · Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:26 pm

Trafalgar Hop Nouveau.

Meh, not great, but certainly not as bad as I've come to expect Trafalgar beers to be. Also picked up a bottle of Malted Corpse so I will be sampling some of that as well at some point over the weekend. God I sure do miss real beer.

TJ · Post by TJ » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:36 pm

DragonOfBlood wrote: Malted Corpse so I will be sampling some of that

Don't do it man. Really. Just...no. It's beyond awful.

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.

JesseMcG · Post by **JesseMcG** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:04 pm

grub wrote:mmmm, more homebrewed gonzo clone for me. it will be a sad day when the keg runs out - but at least i've got two other kegs in the fridge and 70gal or so in fermenters

70gal??? Holy shit!

grub · Post by **grub** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:33 pm

JesseMcG wrote:70gal??? Holy shit!

yeah, it gets to be problematic when all the fermetners are full and you need to move things to kegs but don't have any free. ah, the crosses we must bear...

notdan · Post by **notdan** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:15 am

Trying DFH 90 for the first time tonight. Really enjoying the hoppy flavours, and the sweet, almost candy-like malt backbone is a pleasant surprise.

bartle · Post by **bartle** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:30 am

grub wrote:
JesseMcG wrote:70gal??? Holy shit!
yeah, it gets to be problematic when all the fermetners are full and you need to move things to kegs but don't have any free. ah, the crosses we must bear...

I know where you could move this... !!!