Hot Weather Drinking

[Bobsy]

I just read an article in the star about how the hot summer weather has increased beer sales by 11.5% over last Summer.

http://thestar.blogs.com/weather360/201 ... glass.html

A couple questions spring from this - have you guys been drinking more to combat the heat, and if so what's the beer of choice to cool you down and quench your thirst?

[lister]

About the same as every summer.

This summer the beers have been Muskoka Pilsner Light & Hefe, Steamwhistle, Grand River Galt Knife, Nickelbrook Green Apple Pilsner, Denison's Weisse, Perroni, Devil's Pale Ale, FM Hoptical Illusion, GL Orange Peel, Pilsner Urquell, Czechvar, Creemore Kellerbier... a few more that escape my memory at the moment.

I've also been having various white wines in between beer sessions.

[mintjellie]

Pilsner Urquell
FM Hoptical
FM Antigravity
Schneider Edel-weisse
Mill Street Wit
Muskoka Weiss (the canned Denisons still isn't doing it for me)
DDC Rosse d'Hibiscus
Creemore Kellerbier
Creemore Lager

[velovampire]

At home, I've been cycling through:
-Muskoka Cream and Hefe (same as mint re:the canned Denison's)
-FM Hoptical
-GR Galt Knife (although I find bottles older than a month tail off sharply and develop an unpleasant sourness. When FRESH, though, this one is ON)
-King Pils
-GL Orange Peel and Canuck (though bottles of Canuck still on the shelves are past their prime)
-Mill St. Lemon Tea
-the occasional can of Steam Whistle (a good fallback, as it is in every BS and LCBO. Still overpriced, though)
-Black Oak Summer Saison and 10BY
-Amsterdam Boneshaker
-whatever's in growlers at Duggan's and Mill St.

Would love to open my fridge and see some Smashbomb...

[Swordsman]

Muskoka Pilsner Light
Blanche de Chambly
FM Hoptical Illusion
King Pilsner
Dead Elephant

Haven't been able to get over to Black Oak to pick up any Summer Saison

[mintjellie]

Muskoka Cream and Hefe (same as mint re:the canned Denison's)

I've had cans that were fantastic. I've had cans that were overly lemony. The last time I bought it had an intense creamy banana aroma yet somehow didn't have any banana flavour. It's truly a great example of the style when you get a good can, but there are some serious issues with consistency. I assume it takes a toll on this unpasteurised beer moving through the LCBO's unrefridgerated distribution system.

I think the Muskoka hefe is solid and underrated. More importantly, it's also very consistent.

[velovampire]

Muskoka Cream and Hefe (same as mint re:the canned Denison's)

I've had cans that were fantastic. I've had cans that were overly lemony. The last time I bought it had an intense creamy banana aroma yet somehow didn't have any banana flavour. It's truly a great example of the style when you get a good can, but there are some serious issues with consistency. I assume it takes a toll on this unpasteurised beer moving through the LCBO's unrefridgerated distribution system.

Yup. Still amazing on tap, though.

[velovampire]

Also, I forgot Mill St. Roggenbier. Nice one.

[Ukie]

Less rain = more beer on the patio

Creemore Lager and Kellerbier
Grand River Mill Race Mild, Hannenberg Pils, Raspberry Pils and Galt Knife
Mill Street Lemon Tea
Coopers Sparkling Ale
Samuel Adams Summer Ale and Seasonal Wheat
Victory Prima Pils
Anchor Steam
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

[matt7215]

home brew: low gravity saisons, berliner weisse and sours

LCBO: pilsner urquell, grand river galt knife, christoffel blonde, hoptical, creemore keller, bitter & twisted

Grand River: plowmans, plowmans anniversary, mill race mild

swill: molson bohemian

[Bobsy]

I think the Muskoka hefe is solid and underrated. More importantly, it's also very consistent.

My only complaint with the Muskoka Hefe is that it seems a little too sweet to be truly quenching.

[Ukie]

swill: molson bohemian

OKay I confess Coors Light but only on Beer and Burger Wednesdays at Turtle Jacks.

[Malcolm]

Cameron's: Lager, Cream Ale. Never got into them before but they seem to fit the bill for hot weather.

Black Oak Pale
Southern Tier IPA
Iron Duke now and then.

[saints_gambit]

swill: molson bohemian

OKay I confess Coors Light but only on Beer and Burger Wednesdays at Turtle Jacks.

You know what? Sometimes cold and wet is more important than flavour.

[Derek]

I wonder if the economy has influenced it?

Anyway, I'm at least 2 standard deviations from the norm. I've been cleaning out my cellar, so I've mostly been drinking higher alcohol stuff!