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Went to the early Amsterdam/Volo shindig:
-Decalogue (1) - Golden Ale 100% fermented with Brett
-Sleeping Giant
-Downtown Brown on cask
-Full City Tempest
Loved them all, the Brett one really stood out, the coffee Tempest was excellent, and I was glad to try the Sleeping Giant since I missed the bottle sale. Saw a few BTer's there, the patio was warm if you could triangulate your position between two heaters. Good times.
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout. 3 years of it. Winter 2010-11, Winter 2011-12 and Winter 2012-13.
Ranked them as follows:
1) 2010-11
2) 2012-13
3) 2011-12
Not sure what happened with the 2011-12 other than it was the one I didn't get from the LCBO. The older vintage had smoothed out the rougher edges around the fresh ones.
Still all in all, it was very drinkable in each year.
munrets wrote:Stopped in at The Ceili Cottage to try Beau's pumpkin gruit but it sold out...
The Only Cafe has Beau's Gruit today.
There I had Beau's There Gose The Dynamite & Burnt Rock Smoked Porter. The Gose was more like a tasty lemony witbier with some salt, and the porter while smooth & delicious.
Sunday -- $5.00 pints w/ tax in.
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Though I'm not a huge fan of malt barley ales, this Salt Springs Winter Ale is certainly very delicious! Has anyone tried any of their other brews? Thoughts?
Belgian wrote:Now Bellwoods Witchshark - bottled four days ago, holding up OK.
You've waited far too long to consume that, surely it's fallen off by now.
It's almost a barley wine at this point, the hops are long vanished into a thin seam of residual bitterness and the malts have rounded into a cake-like breadiness that is nicely set against the warming alcohol.
Just getting around to popping my growler of Shackland's Pale Ale. Now I wish I had more than one growler of it, I don't know how I'm going to resist just drinking it all...
I know at least one person on here knows what hop/hop combo is providing that amazing aroma, anyone know what it is?