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Brasserie de Blaugies Bière Darbyste — Great Belgian saison with some some added fruitiness via the added fig juice. Less spicy than many, and I enjoyed it better before the final pour, laden with sediment (that had strangely accumulated on one side of the bottle). Glad I picked up a few of these and La Vermontoise when they popped up on LCBO online some weeks ago. I missed out on La Moneuse if anyone wants to trade!

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Saulter Street Riverside Copper Pilsner from brewery store, the can is souring just a few weeks after purchase so I dumped it out. The Sorachi hop Lager they have on tap right now is really nice though.

This new Duvel Tripel Hop Cashmere Belgian IPA (9.5%) is very flavourful showing nice underlying fruit tones of pear and some lemon plus peppery and bubblegum spice along with the more hop forward resiny-viney bitterness - it's a densely-flavoured brew of the type I particularly enjoyed when really discovering craft beer, and I like it right now. Looks beautiful in the Duvel Tulip.

Also liked that unserious Jacobins ROSÉ MAX berry-cherry-currant ale from Belgium in the teeny 250ml bottle, it's a simple,sour with loads of convincing fruit and for what it offers to be I think it's very legit. It's a brunch bennies and waffles kind of beer. Remember the Only Cafe in its brunch heyday?

Can't wait to try the Unibroue Éphémère Baie d'Argousier / Sea Buckthorn Berry... these 750mls have crept up in price over the years but a good iteration of this series is welcome. My favorite of all time remains the Pomme, which for me was like an apple orchard in a glass with an overnote of vanilla. It's damn French.
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Post by sofakingdrunk »

Drinking this years version of Fracture and it’s absolutely delicious. I think it’s tasting a little bit different this time around...hop profile seems changed a bit, but that could just be me. Also, as a bonus I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper than it has been the past couple years. :)

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Zundert 10 — Picked this one up as I've been neglecting quads. It's a pretty good effort from a Trappist I'd never heard of before. It seems like there's been a mini boom in Trappist breweries in the past 5-10 years. I remember when I could name them all! Speaking of which — where the HELL is Orval?!

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Belgian wrote:Saulter Street Riverside Copper Pilsner from brewery store, the can is souring just a few weeks after purchase so I dumped it out. The Sorachi hop Lager they have on tap right now is really nice though.

This new Duvel Tripel Hop Cashmere Belgian IPA (9.5%) is very flavourful showing nice underlying fruit tones of pear and some lemon plus peppery and bubblegum spice along with the more hop forward resiny-viney bitterness - it's a densely-flavoured brew of the type I particularly enjoyed when really discovering craft beer, and I like it right now. Looks beautiful in the Duvel Tulip.

Also liked that unserious Jacobins ROSÉ MAX berry-cherry-currant ale from Belgium in the teeny 250ml bottle, it's a simple,sour with loads of convincing fruit and for what it offers to be I think it's very legit. It's a brunch bennies and waffles kind of beer. Remember the Only Cafe in its brunch heyday?

Can't wait to try the Unibroue Éphémère Baie d'Argousier / Sea Buckthorn Berry... these 750mls have crept up in price over the years but a good iteration of this series is welcome. My favorite of all time remains the Pomme, which for me was like an apple orchard in a glass with an overnote of vanilla. It's damn French.
Just trying the Duvel Cashmere, now. I'm very impressed. I'd have to do a direct comparison, but going by memory, I prefer this to the standard Duvel bottling.

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beerstodiscover wrote:Zundert 10 — Picked this one up as I've been neglecting quads. It's a pretty good effort from a Trappist I'd never heard of before. It seems like there's been a mini boom in Trappist breweries in the past 5-10 years. I remember when I could name them all! Speaking of which — where the HELL is Orval?!
Indeed. It's been far too long since we've had Orval available, and I really miss it. Truly a unique beer.

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Had the Trou du Diable L'ours 750ml this week... it's fine, for me I have to say a lot of sours are very same-ish.

Now a 750ml of 2012 Saison Dupont Vieille Provision (with a BBD of 01 / 2016.) It's well-preserved, the aroma is clean. The taste is fairly caramelly at this point, the bitterness is very smoothed down, and it has a grapey sweetness - a very drinkable 'provision' beer if you had these packed away in a cool place and needed emergency calories. I'd probably drink this sooner than eight years next time, but Dupont is always fine stuff!

I also have a number of those Avec Bon Voueux Dupont Christmas beers they put out, probably stellar cellar candidates as well.
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Belgian wrote:
I also have a number of those Avec Bon Voueux Dupont Christmas beers they put out, probably stellar cellar candidates as well.
I pulled one of these out of the cellar about a month ago and it is still drinking great. A little bit sweeter/maltier, but still showcasing that spicy phenol character. I'm down to my last bottle from the 2016 vintage sadly. Although I do still have a 1.5L magnum from when those were on the shelves at the LCBO (in late 2014 I think). Would love to see this one make a return.

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Having another Godspeed Nana - intense with its Japanese herbal /woody and peppery-phenolic profile. This beer benefits from warming up a bit to round out the malts and gentle juicy citrus. Feels like a meditative Zen garden!

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Also a Baltika 7 Export Lager in the tall pint glass we got in 2015 at Xmas (Russia).
Sort of the anti-craft beer but in very fresh form, better than the beer that came with the glass.

This glass is to me a nice bit of Russian corporate design. Tall, very gently sloped sides to a slightly flared base, almost a Brutalist attitude.

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I'm having a Royal City Oktoberfest, which is delightful. I love fall beers.

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Craig wrote:I'm having a Royal City Oktoberfest, which is delightful. I love fall beers.

Definitely one of Royal city’s better offerings. I look forward to it every year.

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I had their Dunkel later tonight, also very good. I think I prefer the Oktoberfest, but I'll probably have to order both again just to be sure.

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Craig wrote:I love fall beers.
Muskoka's Munich to My Ears Festbier is hitting the mark for me right now.

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beerstodiscover wrote:
Craig wrote:I love fall beers.
Muskoka's Munich to My Ears Festbier is hitting the mark for me right now.
Had one this week. Agree it was good.

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Craig wrote:I'm having a Royal City Oktoberfest, which is delightful. I love fall beers.
This 2012 Van de Keyser Blau will do! Amazing smooth rich dark silky prune-like fruit, some caramel, chocolate and gentle coffee, liquorice. Insanely full and complex beer at 8 years of age.

So that's why this beer is a champion, I think this is kicking a less-than-optimal bottling of Westy 12's rear end today. It really hasn't faded and could hang in a year or two.
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