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Had another great beer from Shorts last nigt. Black Licorice Lager was delicious.

notdan wrote:Trois Mousquetaires Noire. Awesome dark lager.

i am consistently more impressed with this brewer than I thought. Especially since the TM 750mls are reasonably priced at Provigo. They have the Maibock (8%) at Only Café right now, as well as DDC Soliste De Printemps (Maple Scotch Ale.)

I may just put that TM Weizenbock in my fridge on Friday (and/or the 2009 Baltic Porter...) I have heard all TM 'ales' use a lager yeast, which seems odd, but who cares.

Belgian wrote:

notdan wrote:Trois Mousquetaires Noire. Awesome dark lager.

i am consistently more impressed with this brewer than I thought. Especially since the TM 750mls are reasonably priced at Provigo. They have the Maibock (8%) at Only Café right now, as well as DDC Soliste De Printemps (Maple Scotch Ale.)

I may just put that TM Weizenbock in my fridge on Friday (and/or the 2009 Baltic Porter...) I have heard all TM 'ales' use a lager yeast, which seems odd, but who cares.

The Noire came from the mixed 12 pack of basic stuff, and was probably the highlight of the bunch (the Blanche, a hefeweizen, was pretty good, but the Rousse and Blonde were pretty bland.)

Their 'signature' beers or whatever are consistently awesome. Tried the Kellerbier recently and it was great. A forewarning though, the Baltic Porter is quite a bit better than the Weizenbock, which is rather sweet and lacks much of a spicy weizen characteristic.

Granite's Hopping Mad, which was way better than it was last week (it may have actually been the dry hopped bitter last week). Shared a root beer float for dessert.

Now I'm sipping my first, real, homebrew. Based on a Chimay red clone, with a little peat-smoked malt. Sort of a Belgian Scotch ale, and at 6 years it's tasting good.

pilsner urquell
warka strong
grand river plowmans anniversary

irishkyle21 wrote:Had another great beer from Shorts last nigt. Black Licorice Lager was delicious.

I really want to try their beers. The key lime pie and strawberry shortcake beers sound awesome.

notdan wrote: (Trois Mousquitaires) 'signature' beers or whatever are consistently awesome. Tried the Kellerbier recently and it was great. A forewarning though, the Baltic Porter is quite a bit better than the Weizenbock, which is rather sweet and lacks much of a spicy weizen characteristic.

i'm enjoying the 11% Weizenbock very much right now, thank you - extremely grapey in a pinot noir kind of way, port-like and nothing like a Schneider und Sohn product at all...

damn I wish I had ordered more Nøgne Ø Imperial, it is a fine stout!

mintjellie wrote:

I really want to try their beers. The key lime pie and strawberry shortcake beers sound awesome.

I had the Strawberry Shortscake on tap at the brewpub a few weeks ago it was pretty good the girlfriend really enjoyed it. I still have some Black Licorice, just message me if you want some.

irishkyle21 wrote:mintjellie wrote:

I really want to try their beers. The key lime pie and strawberry shortcake beers sound awesome.

I had the Strawberry Shortscake on tap at the brewpub a few weeks ago it was pretty good the girlfriend really enjoyed it. I still have some Black Licorice, just message me if you want some.

Thanks for the offer, but it would be wasted on me. I don't like black licorice.

Belgian wrote: i'm enjoying the 11% Weizenbock very much right now, thank you - extremely grapey in a pinot noir kind of way, port-like and nothing like a Schneider und Sohn product at all...

I guess that was its downfall for me. Glad you enjoyed it. Perhaps I'll pick up a bottle of the more recent batch and give it another shot, without hoping it'll taste like a strong Aventinus.

Last night :

SMashbomb Version 2.0
Black Oak Chocolate Cherry


Both on draught at Chancey's.

Had a few Creemore Kellerbier last night, and finished up with a Stone Imperial Russian Stout thanks to Zuma. It was pretty awesome!

Visited The Church Key, Chancey's, and M.E. & Suzie's over the weekend and had the following:

Meantime Chocolate
Negra Modelo
Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Lupulus
Achel Trappist Extra (sample)
Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
Earl's Elgin County Auburn Ale
Port Stanley Pale Ale
Yukon Gold (sample)
Flying Monkeys Smash Bomb Atomic IPA (V2)

Tonight it'll be some rare swill from Quidi Vidi Brewing in Newfoundland. Anybody tried the QV lager or 1892 Traditional Ale before?

EDIT: I forgot about some of the samples I enjoyed courtesy of Milos, Dave, and Paul. Thanks guys!

cratez wrote:Anybody tried the QV lager or 1892 Traditional Ale before?

Yes. The Lager is pretty dreadful, but the Ale is OK, albeit kinda boring. Sort of similar to Big Rock Trad if I recall correctly. It was even available at the LCBO at one point.

GregClow wrote: Yes. The Lager is pretty dreadful, but the Ale is OK, albeit kinda boring. Sort of similar to Big Rock Trad if I recall correctly. It was even available at the LCBO at one point.

Thanks for the info Greg. I personally enjoy Trad Ale so maybe I'll like this East Coast version? My only experience with Quidi Vidi has been a bottle of the Kriek that was way past its best before date. It tasted like maraschino cherry soda. Hopefully these other ones will turn out better!