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What would you say is the beer with the most pine aroma and flavour that is readily available at lcbo in ottawa?

Lone Pine

Pine seems like a flavour profile that has fallen out of favour a bit over the years. I haven't had a Lone Pine in ages, I should pick a few up.

Craig wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 2:24 pm Pine seems like a flavour profile that has fallen out of favour a bit over the years. I haven't had a Lone Pine in ages, I should pick a few up.

I had one just yesterday, canned a month ago. It was fabulous!

So pine is more than just in the name? It's been a long time since I've had one, and I just don't remember. Years ago, Lagunitas had the taste I'm looking for, but I had one last summer and it failed. Pine is coming back with dank-flavor beers.

There's no actual "pine" in there, (i.e. it's not a spruce beer, etc) but I find it has the dank resiny flavour that could be described as pine.
Chinook, Columbus, and Simcoe hops could be argued as the most piney hops, and all three of those (plus Summit) are in Lone Pine.
I really love old-school classic West Coast IPA's, and Lone Pine is still one of the best examples of the style, imo.

Thanks for that! thebeerstore here has some, so I will give it a go.

Welcoming any additional comments.

I noticed Karma Simcoe on LCBO shelves. I haven't tried it myself, but you'd think that would be kinda piney?

If you were hoping for actual pine beer, the only one that comes to mind would be Alba, which is part of the Historic Ales from Scotland set. That's being cleared out now as the set came in for Christmas, but Alba itself is over 7%ABV, so I would assume it hasn't mellowed too much.

https://www.lcbo.com/en/historic-ales-f ... ack-893719

Craig wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 4:30 pm I noticed Karma Simcoe on LCBO shelves. I haven't tried it myself, but you'd think that would be kinda piney?

I had a Karma Simcoe the day before, lol. I would say it's less piney than Lone Pine. Definitely not as dank. Was softer; a bit closer to a hazy without being one, per se.

markhenry wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 4:24 pm Thanks for that! thebeerstore here has some, so I will give it a go.

Some Ottawa LCBO stores listed: https://www.lcbo.com/en/storeinventory/?sku=398263

I had a couple cans of Lagunitas the other night. They tasted great and had that pine taste.

I'm going to shout out for Lone Pine as a great beer. Love it. But, I don't really catch that much of a piney flavour. Perhaps it is imprinted on the mind due to the name. Still, if you can find it go buy some and enjoy.

Karma Simcoe this year is disappointing me. I understand what they are going for and have enjoyed past iterations, it's just that I think they missed this time. It could be the variability of seasonal ingredients, so I hope they don't give up and they try again in the future.

As for a bit of piney, I would also suggest Fat Tug from Howe Sound. It shows up here in Ontario consistently and is a pretty good example of what you are looking for.

Tapsucker wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:24 pmAs for a bit of piney, I would also suggest Fat Tug from Howe Sound. It shows up here in Ontario consistently and is a pretty good example of what you are looking for.

Fat Tug is from Driftwood, but it is definitely a great example of a piney west coast IPA.

darmokandjalad wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 11:30 pm

Tapsucker wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:24 pmAs for a bit of piney, I would also suggest Fat Tug from Howe Sound. It shows up here in Ontario consistently and is a pretty good example of what you are looking for.

Fat Tug is from Driftwood, but it is definitely a great example of a piney west coast IPA.

My bad. You are correct. Given how much I like the graphics on the Fat Tug labels, you'd think I'd remember.

More thanks to y'all. Interesting that the Fat Tug description on the Driftwood web site does not mention pine:

Brewed with the hop aficionado in mind, Fat Tug is a Northwest-style India Pale Ale with an intense hop profile featuring notes of grapefruit, mango, melon and passionfruit. Sufficient malt is there to provide support. At 7% alc/vol and 80+ IBUs this beer delivers on the promise to satisfy anyone with a thirst for all things hoppy!