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Thanks for the info, that's at least $10 too much for me. I checked them all on untappd for the hell of it and it's a whole lot of mediocre (other than Shaggin' Wagon).
JaseWescott wrote:2019 Red Racer Across The Nation Collaboration Mix Pack launches next month. Nickel Brook has a Black Forest Berliner Weisse in the pack.
Are they having East and West versions again this year?
no promo images yet. Nickel Brook spoiled what their beer was on Facebook a little early.
here is a list of brewers in the pack
British Columbia: Moon Under Water Brewery (Victoria)
Alberta: Troubled Monk Brewery (Red Deer)
Saskatchewan: District Brewing (Regina)
Manitoba: Barn Hammer Brewing (Winnipeg)
Ontario: Nickel Brook Brewing (Burlington)
Quebec: Brasserie Dunham (Dunham)
New Brunswick: Grimross Brewing (Fredericton)
Nova Scotia: Tatmagouche Brewing (Tatamagouche)
Prince Edward Island: Copper Bottom Brewing (Montague)
Newfoundland: Port Rexton Brewing (Port Rexton)
Yukon: Winterlong Brewing (Whitehorse)
Northwest Territories: NWT Brewing (Yellowknife)
Format is 355 ml cans and the pack is going to hit stores early May.
"The Red Racer Across The Nation Collaboration 12×355 ml pack will be available at select beer and liquor retailers in all provinces except Ontario while supplies last."
This is an incredible beer. Can't believe how full bodied and flavourful it is for the abv. You'd never know it was 3%.
I just finished one, and thought it one of the thinnest tasting beers I’ve had in a long long time. Tastes nice and flavourful, but it’s just not for me.
sofakingdrunk wrote:I just finished one, and thought it one of the thinnest tasting beers I’ve had in a long long time. Tastes nice and flavourful, but it’s just not for me.
I thought it was tasty for 3.2% (yes that imparts less body.) This is like a lower-range Ordinary Bitter in strength, but for the abundant. smooth hops. I will enjoy this in some pint glasses I recently picked up.
This is an incredible beer. Can't believe how full bodied and flavourful it is for the abv. You'd never know it was 3%.
I just finished one, and thought it one of the thinnest tasting beers I’ve had in a long long time. Tastes nice and flavourful, but it’s just not for me.
Very surprised you found it so thin bodied. I found it had a much bigger mouth feel that some other similar beers with a higher abv. Nickelbrook's Lost in Orbit and Great Lake's Sunnyside come to mind.
The older I get the more I appreciate these flavourful low abv beers. Even three 6.5% IPAs over the course of a night will lead me to feel lethargic the next day.
I’ve got another one in the fridge and will re-visit. Maybe I had something before hand that affected my palate(I can’t remeber now). I almost always like to try a beer at least twice before writing it off.
As far as low abv beers, it seems that the session/low abv ipa just doesn’t really do it for me very often. I’d rather take a nice bitter I think.
Had the 10 a few times last night. My first one I found green and chalky with too much body, funny enough. However after having a few IPAs and getting to the point in the evening where I wanted to gear down or I’d suffer the consequences in the morning I switched back to a couple of 10’s to end my night and they were great. By that point my palette wasn’t sophisticated enough to analyze the beer however I appreciated having something flavourful with a low ABV. And I feel great this morning, so overall a big thumbs up if drank in the right context .