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What're you drinking right now?
Great Lakes Thrust, fresh from the brewery.
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S. St. Jeb
- Seasoned Drinker
- Posts: 1140
- Joined: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:44 pm
- Location: Burlington, ON
Double Trouble Hops and Robbers Pineapple IPA
Tastes more like peach than pineapple to me.
Tastes more like peach than pineapple to me.
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sofakingdrunk
- Bar Fly
- Posts: 965
- Joined: Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:55 am
- Location: Guelph
Belgian wrote:Monday:
Collective Arts BLACKBERRY, CHERRY, LEMON SOUR - very good, assertive berry fruit and the lemon gives it a little tangy depth. (Only Cafe)
Fat Tire Amber Ale, can from LCBO. Really liking this one! Nice hop profile.
Godspeed Svetly Lezak 12º, oh wow this is just in another league of complexity. Hoping Bim will bring this Czech-style beauty back next summer.
Tuesday:
2018 Fuller's Imperial Stout. Classic British style, almost fruity profile and the tamer rose petals from this bottling is even more so. They really dialed it back to feature the light roast and chocolate. It's good but kind of simple.
2017 Saint Ambroise Russian imperial Stout, holy cow this has smoke and oak, some nice depth. It is maturing insanely well. I think I prefer it to the Fullers. If you stocked up on this, you're a winner!
I had a bottle of the Fullers impy stout about a month ago....and by god was it great. Much better than the(already really good) last bottle I drank. Tastes so much like it had been BBA. I’ve got one more in the fridge that will probably get drank around Xmas time.
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JaseWescott
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- Joined: Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:08 pm
- Location: Hamilton
this is REALLY goodBelgian wrote:Monday:
Collective Arts BLACKBERRY, CHERRY, LEMON SOUR - very good, assertive berry fruit and the lemon gives it a little tangy depth. (Only Cafe)
taste a little like Cherry Lemonade, carbonation is on high side. i'm going back to buy more 
Belhaven Craft Pilsner (smoky!)
Bellhaven Twisted Thistle IPA
There's a mix pack at the LC right now, six different brews including a Scottish Ale, a Scottish Oat Stout and a Speyside Oak Aged Blonde Ale. Everything is Scottish as hell (ehh, the smoky, flat-tasting Pilsner didn't really grab me but the 90/~ Wee Heavy will probably make up for it.)
Bellhaven Twisted Thistle IPA
There's a mix pack at the LC right now, six different brews including a Scottish Ale, a Scottish Oat Stout and a Speyside Oak Aged Blonde Ale. Everything is Scottish as hell (ehh, the smoky, flat-tasting Pilsner didn't really grab me but the 90/~ Wee Heavy will probably make up for it.)
In Beerum Veritas
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beerstodiscover
- Bar Fly
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- Joined: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:16 pm
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Flying Monkeys Doomed Youth Post Modern IPA — This is one of the best west-coast IPA's I've had in a while, super fresh.
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cratez
- Beer Superstar
- Posts: 2299
- Joined: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:29 pm
- Location: Brantford, Ontario
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At Beerlab! and Milos' Craft Beer Emporium:
Beerlab! Imaginary Force Porter (draft)
Matron Fine Beer Bobo Farmhouse Wheat (draft)
Neustadt Springs Ever Ard Dark (cask)
Granite Best Bitter Special (cask)
At some gatherings:
Storm Stayed Confluence Sour India Pale Ale
River Road One Lonely Scotch Night Scotch Ale
Storm Stayed Rolling In The DIPA
Over the week at home:
Bellwoods & The Referend Bier Blendery Nice Nice Very Nice
Indie Alehouse Memento Mori
Indie Alehouse Loki's Garden
Sleeman Golden Festbier
Weihenstephaner Vitus
Bellwoods & Oxbow Saison Pizazz
Fuller's Vintage Ale 2019
Beerlab! Imaginary Force Porter (draft)
Matron Fine Beer Bobo Farmhouse Wheat (draft)
Neustadt Springs Ever Ard Dark (cask)
Granite Best Bitter Special (cask)
At some gatherings:
Storm Stayed Confluence Sour India Pale Ale
River Road One Lonely Scotch Night Scotch Ale
Storm Stayed Rolling In The DIPA
Over the week at home:
Bellwoods & The Referend Bier Blendery Nice Nice Very Nice
Indie Alehouse Memento Mori
Indie Alehouse Loki's Garden
Sleeman Golden Festbier
Weihenstephaner Vitus
Bellwoods & Oxbow Saison Pizazz
Fuller's Vintage Ale 2019
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
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cratez
- Beer Superstar
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- Joined: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:29 pm
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At Bar Hop:
Avling Vibrant Harvest Saison (draft)
Blood Brothers Love Trip IIPA (draft)
At Bar Volo:
Dieu du Ciel! Voyeur des Brumes ESB (draft)
Cascade Harvest Graff 2018 (sample)
Sonnen Hill Jive XPA (draft)
Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA (draft)
Willibald Farm Three Hands DIPA (sample)
Over the week at home:
Oskar Blues Death By Coconut Irish Porter
Stone House Bavarian Lager
Powerhouse Buckley's Irish Red
Powerhouse TazMania
Great Lakes Forlorn Unicorn
Bench Short Hills East Coast IPA
Great Lakes Apocalypse Later Imperial Black IPA
Bellwoods Intermodal
Avling Vibrant Harvest Saison (draft)
Blood Brothers Love Trip IIPA (draft)
At Bar Volo:
Dieu du Ciel! Voyeur des Brumes ESB (draft)
Cascade Harvest Graff 2018 (sample)
Sonnen Hill Jive XPA (draft)
Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA (draft)
Willibald Farm Three Hands DIPA (sample)
Over the week at home:
Oskar Blues Death By Coconut Irish Porter
Stone House Bavarian Lager
Powerhouse Buckley's Irish Red
Powerhouse TazMania
Great Lakes Forlorn Unicorn
Bench Short Hills East Coast IPA
Great Lakes Apocalypse Later Imperial Black IPA
Bellwoods Intermodal
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
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BeerIsGood
- Posts: 219
- Joined: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:04 pm
Wellington Imperial Russian Stout. Pick up a few of these every now and then. Rich, relatively creamy texture and very smooth. I really like this one.
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JaseWescott
- Posts: 266
- Joined: Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:08 pm
- Location: Hamilton
Beer Empties
Herald Haus Abandoned At the Altar - more acidic than Nickel Brook's Raspberry Uber but good for the money
Herald Haus Golden Ale
DAB Lemon Radler
Westmalle Trappist Tripel
Muskoka Harvest Ale (2019) - better than last years
Flying Monkeys Paranormal Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Collective Arts IPA No. 11
Molson Fireside - surprisingly decent Schwarzbier
Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier
Mill St. Chocolate Blossom - taste like a porter with no cherry in it and it's pretty thin
Waterloo Salted Caramel Porter - another porter missing the main ingredient.. except this one I can forgive due to the price
Fullers Vintage Ale (2019) - not nearly as good as previous years
Collective Arts Blackberry, Cherry, Lemon & Vanilla Sour - taste kinda like Cherry Lemonade!
Omnipollo Zodiak
Omnipollo Nebuchadnezzar
Bench Brewing Strawberry Grove - really enjoyed Citra Grove but this one I found a bit sweet. I like the Great Divide Strawberry Rhubarb Sour more
Henderson Export Stout - really nice
Herald Haus Abandoned At the Altar - more acidic than Nickel Brook's Raspberry Uber but good for the money
Herald Haus Golden Ale
DAB Lemon Radler
Westmalle Trappist Tripel
Muskoka Harvest Ale (2019) - better than last years
Flying Monkeys Paranormal Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Collective Arts IPA No. 11
Molson Fireside - surprisingly decent Schwarzbier
Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier
Mill St. Chocolate Blossom - taste like a porter with no cherry in it and it's pretty thin
Waterloo Salted Caramel Porter - another porter missing the main ingredient.. except this one I can forgive due to the price
Fullers Vintage Ale (2019) - not nearly as good as previous years
Collective Arts Blackberry, Cherry, Lemon & Vanilla Sour - taste kinda like Cherry Lemonade!
Omnipollo Zodiak
Omnipollo Nebuchadnezzar
Bench Brewing Strawberry Grove - really enjoyed Citra Grove but this one I found a bit sweet. I like the Great Divide Strawberry Rhubarb Sour more
Henderson Export Stout - really nice
Godspeed IBUSHI - no wait, I pour that can and it is shockingly dark, foamy and red. WAAT?
It's KEKKON. They mislabeled this can of the Raspberry Sour Anniversary Ale, wow its been a lucky week!
Sorry Bim, I'm gonna drink these instead of returning them. It will be fun to see if each of them are Hellers Lager or Raspberry Sour Ale...
And just to be sure, this Svetly Lezak 12° is perfectly fine, contents as described. Whoah tasty... I'm having flashbacks to the U Medvídků Budvar beer hall in Prague...
It's KEKKON. They mislabeled this can of the Raspberry Sour Anniversary Ale, wow its been a lucky week!
Sorry Bim, I'm gonna drink these instead of returning them. It will be fun to see if each of them are Hellers Lager or Raspberry Sour Ale...
And just to be sure, this Svetly Lezak 12° is perfectly fine, contents as described. Whoah tasty... I'm having flashbacks to the U Medvídků Budvar beer hall in Prague...
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In Beerum Veritas
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sofakingdrunk
- Bar Fly
- Posts: 965
- Joined: Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:55 am
- Location: Guelph
Drinking a couple Grain and Grit beers the last few days. First time I’ve had any of their beers in over a year. Wasn’t over impressed the couple times I had their stuff...up until now.
Sweater weather coconut oatmeal stout was really tasty with a nice body and just enough coconut; perfect balance.
Berry Good sour with Lactose was super juicy berry flavours, a nice sourness that rounds out in the finish with the lactose sugar kicking in. I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would and will buy it again for sure.
In the Palms is an ipa with some fruit and lactose in it...that actually still tastes like a beer. Excellent stuff.
Invisible friend pale ale just a tasty pale ale. Reminded me a lot of Canuck.
If your in The Hammer then Grain and Grit is definitely worth a stop, as I feel they have upped their game for sure in the past year. Also...with Fairweather literally around the corner, there’s no excuse.
Sweater weather coconut oatmeal stout was really tasty with a nice body and just enough coconut; perfect balance.
Berry Good sour with Lactose was super juicy berry flavours, a nice sourness that rounds out in the finish with the lactose sugar kicking in. I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would and will buy it again for sure.
In the Palms is an ipa with some fruit and lactose in it...that actually still tastes like a beer. Excellent stuff.
Invisible friend pale ale just a tasty pale ale. Reminded me a lot of Canuck.
If your in The Hammer then Grain and Grit is definitely worth a stop, as I feel they have upped their game for sure in the past year. Also...with Fairweather literally around the corner, there’s no excuse.
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sofakingdrunk
- Bar Fly
- Posts: 965
- Joined: Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:55 am
- Location: Guelph
Wellington’s Crispy Forever. Their DDH version of Helles Yeah!
Super tasty, great hopping on this beer with the Helles undertones. I’d love for Welly to make this part of their core lineup. Probably in the top 3 beers they’ve ever made.
Super tasty, great hopping on this beer with the Helles undertones. I’d love for Welly to make this part of their core lineup. Probably in the top 3 beers they’ve ever made.
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S. St. Jeb
- Seasoned Drinker
- Posts: 1140
- Joined: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:44 pm
- Location: Burlington, ON
Komes Baltic Porter
Had one left from last time it was in the LCBO which I think was a year ago. Yummy.
Had one left from last time it was in the LCBO which I think was a year ago. Yummy.
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BeerIsGood
- Posts: 219
- Joined: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:04 pm
Omnipollo Prodromus. For some reason I was expecting much sweeter, but there is a bitterness here that I find very appealing.