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Bench Brewery

Discuss anything and everything about craft brewers from Ontario here.

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Hey all,

Sorry if these guys have already been covered, but I've been drinking a huge amount of Balls Falls Session IPA since it's been available at the LCBO. This is one of the juiciest IPAs I've tried, session or otherwise. Tastes kinda like a Jutsu light to me. Almost no malt presence to speak of, but tons of flavour.

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There aren't many session IPA's I truly like but this is definitely one of them.
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I really like the balls falls too, one of my new go-to beers. Speaking of, I had one back to back with a Stone Go To and I'd only put the balls falls a couple notches below the stone

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What happened? I had Balls Falls a few times and it was amazing but the last 2 canning dates I've tried were total drain pours.

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Havnt had one in a couple weeks, but last
One I had was still good. Hopefully just an off batch.
I had the twenty mile saison yesterday and it's pretty great. Really nice and dry with a little bit of funk to it. Great to have a local saison that isn't either too sweet, or just taste like a wheat beer imo

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ry_kinney wrote:What happened? I had Balls Falls a few times and it was amazing but the last 2 canning dates I've tried were total drain pours.
Funny you say this, I haven't been enjoying it as much lately either. Figured it was just my palette. Maybe not?

The Redline Clutch is my current go to APA on the market.

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Orval_Al wrote:
ry_kinney wrote:What happened? I had Balls Falls a few times and it was amazing but the last 2 canning dates I've tried were total drain pours.
Funny you say this, I haven't been enjoying it as much lately either. Figured it was just my palette. Maybe not?

The Redline Clutch is my current go to APA on the market.
The two I tried were really off, I couldn't make it past the second sip. Clutch is my go to as well, I love flaked oat APAs.

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If you're into that style, check out the Wrigley Pale Ale at Left Field. It's good and you know it's fresh if you can find it in their bottle shop.

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When I saw that headline I was hoping that it meant Bench was using Henderson's capacity to deliver more of their recipes, not the other way around. Oh well...
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Bench Brewing Purchases Niagara Cider Company

I had their Ball's Falls Session IPA at the Grimsby Peach King Jr. C hockey game last night; it was great.

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