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“The Darkness” (Oatmeal Stout) Beyond the Pale Brewing Company

March 4, 2015 by Dale Leave a Comment

Darkness (Beyond the Pale)

Pour chocolate into me and lick me clean …. Rating → 84 points Stats: Oatmeal Stout. 5.6% ABV. 30 IBUs. Ottawa, Ontario. Size: Half-growler Colour: Dark, dark brown — impenetrable Mouth Feel: Medium, very natural carbonation; light in the mouth, creamy in the middle, clean finish Purchased: From Brewery Price: $7 (plus $3 bottle deposit) Pairing Notes:…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Oatmeal Stout, Stout, Winter Beers Tagged With: beer review, Beyond the Pale, chocolate, craftbeer, Darkness, hop, malt, Oatmeal, Ontario, Ottawa, sensuous, sessionable, stout, Winter Beer

“Winter Beard” (Double Chocolate Stout), Muskoka Brewery

January 16, 2015 by Dale Leave a Comment

Muskoka Winter Beard

If our current culture has hit ‘peak beard,’ then this is surely the crowning glory … at to that some ‘peak chocolate’ and you have sin in a glass. Rating → 95 points Stats:  Chocolate Stout. 8.0% ABV, Bracebridge, Ontario. Size:  750mL Colour: Dark, nearly impervious deep brown with the slimmest of ‘red’ when backlit…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Chocolate Stout, Eats, Imperial Stout, Stout, Winter Beers Tagged With: Aged, beer, Bracebridge, cellar, chocolate, craft beer, cranberry, Imperial Stout, Muskoka Brewery, Review, stout, Trappist, Vintage, Winter Beard

“Vicar’s Vice ~ olde ale” (Old Ale) Amsterdam Brewing Co. Limited

July 16, 2014 by Dale Leave a Comment

If you read my Ale Series, you learned about “old ale” as a style in the context of Beau’s “Gilgamesh.” If you haven’t already, it is a unique style worth exploring. I was an instant fan of Amsterdam Brewing from the first taste of their “Boneshaker” IPA which has been a staple in my fridge…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Old Ale Tagged With: Amsterdam Brewery, balance, Beau's, bitter, Boneshaker, chocolate, dried fruit, food, Gilgamesh, Hops, IPA, LCBO, malt, microbreweries, old ale, Ontario, Review, Toronto

Malivoire Gamay (2012)

January 22, 2014 by Dale 7 Comments

Food and wine … a splendid marriage for the ages. Starting in 2014, I’ll be adding a few wine reviews to my blog. I make no pretensions of being a wine critic or sommelier. I have no credentials other than my palette which loves to explore and taste. And while I have no pretensions, I…

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Filed Under: Red, Wine Reviews Tagged With: 2012 Gamay, Beamsville, Canada, Canadian wine, cherry, chocolate, dates, Gamay, Gravity flow, Malivoire, Niagara, Ontario, raspberry, red wine, wine, wine review

“Founders Centennial IPA” (India Pale Ale), Founders Brewing Company

October 3, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

For centuries theologians and philosophers have debated how many angels you fit on the head of a needle … but I’m thinking the debate should be whether archangels are big beer drinkers? Do you or I care? Well, I’m guessing the folks at Founders Brewing Company do … at least based on the Raphael’esque label…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: balanced, beer, beer label, bitter, Brewery, chocolate, diacetyl, dry-hop, food, Founders Brewing Company, Founders Centennial IPA, Grand Rapids, Hops, India Pale Ale, IPA, malts, Michigan, microbreweries, Review, Southern Tier, unbalanced, USA

Chocolate Zucchini Cake (Gluten-Free)

September 29, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

As mentioned in my last post, three staples of my CSA shares have seemed both constant in their delivery and therefore a constant challenge to use too. The inspiration of what to do with my last batch of zucchini came through my ruminations in September as I prepared to share a “cherished Canadian recipe.” In…

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Filed Under: Baking, CSA, Dessert, Eats, Gluten-Free, Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: bake, Bundt, cake, chocolate, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, coconut flour, Cooking, CSA, fall, food, Gluten-Free, Recipe, Sour cream, vegetable, vegetarian, Zucchini

“La Vache Folle” (Imperial Milk Stout), Microbrasserie Charlevoix.

April 4, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

On Monday, and on what turned out to be a rather despicable day in terms of weather, it was appropriate that I decided to turn to the last winter beer I planned to review before next winter. It may not be entirely appropriate that I also decided to do a slow barbeque full for baby…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Milk Stout, Winter Beers Tagged With: Baie-Saint Paul, bitter, Brouehaha, Charlevoix, charlevoix region, Cheese, chocolate, Coffee, creamy, diacetyl, fjord, food, IBU, Imperial Milk Stout, Imperial Stout, La Vache Folle, lactose, malt, Microbrasserie Charlevoix, microbreweries, Quebec, Review, Saguenay, stout, Winter Beer Fest, winter beers

“Raccoon” (Imperial Black IPA), Microbrasserie Le Naufrageur

March 29, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

A cool, cloudy day with still lots of snow on the lawns seemed as good as any for a return to winter … and to Imperial Black IPAs. I grabbed this beautifully styled bottle Le Naufrageur’s Raccoon out of the fridge thinking at first this was an imperial stout. The capped popped, the smells immediately…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Double (Imperial) IPA, Eats, Imperial Black IPA, Winter Beers Tagged With: bitter, Black IPA, Brouehaha, Carleton-sur-Mer, chocolate, chocolate-cinnamon soufflé, diacetyl, Dunham, food, HMCS Raccoon, IBU, Imperial Black IPA, Imperial Stout, India Pale Ale, IPA, Microbrasserie Le Naufrageur, microbreweries, Multi-Brasses, Multi-Brasses microbrasserie, Peppercorn steak, Quebec, Raccoon, Review, SRM, SRM Scale, Standard Reference Method, stilton cheese, stout, Stout Imperiale, Winter Beer, winter beers

“Stout Imperiale” (Imperial Stout), Multi-Brasses microbrasserie

March 23, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

One of my most interesting discoveries this season of immersing myself in winter beers as a genre has been the “Imperial Stout” whose history is just as interesting a discovery (see Dunham’s “Imperial Black IPA”). While these are not beers for the faint of heart owing to their intense flavours and high alcohol levels (in this case…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Imperial Stout Tagged With: bitter, Black American Ale, Black IPA, Brouehaha, cheddar, Cheese, chocolate, Coffee, diacetyl, fig, food, IBU, Imperial Stout, India Pale Ale, IPA, maree noire, microbreweries, Multi-Brasses microbrasserie, Quebec, Review, SRM, Standard Reference Method, stout, Stout Imperiale, Winter Beer, winter beers

“La Marée Noire” (Black American Ale), Microbrasserie Saint-Arnould

March 21, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Torrefaction: “the act or process of torrefying or the state of being torrefied.” Not so helpful … humph. God I hate such definitions. Let’s try that again …. Torrefying: “to subject (ores) to scorching heat so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast.” Ah … there’s the ticket. “Huh?” you ask. “I read it…

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