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“Cruiser” (Pale Ale) Amsterdam Brewing Co. Limited

April 13, 2015 by Dale Leave a Comment

Cruiser Amsterdam Pale Ale

Cruisin’ … on a Sunday afternoon …. I can’t imagine anything better. Rating → 81 points Stats: (Golden) Pale Ale. 4.9% ABV. 40 IBUs. Toronto, Ontario. Size: 355mL Colour: Hazy, almost white gold Mouth Feel: Medium carbonation — very crisp clean finish. Purchased: LCBO Price: $13.65 (6 pack) Pairing Notes:  Cadbury Easter Eggs (yes, I said it) Mmm…

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Filed Under: Ale, Pale Ale Tagged With: Amsterdam Brewery, bicycle, bitter, Boneshaker, Citra, Cruising, Easter, IPA, LCBO, milk chocolate, Ontario, Pale Ale, Toronto, velocipede

Searching for the Great Pumpkin … Ale

October 13, 2014 by Dale 3 Comments

Pumpkin Ales

As Canadian Thanksgiving arrives and we sacrifice hundreds of thousand of pumpkins across this fair land as part of our traditional devourment of the greatest pumpkin pies in the country, it seems appropriate that I spend a few days at least contemplating that other pumpkin treat: pumpkin ale. What makes a great pumpkin ale? And what is the…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Pumpkin Tagged With: Ale, competition, craft beer, Great Pumpkin Ale Series, LCBO, Magouille, malts, microbreweries, Pumpkin, Spiced beer, spices

“Oranje Weisse” (White Ale) Amsterdam Brewing Co. Limited

July 31, 2014 by Dale Leave a Comment

Amsterdam is a brewery that is quickly going to the top of my mental list of brewers who consistently produce stellar beers. They gained my instant respect with their Boneshaker IPA and cemented it with the vastly different but equally impressive Vicars Vice old ale. And while they stay in their own ale series, I can’t imagine…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Old Ale Tagged With: Amsterdam Brewery, balance, Belgian, bitter, Boneshaker, food, LCBO, malt, microbreweries, Netherlands, Ontario, orange, Oranje, Review, summer, Toronto, Weisse, weizenbier, wheat, Wheat Ale, White Ale

“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

“Legendary Oddity” (Spiced Beer), Muskoka Brewery

July 11, 2014 by Dale 2 Comments

Finally … a beer from the Muskoka Brewery worth writing about. Having previously reviewed their ubiquitous Mad Tom and Twice as Mad offerings which left me unimpressed, I was hesitant about sticking another toe in their fermented waters. Twice bitten — definitely third time shy. So why did I take the bait? The packaging grabbed…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Flavoured, Trappist-Styled Tagged With: beer, Belgian, Bracebridge, cage, cellar aged, cork, diacetyl, dry-hop, food, LCBO, Legendary Oddity, Mad Tom IPA, microbreweries, Muskoka Brewery, Ontario, packaging, Review, Spiced beer, spices, vintage beer

Ale No. 4 ~ “Signature Ale” (English Pale Ale) County Durham Brewing Company

June 6, 2014 by Dale Leave a Comment

For the fourth tasting in my Ales Bells series, I thought it appropriate to reintroduce myself to one of the standards in ales, the English-styled pale ale. Compared to the chocolate brown of my last tasting or the first in the series, Beau’s “Gilgamesh” (an “old ale”), you can clearly see the reason why this style is called…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, English Pale Ale Tagged With: Ale, Ale's Bells, American Pale Ale, beer history, bitter, County Durham, craft beer, Durham, English, English ales, English Pale Ale, food, Gilgamesh, hop, Hops, LCBO, malt, microbreweries, Ontario, Pale Ale, Pickering, Review, yeast

Ale No. 1 ~ “Gilgamesh” (Old Ale) Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company

June 3, 2014 by Dale 4 Comments

So this marks the first in a series I’m calling “Ales Bells,” seven ales in seven days. Seven different ales from seven different producers, each from a different providence, with different twists. With so many choices of where to start, I elected to start with a recent purchase from the LCBO from a brewery you already know that…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Old Ale Tagged With: Ale, Ale's Bells, Beau's, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company, bread, Epic of Gilgamesh, food, Gilgamesh, history of beer, Hops, IBUs, LCBO, local, Locavore, Mesopotamia, microbreweries, old ale, Ontario, Review, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Vankleek Hill, wheat, yeast

“Rudolphus VI” (Belgian IPA) Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company

January 31, 2014 by Dale 2 Comments

Most good things must eventually run their course … and this concludes my “Best of Beau’s” series featuring the four beer in their “mix pack.” This final comer is, again, Beau’s Brewery’s play with a defining but yet less mainstream beer style: the Belgian IPA, something I didn’t know that existed as a “style” before…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Belgian IPA, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: Beau's, Beau's Mix Pack, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company, beer label, Belgian IPA, Belgium, bitter, dark beer, dry beer, food, Hops, LCBO, local, Locavore, malts, microbreweries, Motueka, Ontario, Organic Beer, Review, Rudolphus VI, Screamin' Beaver, spices, Vankleek Hill

“Burnt Rock” (Vanilla Porter) Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company

January 30, 2014 by Dale 3 Comments

Hmm … Yes, hmm… Not exactly the way one starts a great tasting. It’s taking many sips to figure this beer out. I’ll grant you, I was confused out of the gate by the incongruence of this being a porter that only weighs in at 4.9%. While I did drink a lot of Porters while…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, Porter, Winter Beers Tagged With: American Porter, Beau's, Beau's Mix Pack, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company, dark beer, food, LCBO, local, Locavore, malts, microbreweries, Ontario, Organic Beer, porter, Review, vanilla, Vankleek Hill, Winter Beer

“Doc’s Feet” (Dubbel) Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company

January 29, 2014 by Dale 7 Comments

Ambition can be a dangerous thing. Doc’s Feet is going to challenge you as much as the label challenges convention. I’m not sure if this some homage to Hello Kitty fitted as a west coast totem (I fear to ask) holding I don’t know what (a beer cap? the sole of a Doc Marten?). I…

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