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“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

“Harvest Ale” (American Pale Ale), Muskoka Brewery

November 25, 2014 by Dale Leave a Comment

Review Muskoka Harvest Ale (front label)

A new offering from a brewery that makes an impression for its limited and season runs. Rating: 88 points Stats:  American Pale Ale. 7.0% ABV, Bracebridge, Ontario. Size:  750mL Colour: Thick, dark, perfect amber. Mouth Feel: Medium carbonation; creamy middle. Dry finish. Purchased:  LCBO Cost: $8.95 Pairing Notes: n/a So here’s another limited run beer from a brewery that has challenged…

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Filed Under: American Pale Ale, Beer Reviews, Eats, Seasonal and/or Specialty Tagged With: Bracebridge, craft beer, diacetyl, food, harvest ale, Hops, Mad Tom IPA, malts, microbreweries, Muskoka Brewery, Ontario, Review, seasonal

“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

“Twice as Mad Tom” (Double IPA), Muskoka Brewery

April 19, 2013 by Dale 2 Comments

So here’s a lesson on the perils of impulse shopping whilst in a beer store – ok, I grant, it’s not a lesson I’ve learned nor am I likely to learn anytime soon, but in theory, there is a lesson to be learned here. A few weeks ago I went to return the empty shells of my…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Double (Imperial) IPA, Eats Tagged With: beer, bitter, Bracebridge, diacetyl, double dry-hop, double IPA, dry-hop, food, Hops, India Pale Ale, IPA, LCBO, Mad Tom IPA, microbreweries, Muskoka Brewery, Ontario, Review, Twice as Mad Tom IPA, West Coast Hops

“Mad Tom” (IPA), Muskoka Brewery

April 12, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

It is remarkable coming back to beers I know so well – I thought I knew – after starting this blog 6 months ago. In that time, I’ve sampled and really paid attention to nearly 4 dozen beers, of which 30 have been individually reviewed here. Muskoka’s Mad Tom is an IPA that I delightfully…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: bitter, Bracebridge, Centennial Hops, Chinook hops, Flying Monkey, food, Hops, IBU, India Pale Ale, IPA, LCBO, Mad Tom, microbreweries, Muskoka Brewery, Ontario, Raccoon, Review, West Coast Hops

30 Poems in 30 Days – Global Poetry Writing Month (2022)

  • A Love Song

    A Love Song
  • Chosen

    Chosen
  • Wormwood

    Wormwood
  • Bashert

    Bashert
  • Lumber Dog

    Lumber Dog
  • Aisling for the Land

    Aisling for the Land
  • Hard Boiled Boy

    Hard Boiled Boy
  • The Blasted

    The Blasted
  • Sense of Time

    Sense of Time
  • We Reflect

    We Reflect
  • A Family Grown

    A Family Grown
  • Fly — Away

    Fly — Away
  • Curtains

    Curtains
  • A Question Heard

    A Question Heard
  • The Storm

    The Storm
  • A Dis-Ode to the Mushoom

    A Dis-Ode to the Mushoom
  • Bun in the Oven

    Bun in the Oven
  • The world don’t owe you nothing

    The world don’t owe you nothing
  • the syrphid

    the syrphid
  • Osborne

    Osborne
  • Love is not a Word

    Love is not a Word
  • Meta

    Meta
  • Super-Pop

    Super-Pop
  • footprints on the sands of time

    footprints on the sands of time
  • Spring Grows

    Spring Grows
  • Neptune’s Recline

    Neptune’s Recline
  • Red Light, Green Light, Stop

    Red Light, Green Light, Stop
  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights
  • Afterwinter

    Afterwinter
  • The Story of a Dog

    The Story of a Dog

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