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“Rhyme & Reason” (Extra Pale Ale) Collective Arts Brewing

May 2, 2014 by Dale 4 Comments

To be great doesn’t make you good; to be good, however, requires greatness. So that’s my paradoxical aphorism for the month of May, inspired by a company that, to look at the box and the bottles within, already has greatness written all over it. And I mean really impressive greatness. This is a six pack…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA), Pale Ale Tagged With: Art, artist, balance, beer, bitter, Blippar, Brewery, collective, Collective Arts Brewing, Craft, diacetyl, Extra Pale Ale, Flying Monkeys, food, Hops, Hoptical Illusion, India Pale Ale, IPA, malts, microbreweries, Ontario, Pale Ale, Review, Rhyme & Reason, West Coast Hops

“Yakima I.P.A.” (American Pale Ale) Le Castor Brewing Company

March 5, 2014 by Dale 2 Comments

A beer for the senses …. I know a great beer when I smell one … and I definitely know one to taste it. And, while a little tougher to discern, I often know one to see one. Here’s a beer that teaches you your own beer senses if you care to try them out….

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Filed Under: American Pale Ale, Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: American Pale Ale, beer scoring, beer senses, bitter, Cascade, Cascade Mountains, food, Hops, Le Castor Brewing Company, microbreweries, pacific northwest, Quebec, Review, Rigaud, sur lies, Washington State, West Coast Hops, west-coast IPA, Yakima, Yakima Valley

“IPA du Lièvre” (IPA) Microbrasserie du Lièvre

February 12, 2014 by Dale Leave a Comment

Okay — so this is a tasting that is long, long overdue. I actually bought this beer a year ago. The only reason I put it off this long was because of the 1-litre bottle. And, so, I’ve been waiting for the right moment when I could both review it and settle in for a…

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Filed Under: American Pale Ale, Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: apricot, balanced, beer, bitter, Brouehaha, food, Hops, India Pale Ale, IPA, IPA du Lièvre, malts, Microbrasserie du Lièvre, microbreweries, Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Review, tropical, West Coast Hops

“Screamin’ Beaver” (Double IPA) Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company

January 28, 2014 by Dale 2 Comments

It’s an airplane — let’s get that straight from the beginning. I have to say, Sceamin’ Beaver is a great name for a Canadian beer. In the true fashion of company that is proud of it’s roots but humble in its beginnings, Beau’s Brewery has taken de Havilland’s iconic Beaver aircraft and created a striking…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Double (Imperial) IPA, Eats, Winter Beers Tagged With: Beau's, Beau's Mix Pack, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company, chili, DIPA, double IPA, food, Hops, IBUs, LCBO, local, Locavore, lugtread, microbreweries, Ontario, Organic Beer, Review, Vankleek Hill, West Coast Hops

“Lake Effect IPA – Tank Ten” (IPA), Great Lake Brewing

January 15, 2014 by Dale Leave a Comment

Ok, so I’m learning that I’m a sucker for a pretty, I mean well-designed, bottle. Yes, I guess that makes me easily influenced when it comes to beer reviews …. (Shhhh) So here’s a 650mL bottle that has been yearning towards me for a number of weeks, but I had to get through the Renaissance…

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Filed Under: American Pale Ale, Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: 1865, american ale, Amsterdam Brewery, bicycle, bitter, Boneshaker, food, Grapefruit, Hops, India Pale Ale, indian pale ale, IPA, LCBO, microbreweries, Ontario, precipitate, Review, Toronto, velocipede, West Coast Hops

Cascade Plus (Imperial IPA/Double IPA), Brasseurs Illimités

November 27, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Cascade Plus (Imperial IPA/Double IPA) Brasseurs Illimités

Ultimately, I’m here to have experiences and share those experiences with you. So when I was presented the opportunity to take home a beer scoring 111 IBUs – that is international bitter units, the scale used to measure bitterness in beer) — there was no way I could refuse. By all accounts, this was going…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Double (Imperial) IPA, Eats Tagged With: American Pale Ale, beer, beer history, Brasseurs Illimités, Cascade Plus, DIPA, double IPA, hophead, Hops, IBU, imperial, international bitter unit, IPA, malts, microbreweries, Quebec, Review, Simple Malt, St-Eustache, West Coast Hops

“10 Bitter Years” (Imperial IPA), Black Oak Brewing Company

September 27, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

I had a lot of choices in my house as to what would be my last drink at home before heading to the very dry terroir of Saudi Arabia – and, yet, for a few weeks, I’ve instinctively known it was going to be this bottle. This anniversary beer from Black Oak Brewing has celebration…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Double (Imperial) IPA, Eats Tagged With: 10 bitter Years, beer, bitter, Black Oak, Brewery, buttery, Citrus, Craft, diacetyl, DIPA, double IPA, food, Hops, Imperial IPA, India Pale Ale, IPA, malts, microbreweries, mouthfeel, Ontario, Review, Toronto, tropical, West Coast Hops

“BIA” (India Pale Ale), Birrificio Del Ducato

September 24, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Seeking a great west-coast IPA? Go west … I mean, go east. I mean, get on a plane, cross the Atlantic and head for the middle of the Mediterranean. I know … it’s counter intuitive. I know … I’m from Western Canada. I should know which direction is west. So you’ve read in the past…

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Filed Under: Beer Reviews, Eats, India Pale Ale (IPA) Tagged With: À l’abri de la Tempête, American Pale Ale, beer, Bia, Birra Italiana Artigianale, Birrificio Del Ducato, bitter, Brewery, Craft, diacetyl, food, Hops, India Pale Ale, IPA, Italy, La Belle Saison, LCBO, malt, malts, microbreweries, Review, West Coast Hops

“Hoptical Illusions, Almost Pale Ale” (Pale Ale), Flying Monkeys

September 12, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Barrie ◊ Ontario ◊ Canada ◊ Milky Way ◊ Universe ◊ Infinity With an address like that, you’re sort of expecting something out of this world from this beer from Flying Monkeys Brewery. Near the beginning of this blog, I reviewed one of my favourite IPAs (Smashbomb Atomic) from this brewery that should win the award for most imaginative and…

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“Fearless” (IPA), Dead Frog Brewery

August 13, 2013 by Dale Leave a Comment

Collect Experiences. Not Things. You will read these words at the top of this 650ml bottle which on the front displays an extreme surfer and on the side proclaims “For fearlessly pursuing your passion no matter how many sharks stand in your way … You have earned the coveted SHARK BAIT BADGE.” Not that I…

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