Like pumpkin pie beer, seriously. Is that cinnamon? Totally cinnamon. Pumpkin is ingredient 4 and there's no mistaking it for anything else. I had such a crap piece of pumpkin pie this week too. Saved!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Boo! A sweet (literally) #halloween #beer by Phillips: Crooked Tooth
Monday, September 6, 2010
A beautifully smooth wheat from Fernie Brewing Co.: What The Huck. #beer
It's supposed to be a huckleberry wheat ale but I don't get the huckleberry. Super smooth though, easy to drink. Tried it yesterday and bought another today! That's some good beer. The clerk at Lennox Liquor hated it. She called it metallic and lousy. I trust the taste of that crew so it had me second guessing. I bought anyway and I'm glad I did: just as nice tonight.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
My first Mt. Begbie Brew: Attila The Honey. Darker than the Hefes but just as sweet. #beer
Cool label art. That and Revelstoke sold me. Sweet, of course, with a longish after taste. Don't think I'd want more than one. Maybe I'm just bummed that summer is ending. A good brew but no King Heffy.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
An anniversary like no other: 9 Donkeys Of The Hopocalypse by Phillips. #beer
Ingredients: water, barley, yeast and hops. No fewer than 9 hops: Centennial, Chinook, Cascade, Palisade, Amarillo, Citra, Millennium, Hallertauer, and Simcoe. I'm gonna go ahead and pretend that I can tell one from the other. More hops than I usually like but smooth. When I taste the hops like that they feel like the sit in the back of my throat. Nice flavour.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Purchased for the name alone: King Heffy. An Imperial Hefe by Howe Sound Brew. #beer
At first you don't know where the sweetness is coming from but then you read the bottle and yeah, you get the banana taste straight away. The hefe cloud is awesome and sunny. I like it, sunny for the summer. Drink up!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Check out the colour in this Driftwood Amber. A little dark for my summer tastes but smooth all the same. #beer
A "mellow ale" according to Driftwood. I get that from the dude on the label. Actually he got me into the bottle in the first place. Soooo comfy. I need me a hammock.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Pretty much love all Phillips so why not their Hefe? No better #beer on a hot #yvr day.
King of Wheat, no shit, first to last.
Loving the OK Springs Hefe too but Phillips brews such a kickass porter that their Hefe had to be good. Not disappointed. Definitely invading their brewery in Victoria next visit.Thursday, July 1, 2010
Does #beer get better with age? Maybe but I wasn't about to wait until Canada Day 2011 for this Scottish Ale by Innis and Gunn
Couldn't place the sweetness at first but recognised the Toffee as soon as I read it off the label. The whiskey flavour was unmistakable from tip to finish, a bit overwhelming actually and more than I would want after two glasses or so. Not one to pollute you but a good sipper on a cool night. To Canada Day ...er... 2009!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Summer brings the ales: Surly Blonde by Phillips and White Bark by Driftwood #beer
How did I miss these two last summer?!? From Phillips: "Big as it's bite, this Belgian Triple is off the leash and running wild. Not your average house dog". Couldn't tell a Belgian Triple from a double but this strong beer is smooth and refreshing. Need to drink it really cold though, temperature hardens the bite. From Driftwood: "[...] a Belgian-style Wit, this beer is intended to be 'cloudy'. Subtle malt allows the floral essence of coriander and Curacao orange peel from the West Indies to balance the profile of this distinguished ale". Really? The West Indies? Something definitely sets this 'Wit' apart but orange peel? You be the judge. A nice quaff either way.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
My first Czech #beer: Krusovice! Cool bottle but not a new fav.
Great conversation with this guy in the store. He loaded up on like 12 singles as if to convince me to buy one. He claims it has a different name in Czechoslovakia and that he only drinks it while there. My take: there will be plenty waiting for him next visit.
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