They don’t really come from space you know.
Did you know that the Atlantic Puffin is the provincial bird of Newfoundland and Labrador. A common loon is the provincial bird of Ontario, which seems to make sense to me for some reason. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a provincial bird but I guess you can’t be a province if you don’t have one? Is that official?*
Banished Brewing claims that the copious quantities of plentiful puffins that grace the east coast shores of Newfoundland ** originally came from outer space. An exhaustive fact check has determined that this puffin did not come from outer space, but instead from Paradise.
Meat Loaf found his paradise by the dashboard light, right below the pair of dice hanging off his rearview mirror. You could usually find Sal Paradise on the road.*** But if you are in St. John’s you only need to go about 20 kms West to find it. And if you find Paradise you have also found Banished Brewery. Banished in Paradise, just stay away from that apple tree. No cider for me, thank you, I’ll stick to the beer. How’s that for a smooth segue.
This provincial bird pours a burnt orange, thick and hazy, with a white crest at rest on top. A juicy mango aroma, maybe tropical, but there’s definitely mangos in there somewhere. And it’s no surprise that it tastes juicy mango. Bitters start to finish, inside and out. Not grapefruit bitters, more like ale bitters. Juice and bitters balanced with a full -bodied mouthfeel. The mango juice and bitters combine to make it borderline dank, is that dunk?
Not smooth operator but not heavy handed either. A juicy middlin’ bitter IPA, nice.
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