Sorry Charlie. We don’t want beer with good taste, we want beer that tastes good.
The big ol’ tuna on the can, is fish face first in the sand, and got me wishin’, about goin’ fishin’. It isn’t Charlie the beer can tuna.* And it isn’t Charlie Horse, or a Charlie Brown quote, or a Chocolate Factory Charlie visit either, although we have had all those chuck-le heads grace our website. No, this topsy turvy ass over tea kettle landlocked lunker is doing his best Ostrich impression**, head in the sand. Maybe this is head down, arse up as they say, but this fish tale isn’t getting much done. When it comes to fish tales remember the old saying “All fishermen are liars except for you and me, and sometimes I have my doubts about you”. Of course, all mine are as true as my rants and reviews, no tall tales here, so you can take some comfort in that.
Overflow tell us that being from Ottawa, they are landlocked which means this IPA is neither East Coast nor West Coast so they say “we will always remain impartial about our IPAs”. However, in this instance I am the impartial and parched reviewer, with a thirst for knowledge and beer.*** So let’s see what this head stand sand sturgeon is all about.
It pours. That’s a good sign. How does it pour? Quickly, I’m thirsty. In my glass it is a deep dark orange with it’s nice white head above the sand. A very zingy hoppy aroma, zing’s the thing. Yep, hops to spare, it is zingy but there is fruit in them there landlocked hills somewhere. Hops, bitters, zing, with a mild fruit background, what one might call a good traditional IPA. Zing from tip to tail, start to finish, and that’s no fish tale either. No debate about which coast has the most, this brew is as landlocked as my Regina.
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