The new name of the “Artist Formerly Known as Prince”.
Kingsville, Kingston, King City, King’s Town, the Lion King, a King with an axe beats one-eyed jacks. Hey, we have a new King now don’t we, our first in over 70 years. It’s the man formerly known as Prince! I wonder if his reign will be purple? He certainly has big shoes to fill, and I mean that figuratively not literally. I am sure that Phillip’s flip flops are a few sizes bigger than the Queen’s petite pieds. A French segue.
Which leads me, as smooth as silk, into the saying on the can “Pour ceux qui errent”.** Translation: For those who wander. Does that include a wandering mind? I wonder….
According to Kingsville the number 127 on the can represents founder Marty Turco’s record number of NCAA wins as a goalie for the Michigan Wolverines Hockey Team from 1994-98.He went on to play in the NHL, nine seasons with the Dallas Stars and one season each with the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins.
Oh yea, beer review. A dark golden slightly hazy amberesque pour, a good sign! Major malt aroma, amberesque on the nose, two good signs in a row. First taste is a great malt body, some would say amberesque, with a bit of sweet then an immediate bitter finish, crisp but more bitter than crisp, with a bitter aftertaste as well. Grainy. The grainy bitters settle a bit but they aren’t about to leave on their own accord. Good lager with a crisp grainy finish, the combination works at times but not all the time.
Kingsville boasts “Canadian Beer” on their label, I think with the great flavour in the body of this brew they should have gone for an all-Canadian amber and left the Czechs out of the mix. When all is said and done my beer is done, and this is exactly what they promised, a solid Czech style lager.
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