Free beer, open bar, on the house. Each phrase is distinctive yet they have unity in meaning. Each has a nice ring to it as well, all just roll off the tongue and are pleasing to the ear. But these concepts are not abstract at all, especially to the COMDB team. The prospect of, after hours, days, and weeks, dare I say months or years, of writing beer reviews, a free beer isn’t just a perk. Free beer is foundational to COMDB existence, our company vision, our raison d’être. Throwing a bit of the old parlez vous in there is not arbitrary, but a segue into our brew review du jour.
This old Montreal based Brasserie Harricana vingt et un did not put a dent in the inheritance fund, which rises and falls on a whim like a tariff. No, this one was gratis and much appreciated. Mind you the lack of expenditure will in no way influence this review.* One of the joys of retirement, besides sleeping in, not shaving, and wearing track pants, is that you say what you want when you want with as many descriptive adjectives ** as you want, as often as you want. That being said, often loud, there is a beer review in here somewhere, and here it is.
21 is a blonde ale and is named after the hockey jersey of the brewery founder Jean-Paul Veilleux. *** and blonde it is, a light golden pour. An aroma that is almost all mild malt with a touch of grain in there for good measure. The taste is very much a classic blonde ale and follows the aroma with a traditional malt body with a mild ale bitter finish. I found the finish more bitter than crisp, more ale than pilsner. A nice solid pleasing to all type of ale. Kind of mild, certainly not wild, but free.
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