1749 Reviews
It was cloudy when I cracked open this brew, then the sky cleared. Coincidence? Of course it was. I thought of calling this review Cloudy with a Chance of Hops but there are at least three beers with that name so I didn’t want to confuse the issue. So I finished my...
A starter beer? To introduce new beer drinkers to the joys of drinking beer? No. Well, is it an introduction to IPAs? That makes sense, since it is a session IPA. No, that’s not it either. I had to refer to the verbiage on the can to find out that it’s a sports...
Going out to dinner, how about Italian. But not some cheesy pizza joint, we are going some place fancy, like with “Roma” or “Garden” in the name. Classy. I usually order spaghetti with mushrooms because I am such a fun guy. The waiter asks you what type of wine you...
Sawdust’s Brew Master visited Czechoslovakia many years ago and remembers the painted Easter eggs (Kraslice) that were everywhere. Those eggs inspired him to brew this Czech dark lager in honour of that memory. Quite the story. I can’t remember where I left my keys...
I haven’t quite figured out what a gas mask has to do with a shakedown or an awakening, or what a West Coast IPA has to do with a shakedown either. But with a name like “Awakening” I expected a full blown hop fest. This brew poured golden and hazy but no bubbles in...
I was going to try and compose my thoughts on this German Pilsner review tomorrow, but what the heck, I’ll give it a go now*. First thing I noticed is the can has a weird braille feel to it, I am assuming so it doesn’t slip out of your hand when it comes off ice?...
Farmer Steve commented favourably regarding this brewery. He liked that they operated out of an old barn, and he called it “a profit making deal”, which in his vernacular is the ultimate compliment. RA has also sampled a few of their brews but this is the...
All you Star Wars* geeks will recognize the name of this brew. In the immortal words of Yoda (George Lucas actually) “Do or not do, there is no try.” Sawdust tells us that “a long time ago in a brewery far far away a lager was brewed for the very first time….”....
I finally had the guts to try this one. Nice pour, nice aroma. Bitter not over the top creamsicly taste. Lots of floaty bits settling. In the parlor my partner parlayed that it has the perfect perfume of peaches*. Halfway through I get the aroma of fresh cut hay, or...
On another adventure with Muskoka Mad Tom, this time he is in the desert with a canteen full of this hazy pale ale. Me, I'm scorching steaks on a unseasonably hot evening and a frosty pale ale seemed to make all kinds of sense, although a chilled glass won out over a...