35 Reviews
Here at COMDB were are an equal opportunity drinker when it comes to beer, we try them all, at least once. The Gose genre* is not completely unfamiliar to us. We have told a few Gose stories around the old campfire, some of them pretty scary I must admit. In some ways...
Happy National Banjo day to one an all. A tip of the hat to famous pickers Earl Scruggs (Earl was pickin’ and Lester was grinnin’), Emily Stayer, and Steve Martin (the part time comedian and full-time banjo player).* If there is an instrument I would pick it would be...
I’m a big Stockyards fan. Their Festbier was the best beer. Their Missed Calls is not to be missed. And their Iron Horse IPA kept rollin’ all night long. All super suds status. So when I saw a new brew of theirs on the shelf, I packed that puppy into my 8 pack and...
I don’t really have a sour disposition, although some may dispute that statement,* but the right sour can be an enjoyable departure from the malt and hops mainstream. As far as guavas go, which I suppose on their own is from the tree to the ground, it’s not my go to...
A sour wheat beer, this could well be the worst of both worlds. But it’s a Lock Street brew, of Dalhousie docks fame. The proud purveyor of Portside Pilsner, the seaside supplier of Seafarer Scottish suds and the bayside brewer of Black Sail. A great brewer taking on...
CS Lewis wrote of the adventures of Lucy and Edmund and their trip with King Caspian X aboard his ship, the Dawn Treader.* Maybe I’m not as adventurous as all that, but I get the feeling I’m in uncharted waters every time I sample a sour. And this an IPA sour no less....
In my youth I was a reader with a social life to match. The name of this brew reminded me of one of the modern classics that I tackled in my younger days. Could it be Heller giving us hell in “Catch 22”? Or Burgess with his colourful “Clockwork Orange”? Perhaps Capote...
This sour reminded me of the artist formerly and subsequently known as Prince * who was also known as “The Purple One”. And of course his favourite colour was …..orange.** I did see Prince in concert back in the day. I had heard a few of his songs beforehand and...
First we have the old Beau’s tractor burnin’ up the kick-ass-phalt with their juiced AF Hazy IPA. Now the tractor is out in the beery berry patch pickin’ raspberries and down at the brewery, tractor tread squeezin’ limes, for their Refresher. Or what they call a...
Just like ol’ Robert Cray, I was warned about this suicide blonde, that her sweet’s gone sour.* Yes, the game was afoot**, this miss was amiss, this brew was askew. What the hell am I talking about you must be thinking.*** This innocent ale, so labelled as a blonde,...