Maximus, in collaboration with a liquor store and local beer club: Una Maximas, NZ rice lager.
👃🏻Grape, lime, peach, chives.
👁️ Light yellow, hazy. Stable white head.
👅 Dry, thin body, but the hop aromas make for a tasty brew. Very refreshing, and easy drinking. Very slight hop burn.
Even better and more balanced than a few years ago: smokey, tar, leather, earthy and some sweetness wrapped around it.
Music pairing: Mouth for War - Panterra 🤘
"Our GROM made a trip to mediaeval Scotland. We have aged our Russian Imperial Stout in freshly emptied Laphroaig barrels. A slightly peated monster of a stout. Just as William Wallace would have liked it."
In a masterclass, we learned all about blending wild ales, and how to construct a balanced yet complex beer based on mouthfeel, bitters and acidity. Quite the art!
A dangerous thing to see when walking by the craft beer shop on my way home. Tried a taste of Dovetail's new pils - I think I might have to go try it more at their brewery around the corner.
Opening #sour season at 26 degrees with this fantastic pastry sour by Nepomucen, PL. It is what it is: green smoothie incl. spirulina. Banana/pear mouthfeel. Sweet.
4.25/5 @beersofmastodon#craftbeer#soursummer
👃🏻 Molasses, green herbs, caramel, licorice, dried red fruit. Heavy and complex mix.
👁️ Beautifully dark red, collapsing beige foam.
👅 Sweet. A touch boozy. Soft mouthfeel, low in carbonation. Lots of caramel, licorice, some aniseed.
To those of you using apps for keeping track of and rating or reviewing beers: any experience with BeerHive? The UI looks nicer and more useful than Untappd, but the user base (and beer database) is still tiny... #craftbeer#BeerHive#Untappd#BeerReview#beersofmastodon@beersofmastodon
I see a couple of Ottawa hits among the 2024 World Beer Cup winners:
Tooth & Nail Brewing has a saison-style beer called "Valor" that picked up a gold for that category.
Also local Flora Hall Brewing picked up a silver for their "English Ordinary Bitter." Notable in a contest with global participation.
I'm a fan of both of those styles, so hope to try them over the course of the summer if they keep making them. I frequent T&N but have yet to try Flora Hall's wares.
Review time!
A very lemony, full bodied Radler++ Wit, a timid yet true to style dry, phenolic saison, a sweet full bodied, candied fruit and roasty Scotch ale and a very black, coffee, chokotoff-y leather-like stout with a sharp alcoholic finish. 🍻 #craftbeer#beer#BeerReview@beersofmastodon