Review: Growers Extra Dry Apple (0)
5/03/12 •
Beer: Growers Extra Dry Apple Brewery: Growers Cider Company (Oliver, British Columbia) Style: Cider Alcohol: 7.0% ABV What can I say about cider? It’s hit or miss for me, but when it’s good, it can be damn good. When it’s bad, it can be too bland or too tart or too sweet. There are all [...]
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Review: Kenmount Road Chocolate Stout (0)
4/27/12 •
Beer: Kenmount Road Chocolate Stout Brewery: Amber’s Brewing Co. (Edmonton, Alberta) Style: American Stout Alcohol: 5.6% ABV We all have our preferred styles, and the overall stout category definitely fits the bill for me. Rich, roasty, chocolatey flavours tend to make my palate jump for joy (well, if it actually could jump, that is). Amber’s [...]
Review: Sap Vampire Maple Lager (0)
4/24/12 •
Beer: Sap Vampire Maple Lager Brewery: Amber’s Brewing Co. (Edmonton, Alberta) Style: Flavoured Dark Lager Alcohol: 5.3% ABV My introduction to maple-flavoured beers ended with a nasty hangover the next day. Between two of us, we consumed a six-pack of the beer (called Red Maple, if I recall correctly) and then a few fizzy yellow [...]
Review: Bub’s Lunch Pail Ale (0)
4/22/12 •
Beer: Bub’s Lunch Pail Ale Brewery: Amber’s Brewing Co. (Edmonton, Alberta) Style: Blonde Ale Alcohol: 5.0% ABV Using four types of malts, including a touch of wheat for head retention (according to the brewery), Bub’s Lunch Pail Ale comes with a great name that might be better suited to an actual pale ale rather than [...]
Joel Manning of Mill St. to host next Brew Master’s Dinner (0)
4/16/12 •
It’s that time of the year for beer dinners, by the looks of it. Mill St. Brewery has announced its brewmaster, Joel Manning, will be hosting the next Brew Master’s Dinner on May 10th. With appetizers, three meal courses and a dessert, all of which will be paired with a different Mill St. beer, the [...]
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