This is just a solid red ale, which I get a craving for now and again. In a ecosystem dominated by IPAs, there simply aren’t a lot of readily accessible options for an honest, straight ahead West Coast style red ale. There are a number of “red” beers out there but they can range from American style lagers to Irish style to West Coast style to (probably) countless others. Powerhouse makes an Irish style but it’s not available all the…
Brewed in Rat Portage, Ontario (well, formerly known as Rat Portage but renamed Kenora) and with a name that harkens The Tragically Hip to mind, how could you go wrong? Well, it depends on what you’re into I guess. This is a “meme level” IPA, the kind the guys with the beards and toques and buffalo plaid shirts love. It’s a “triple C hop citrus bomb”.. yep, for sure. It does finish “dry” though which pushes back nicely against that…
The label says this is a “strong beer brewed with spices” (6.2%) which I guess is where the Winter comes in. It does have a mulling spices thing going on both in terms of aroma and flavour but underlying that is the citrusy foundation of an IPA. Gavin tasted it and called it “Christmasey” which I think is fitting. It’s decent but a bit on the novel side. Esther and I split one in a “snifter” style glass and that’s…