New Beers!

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Please enjoy, let me know if you have any questions.

These beers will be available for sale starting Wednesday, August 17.  I will update with prices shortly.

Avery Brewing, Ellie’s Brown Ale, 12oz can 5.5% - Brown Ale

A: Pours a grand beer with a massive off-white/tan head that stick and retains very well. Beer colour is deep brown/chocolate with mahogony stained edges. 

S:  The aroma is absolutely wonderful. Perfumy, floral, malty, toasty, bicuity with freshly milled grain powder aromas and loads of caramel flavours that force the anticipation of a rather sweet brew. 

T: Silky smooth mouthfeel with a medium body. Malt flavours are very even. Caramel, earth, a bit nutty, touch of roasted, toasted and biscuit followed by a near sugary sweetness, but not too sweet. Hop flavours are perceived, but not dominant ... providing balance and thin bitterness that seems to team up with the touch of roasted malt. Hint (hint) of raisin that mingles with the hops. Finish goes a tad dry with some grain notes. 

D: A very tasty and well-executed American brown ale. If you're a brown ale fan, this is a must. Malty, balanced, tamed hop character and a wonderful aroma. 

Food Pairings:  This beer is awesome by itself but also pairs well with food.  Think about mushroom poutine, sausages, tri tip steak, pork chop, grilled cheese sandwich, or funnel cake fried bananas or waffle ice cream sandwich.

Avery, Out of Bounds Stout, 12oz bottle, 6.3% - American Stout

A: Astounding dense and rocky terrain of a head, a shade or two lighter than pitch black. 

S: Faintness of licorice is mostly masked by a mellow charcoal and berry fruitiness. 

T & M: Smooth and slick in the mouth with a medium body, solid yet lightly rounded charcoal flavor. Hints of licorice and a mild berry twang, a ghost-like minty and woody hop bitterness rolls with the growing char-malt character. 

D: Quite robust for a smaller stout, hefty yet not huge. The long lingering roasted barley flavors really shine.

Food Pairings: Great with tri-tip steak, duck/mushroom poutine, brat burger, waffle ice cream sandwich, and funnel cake fried bananas.

Great Divide, Espresso Oak Aged Yeti, 22oz, 9.5% - Bitter Imperial Stout

A: Pours a Pitch black with a frothy mocha head that rests like a blanket over the beer and doesn’t diminish quickly.

S: Lots of faintly nutty oak that gives into a bittering note of espresso. The beans give off a very creamy note of rich roasts. The coffee in here really is reminding me of Kopa Luwak, I've had this before and most certainly didn't get this strong of a note. The bean derived creaminess is pretty overwhelming, but marries with with the oak. Incredibly creamy and rich, not unlike Kopa Luwak Coffees. 

T: Once again, nutty oak that gives into the Kopa Luwak-like coffee notes. Other notes of cocoa nibs, bitter bakers chocolates, and almonds come to mind. However, all of this takes a backseat to the espresso qualities. It's a bit overwhelming with some awkwardly bitter lingers and woody acidity. Good, but it tastes young and underdeveloped. 

M: Creamy and gentle on the tongue, but a bit powdery and drying from the wood. The wood of the oak isn't too acidic, but it does enough to give you a sensation in the back of the throat. All in all it's currently at a medium body, and is a bit dissonant in the mouth. Time will round this one out. 

D: This is a perfect bitter stout and replaces any and all means for coffee. It’s rich, robust, and full of character. This is not a tame beer and it’s not for the faint of heart. Enjoy.

Food Pairings:  This is a perfect finish to any night time meal.  Replaces coffee and serves with desserts equally well.  Smore's, bananas, ice cream sandwich, red velvet cupcake.  This is a beautifully rich coffee stout that works with rich, complex food.  It could possibly pair well with pork chop and tri-tip under the right conditions.

Timmermans, Oude Gueuze LE, 750ml, 5.5%, Gueuze

A: Sustained pop from the cork, wispy gunsmoke from the bottle. Pours a hazed glowing orange, tinged with pastel yellows on the outer edges. Frothy white suds around the rim, not especially sticky, settling to a thin ring at the edges. Second pour, a finger of white foam seemed to last for a bit longer. Swirling brings a momentary congregation of sparkly, soapy bubbles, that leave as quickly as they came. This stuff is charged like champagne, nonstop streams of carbonation.

S: Lactic aromas of Greek yogurt, also white wine, lemon, and minerals. Slightly funky but seemingly mild in that department. Second pour yielded some wet hay and musty barn blanket notes.

T: Sharp lemon sourness, wet stone minerality, crabapple, some tannic oak dryness in the finish. Nothing off about this, it's clean with prickly champagne carbonation, feels somewhat light, not far off from Boon Oude Gueze with a bit more lemon sharpness to it. Easily drinkable and particularly quenching in hot summer weather.

M: Feels light and effervescent with a strong lingering finish

D: Overall fantastic Gueuze that’s lively, bright, and explodes with flavor.

Food Pairings:  This funky, complex gueuze is not for everyone.  We recieved only 6 bottles so getting this to the right people is key.  Think to pair it with delicate yet complex foods like the mussels, scallops, grilled cheese, cheese plate, and possibly veal schnitzel.

Luciernaga, The Firefly. 750ml, 6.5%, Belgian Wild Pale Ale

A: Pours a pumpkin orange color with as much frothy white head as you care to pour. These Jolly Pumpkin beers are always crazy carbonated. Nice lacing.

S: Smells of sour apple, brett funk, oak barrels, and a nice delicate hop presence. This has some nice fall spices going on, very cool. This is the hoppiest smelling Jolly Pumpkin by a landslide.

T: This tastes very funky- hay, horseblanket, pears, grain, and some rotten apple. This has some nice use of spices- nutmeg, coriander, and some pepper are all noticeable; These all add some very nice warmth and depth to this brew. Its almost as if the finish isn't there on this beer, the flavors fade fast in your mouth until a light amount of hop bitterness shows up. There is a citrus quality to this(from the hops?), maybe clementines. The hoppiness builds and seems slightly out of place in this beer.

M: A little thin here but not too bad. Lively carbonation and Brett with Lingering bitterness.

D: Really an interesting beer that shows us wild funk and bitter finish. Can age for at least two years.

Food Pairings:  Another incredibly rare beer in our cellar, serve it to advanced drinkers with appreciation for rarity and craftsmanship in beer.  Pair this beer with a funky cheese platter, grilled cheese, veal schnitzel, weisswurst or kielbasa.  

The Bruery, Trade Winds Tripel. 750ml, 8.1%, Tripel brewed with Thai Basil

A - Emerged from the bottle as a hazy orange, effervescent liquid with a minimal off-white cap that reduced to some stringy lacing but flared up each time I swirled my glass.

S - Aroma suggests an Eastern inspiration with citrus flavors, grassy and herbal notes, while Asian spices offer a hint of exotic flair to the nose. 

T - Zesty citrus notes mingle with crisp rice-like malt and herbal and grassy hops, giving the flavor a light, almost airy quality for a Tripel. There is also a hint of exotic spices that adds complexity to the flavor profile.  The basil is perceptible yet rather nuanced and delicate.

M - Light to medium bodied with a crisp, effervescence and a light syrupy texture. Finish is bittersweet with very little alcohol warmth on the palate.

D- Really different take on a Tripel, traditionally speaking. The Thai Basil and Asian spice notes adds a really complex nose and body to this beer and is more an Asian Tripel in nature than a Belgian.

Food Pairings: This should go incredible with our mussels or scallops.  This could also pair nicely with the chicken schnitzel sandwich and veal schnitzel or daily fish possibly.