Lagered ale - longslice brewery

 

Mood: ive been off all week. Why not! 

Where to buy: Town Brewery5

Price: $2.25

Beer type: a "lagered ale" whatever that means. 

Ingredients: 

Region: Toronto , on

%: 5.25

ml: 355ml

Appearance: between a pale ale and an amber

Smell: like a pub beer, plain, good, draft. 

Taste: Just a regular draft beer with a bitter aftertaste. Decent again if I just want something plain and good. But if I can find cheaper at the LCBO then that's a better option. 

Mouthfeel: bubbly and then creamy near the end 

Finish: I'm not a huge fan of the bitter aftertaste. That actually turns me off of getting this beer again.

Overall:  not great and  not bad. I think it's what it described, a lagered ale. Which in my opinion is an ale with some bitter. Decent percentage so I would buy again. 

6/10 cuz I can probabaly get a 455ml for something close to this price. 

Beer (vodka??) seltzer - Bud Light

 

Mood: I want something light and like the last seltzer I had! 

Where to buy: LCBO

Price: $2.95

Beer type: beer seltzer... wait what?  It's a vodka SELTZER??? WELL FUCK THAT.

Ingredients: Carbonated water, vodka (not beer), cane sugar, natural flavour, citric acid

Region: torontp, on

%: 4.0

ml: 473ml

Appearance: completely clear and bubbly! 

Smell: strawberry/mango Canada Dry! 

Taste: Honestly, tastes like strawberry/mango Canada Dry. With some very fake tasting strawberry, the mango was less fake tasting.

Mouthfeel: water with fake tasting strawberry, less fake mango, I can't tell that there's any alcohol. 

Finish: water with a very aspartame strawberry flavour. Still present w the aspratame in the mango one as well.

Overall:  ok... WHAT??? it's a beer company, therefore I thought I was drinking a BEER SELTZER. Well I am wrong.  The only alcohol in here is vodka. Damn. It's like getting the life brand bubbly water with aspartame vs the Canada Dry. It leaves a taste in my mouth that is fake. But it might be good to mix with vodka and use as a mixer lol.

6/10 because of the aspartame taste. But again might be useful as a mixer. 

Munich Style Lager - Muddy York Brewery

 

Mood: I've drank this before. It's addictive! I like the malty barley taste! 

Where to buy: Muddy York Brewery

Price: $2.50

Beer type: Munich style lager 

Ingredients: 

Region: East York, Toronto

%: 5.4

ml: 473ml

Appearance: a nice bright amber yellow. 

Smell: sweet malty lager 

Taste: a sweet beer. Reminds me of Europe and is very malty and barley like. 

Mouthfeel: turns creamy

Finish: malt and barley

Overall:  this is where I get to shine. I think this beer really caught me at the beginning because it reminds me of the extremely cheap beer I was getting at the beginning of all this. The beginning of this blog! I like the taste. It's sweet and a bit stronger than the usual frat and bar beer. 

9/10 like I said probably because it reminds me of my cheap beer days. But will return to the brewery just for this type of beer. Found my jam!

Pastry Blond - Longslice Brewery

Beer seltzer - Longslice Brewery

 

Mood: End of the week, kids are coming over. Let's have a seltzer! 

Where to buy: Longslice Brewery

Price: $2.95

Beer type: beer seltzer

Ingredients: 

Region: Hamilton, On

%: 4.5

ml: 473ml

Appearance: almost clear, with a bit of beer in it 

Smell: cherry Canada Dry! 

Taste: Honestly, tastes like cherry Canada Dry with a bit of beer in it. It's refreshing and good! Honestly out of the whiteclaws and stuff hanging around now, I would prefer this as a seltzer. 

Mouthfeel: water with beer in it, almost like apple cider with water  

Finish: very light, I can't help but keep saying it tastes like water with beer in it, it's almost like apple cider or apple juice as a finish.

Overall:  I honestly love this concept that there is water with beer, and I will definately be drinking this in the summer. Very light! 

9/10 like a white claw or social light with beer for the booze and not vodka or gin etc. I really enjoy this. 

Pastry Stout - Grain & Grit

 

Mood: This week was 4 days, and Im starting my weekend off now!

Where to buy: Grain and Grit, or 4th and 7. 

Price: overpriced for $5

Beer type: Pastry Stout with Chocolate Sponge Toffee & Lactose

Ingredients: Water, Barley, Wheat, Lactose, Dextrose, Cacao Nibs, Toffee brittle, VAnilla Extract, Hymalayan Salt, Natural Caramel Flavour, Yeast, Hops, Caramel filling. 

Region: Hamilton, On

%: 8.5%

ml: 355ml

Appearance: Dark almost black

Smell: a sweet porter

Taste: Honestly, tastes like a light porter with a hint of caramel and pencil shavings.  Ya im not kidding.  For the amount of ingredients in this....

Mouthfeel: creamy af. Very stout like

Finish: little bitter, little creamy, all sweet (and a hint of bitter)

Overall: Ok for the amount of ingredients listed on here I was expecting so much more flavour.  It honestly reminds me of a coffee porter boiled down into something a little thicker and sweeter, minus the coffee flavour... so really... wtf!!!! I expected flavours guys!

5/10 won't be heading to the brewery for just this. It doesn't even taste like what is says.

Marshmallow Porter - third moon

 

Mood: this week just started and I'm already tired AF. 

Where to buy: Third Moon Brewing Company, or 4th and 7. 

Price: overpriced for $6

Beer type: Porter

Ingredients: 

Region: Milton, On

%: 7

ml: 435ml

Appearance: Dark almost black

Smell: a sweet porter

Taste: porter with a slight sweetness. Almost a fruit flavour after

Mouthfeel: bubbly then creamy 

Finish: almost dirty water, but a smooth porter. 

Overall: I don't get it. You call it a marshmallow porter, make it taste like a marshmallow porter! Not worth the $6. Can't even taste the marshmallow so won't be rebuying.

5/10 won't be heading to the brewery for just this.