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.

Old style lager - Muddy York

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

Where to buy: Muddy York Brewery

Price: 3.10

Beer type: American lager 

Ingredients: I'm not sure... it just said old

Lager ???!

Region: East York, Ontario

%: 5

ml: 355ml

Appearance: Golden brown

Smell: like the beers I used to steal in the basement. I wanna say they were blue? Bud? Heineken? 

Taste: ok now I understand what old style lager is. It's basically the crap I remember stealing from my dads stash when I was younger. Basic Blue or Bud beer. 

Mouthfeel: crisp and clean. With a hint of 1980z 

Finish: bitter in my throat, I sense this is the theme from this brewery... 

Overall: what a waste of 3.00. It's like the bargain beers I used to drink when I first started this blog and wanted to find something under... $2.00? 

4/10 old school cheap beer! won't be going to this brewery to pick this up.

Coconut porter - Muddy York

 

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

Where to buy: Muddy York Brewery

Price: 3.31

Beer type: Porter

Ingredients: water, malted barley, wheat, toasted coconut, hops, yeast. 

Region: East York, Ontario

%: 4.7

ml: 355ml

Appearance: dark brown

Smell: sweet porter. Like sugared coconut 

Taste: first sip is sweet coconut porter, but it goes away very quickly to just be a porter

Mouthfeel: turns into a smooth cream in my mouth, quite lovely! 

Finish: bitter in my throat almost a dirty water aftertaste. 

Overall: Not bad, but not good. Out of the porters ive had in my day this is probabaly one of the better ones. But over time I'm noticing more and more that porters just aren't my thing. Not worth the far drive for this one. 

6/10 - it's ok, won't be going to this brewery specifically to pick it up though. 

Pale Ale - Goodlot Farmstead Brewing co.

 

Mood: Just wanna excape for a bit during the day and have a good beer.

Where to buy: Lawblaws

Price: 3.25

Beer type: Pale Ale - Strong Beer

Ingredients: 

Region: Caledon, Ontario

%: 6.2

ml: 473ml

Appearance: light yellow

Smell: juicy beer, slight tropical pale.

Taste: close to what the description is, it's like a pale ale with a hint of IPA (aka a tropical taste) it's light and nothing too out of the ordinary.

Mouthfeel: juicy, like it has some dragonfruit or something in it.

Finish: bitter in my throat, like a tropical IPA

Overall: I know a lot of the descriptors I put in make it sound like im drinking an IPA, but it isn't it's like a plain old beer plus a few drops of IPA in it. 

7/10 - most of this review is that it tastes like beer, I dont hate or love it, but the CAN... my god I love the can so much. 

Milkshake India Pale Ale - Lost Craft

 

Mood: Night alone for some self care!  Makin pogos and mac and cheese for dinner. mmmm

Where to buy: Lawblaws

Price: 3.25

Beer type: IPA Milkshake

Ingredients: Filtered Water, Malted Barley, Wheat, Oats, Lactose, Hops and Yeast

Region: Toronto, Ontario

%: 6.0

ml: 473ml

Appearance: light yellow

Smell: very light IPA

Taste: well I should have known when I got an IPA that the milkshake part was just stupid and non existent.  Anyways... It's an IPA taste and honestly its kinda burning me

Mouthfeel: bubbly! kinda stays bubbly and creamy at the end, the bubbles just like evaporate... nothing heavy

Finish: bitter in my throat, almost a tinny taste.

Overall: I should have known,  I got an IPA it's an IPA.. no milkshake involved they just add "lactose" which I dont really know what that means...

6/10 - I dont really like IPA's so thats why. changed to 1/10.  The lactose in the beer didnt mix well with what I ate that night.  I don't think "lactose" in beer is a good mix for me.

Hangover - Morning Recovery

 So since I am trying out different beers, sometimes I can get into it and mix a few things,  Im usually aware when its going to be a KEEP GOING night, so I started looking in to options to prevent the dreaded hangover.  Especially when I have things to do the next day. 

Second to try is Morning recovery.  I first started with "Party Smart" pills, and will write a review again next time I try them.  I cant actually remember if they were helpful or not since I havent used them for about a year.

Anways... onto morning recovery.  

Price? - $29.99 for 6 bottles.

Why did I purchase? - it got good reviews online and was coming up on my insta ads.  After looking into reviews many people were seeing benefits, and it was new to canada so why not?  More positive reviews than party smart pills.

What is it? - a liquid shot that tastes pretty good, like a sweet lemonade.

What did I do? - both times I tried it I drank it all in one (or two) shots, usually just after I started drinking and realized I was gonna keep going.

How was it? - Both times I drank (pretty heavily) and both times the first thing I noticed when waking up after passing out what that my head wasn't spinning when i moved it quickly, and i had no headache (common signs for me).  I didn't feel sick, and I actually felt pretty much like I didn't have a hangover.  Probably 90% "normal".  The one thing I did notice is that I was tired.  Not all at once but by afternoon/evening when I usually get my "slump" I was TIRED. I didn't want to move or talk or do anything but lie there for a few hours. 

Verdict? - No hangover symptoms except feeling sluggish and tired later in the day. Maybe a little less mental clairity/alertness than usual also.