Month: December 2016

Day 7 of Taste-Mas 2016: Shepherd Neame & Co. Christmas Ale 500 ml

CHRISTMAS ALE THIS CHRISTMAS, PUT AWAY THE PORT, FORGET THE FIZZ, AND RAISE A GLASS OF BEER TO THE FESTIVE SEASON! Christmas Ale is brewed using 100% natural ingredients, drawing chalk-filtered mineral water from the artesian well deep below Shepherd Neame’s site, along with the finest malting barley and Kentish hops. The seasonal ale boasts warming notes of fruits and…

Day 6 of Taste-Mas 2016: Great Lakes Brewery Imperial Solstice Stout 650 ml

Heads up… Parental Advisory. Brewed on the first day of spring. Put into barrels on the summer solstice. Bottled on the winter solstice…. Pours midnight black with a tight (and we mean tight) mocha tan head. Menacing indeed. Aromas of charcoal, vanilla, treacle, espresso and alcohol leap from the glass with each gentle swirl. The first drink offers a reminder…

Day 5 of Taste-Mas 2016: Muskoka Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout 750 ml

What could be more reminiscent of a frigid Northern winter than an insulating beard and a warming Muskoka seasonal brew? Our Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout is rich and sturdy with roasted dark chocolate malts, real cocoa, 70% dark chocolate, and freshly harvested local cranberries. Winter Beard was brewed with a slightly higher alcohol content to allow for aging and cellaring.…