beernesday

i wish i had seen this earlier, i might have joined in! taps magazine beer advent calendar: Dec 5 - Dead Frog Christmas Beeracle Dec 6 - Black Oak Nutcracker Porter Dec 7 - McAuslan St. Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout Dec 8 - Great Lakes Winter Ale Dec 9 - Wild Rose Cherry Porter Dec 10 - Muskoka Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout - Winter Beard Dec 11 - Microbrasserie Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Triple Dec 12 - Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel Dec 13 - Garrison Baltic Porter Dec 14 - Propeller Russian Imperial Stout Dec 15 - Beau's All Natural Bog Water Dec 16 - Granite Brewery Gin Lane Barley Wine Dec 17 - Pump House Scotch Ale Dec 18 - Phillips Trainwreck Barley Wine Dec 19 - Vancouver Island Dough Head Dec 20 - Picaroon's Winter Warmer

i had the pleasure of attending a networking charity event at guilt & co. the other night i'd heard good things about guilt & co., but hadn't been there before i don't think i managed to make any contacts but i definitely found another drinking establishment with a great beer list! on tap they have: grolscsh black lager blanche de chambly house of holy lager longboat chocolate porter blue buck pale ale in bottles they have: st. ambrose - apricot ale, oatmeal stout unibroue - chambly noir, ephemere and fin du monde propeller - bitter big rock - traditional and grasshopper phillips - slipstream cream ale, phoenix lager, amnesiac ipa sleeman - honey brown and cream ale natureland - organic amber and organic lager stanley park - 1897 amber anchor - liberty ale north coast - red seal ale rogue - dead guy ale old rasputin russian imperial stout dogfish head - ipa newcastle - brown ale guinness smithwicks - ale innis & gunn - oak aged be...

and for my next trick, drinking a six pack of Propeller 's ESB! okay, not all in one go... not all today... not that i couldn't do it - don't you doubt my abilities!  i just don't NEED to drink it all today, okay? pours with an incredible head, lovely coppery brown colour, some hop aroma. a good canadian beer, this one is brewed by the John Allen Brewing Company in nova scotia.  5% and preservative free. they say:  "Brewed with carefully selected malts and hops, this copper coloured, English-style ale is our best seller.  Smooth, full-bodied, and non-pasteurized, like all our beers.  Drink fresh." i find it delicious, but a bit on the subtle side.  i think i'm getting far too used to the big, brash, hoppy ipas and esbs that i've been drinking.  this one almost falls flat in comparison.  but, if i spend a little time with it (thank dog for that six pack), i can see its allure.  and i'm getting assimilated.  tasty stuff, my frien...