Sea Dog and Yukon Red
stepping away from the ipas for a moment, my beer swilling at hidden the other night included a couple of amber ales. alison went with Vancouver Island Brewery's Sea Dog, and i tried Yukon Brewing Company's Yukon Red. i won in alcohol volume at 5.5%, alison's was close behind at 5.2%. unfortunately for both of these fine brews, we had tried a brilliant ipa beforehand and were so wowed by it, it took us most of a glass to get into the finer points of these amber ales. both poured with a good head and were wonderfully clear and amber coloured. both were quite drinkable. alison was not wowed by the sea dog (it wasn't depthy enough for her), and a bit put off by the angry red-haired man on the label (presumably a proud sailor). i liked the northern images on my yukon red's label, and would happily have drunk more of it had i not had the amazing ipa to get back to. sea dog's label says: "Ready, Aye, Ready! We're proud that our brewery's ho...