In lieu of lofty Christmas gifts, Brady opted to get the beer advent calendar again this year! It was made solely by Red Racer this year.
By the time I write this post, it will kind of be too late, because the month of advent is over, but still 🙂 Its such a fun thing! Brady loves testing 24 different beer through the month and critiquing them along the way, choosing his newfound likes and dislikes. This winter, he discovered he likes bitter beer. IPA, specifically. He’s learning 🙂 Its fun to watch, and taste them with him along the way. So, as he did last year, he wrote notes along the way and rated the beer. And here you have it!!
1. Free Heel Rose Saison – 4/5
– red wine and hibiscus
– light and yummy, little bit fruity
2. Ice Fall Irish Coffee Stout – 4/5
– mildest stout I’ve ever had
– lightly chocolatey
– comforting, tummy warming
3. Winterholder Witbier – 2/5
– pretty standard
– slightly odd beforeward taste (lol)
– slightly odd after taste
4. V-Trail Barrel Aged IPA – 5/5
– yummy and crisp
– radleresque
– good to the last drop
5. Tape to Tape Gin and Lime Lager – 4/5
– ver flavorful
– refreshing
– no bad aftertaste for how beerish it is
6. Free Ride Smoked Sea Salt Belgian Ale – 2/5
– …ok… cold but tastes warm
– smells spicy, tastes salty
– weird
7. Ski Lift Green Tea Lager – 4/5
– crisp and refreshing
– I don’t like green tea, but its still good
8. Bundle Up Sweet Potato and Maple Ale – 4/5
– no odd flavours, very normal
– no aftertaste
9. Torpor Barrel Aged Imperial Porter – 5/5
– bedtime in a can
– very strong at 9%
– drink it slow…
– very flavorful, no weird aftertaste
10. Hurry Hard Lager – 4/5
– light, refreshing
– some flavour
– chuggable
11. Switch Graff – 3/5
– standard
– regular pale ale
– not so “flavoried”
12. Shinny Strawberries and Cream Ale – 3/5
– creamy and smooth
– strawberry milkshake for grownups
-more strawberries next time
(Editing Hailey here. I’m not sure who he’s asking for more strawberries…)
13. Bow Saw Dark and Stormy Ale – 4/5
– hint of dish soap, hint of grapefruit
– oddly, still yummy
14. White Out Basil Ale – 3/5
– very subtle at first
– starts to taste like spaghetti over time
15. Snowracer Dunkel – 4/5
– flavourful, happy, a little bitter
– very yummy, good aftertaste
16. Snow Tracks Mexican Hot Chocolate Stout – 5/5
– delicious dessert beer
– cinnamon and chocolate and yum
17. Sleigh Ride Negroni Red Ale – 5/5
– citrusy, crisp, and delicious
– radleresque
– yummy
18. Tubester Brut IPA – 5/5
– citrusy and slightly bitter
– slowly realizing I really like IPAs
19. Corkscrew Mimosa Saison – 4/5
– smooth and easy to drink
– just a hint of mimosa
20. Salchow Dortmunder – 2/5
– first taste was ok
– reminds me of the time I ate oatmeal off of my prybar
– metallic
21. Gangline Raspberry Stout – 3/5
– smells amazing
– light on raspberry taste
– too much stout
22. Oat n Aboat Hazey Pale Ale – 4/5
– crisp and happy
– one I’d drink all summer
23. Snowblind Whisky Sidecar Ale – 3/5
– many indistinguishable flavours at first taste
– a bit much
– decent flavour overall
24. Thor’s Hammer Port Barrel Aged Barley Wine – 3/5
– novelty in how strong it is – 11.5%
– mediocre flavour
– not the best to end on
– merp
I asked Brady for his overall review of this advent exbeerience (see what I did there?) and he obliged.
From Brady: “Very good. No duds.”
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Sooooo… there you have it! Lol! Why complicate things?
See you all for next years beer calendar!