La Fin du Monde - Unibroue (Canada - Quebec)

La Fin du Monde - Unibroue (Canada - Quebec) 9.0%


A delectable spice filled floral aroma, matched by an amazing flavour. Strongly sweet, yeasty, bitter with powerful notes of citrus, pear, coriander. This product of Quebec tastes like a true Tripel from the abbeys of Belgium. To think, it's taken me so long to try this one!! La Fin du Monde is a little thicker on the toungue than some but really beautifully crafted and has a truly amazing mix of flavours not to mention the fact that it's cheaper by volume than any Tripel you can buy from Belgium. I'm definitely going to be picking up La Fin Du Monde again and again.

Spruce Beer - Garrison Brewing (Canada - Nova Scotia - Halifax)

Spruce Beer - Garrison Brewing (Canada - Nova Scotia - Halifax) 7.5%

Garrison's Spruce Beer is a dark brown that appears to be almost a burnt crimson colour when viewed in a certain light. The aroma is quite predictably sprucey but sprucey like a spruce tree not like a sprucey hops but it is a strong dark maple flavour with hints of smoke that greats you on the first sip and lingers into the aftertaste. It must be the mix of molasses and caramel malt that becomes what I am tasting as maple and smoke.

The spruce flavour is from actual spruce and fir tips that are used in the brewing, which I have to say is pretty fantastic. Garrison claims this is North America's oldest beer style and tells its story on the label. The use of pieces of trees is far-out and yet authentic because if there is one thing the east coast of Canada has it's lots of trees.

Fairly sweet but also quite bitter, this is a thoroughly interesting and complex beer. It a must-try for beer drinkers and history buffs alike, and it's a seasonal so don't delay: get out there and try it.

Chimay Red - Peres Trappistes (Belgium)

Chimay Red - Peres Trappistes (Belgium) 7.0%

Fruity, sweet and thick. Strong flavours of apricot with a smooth finish but with a bit of bite. Apricot red and cloudy in a glass with some light sediment but the sediment is so light it doesn't present a problem to drink.

Premium Lager - Pump House (Canada - New Brunswick - Moncton)

Premium Lager - Pump House (Canada - New Brunswick - Moncton) 5.0%

A russet gold colour in a glass. This premium lager is pleasantly nutty with hints of roast. The aroma is slightly floral and barely appley, with faint wooden tones and hops. Very drinkable yet with an interesting makeup. Certainly worthy of the appellation premium.

The newfangled case design is very refrigerator friendly but there's something vaguely vampiric about the label design, spooky building in the background, Gothic lettering... Am I the only one seeing this?

Bard's Gold - Bard's Beer Co (USA - New York - Utica)

Bard's Gold - Bard's Beer Co (USA - New York - Utica) 4.6%

An off putting yeasty and sort of medicinal aroma with tones of stinky cheese. Fortunately it is tastier than that. Though the taste is metallic and herbal. Yeasty too but the head and look of the beer are like any other. A coppery-gold colour in a glass.

The bottlecap has a cool graphic and each has a discussion provoking question underneath (mine read: " Which is more dangerous to own: nuclear fuel rods or a trampoline?") which all goes along with the cheery slogan, " Discuss it over a Bard's".

Not my favourite beer to drink by a long shot but definitely better than the other gluten free beer I have tried and I'm sure there are many people suffering from Celiac's disease who are grateful for this option.