September 8, 2014

217/1198) Home:  Midnight Sun Espresso Stout by Yukon Brewing Company of Yukon Territory: **1/2;  6.1%;  "beer worth freezing for";  brewed with ground coffee;  the nose reminds me of C'est What's Coffee Porter was like some years ago with very strong coffee ground aromas;  strong dark coffee notes with sweet roastiness, very nearly mocha flavours;

To date, I have made notes on beers from all of the provinces, save for Newfoundland (and Nicholas Pashley has written compellingly on Newfoundland's brewing scene so I know it is only a matter of time) and two of the territories.

This was purchased with a number of others at an SAQ steps away from our hotel in Gatineaux.  The SAQ is Quebec's equivalent of Ontario's LCBO.  It seems to exist aside numerous other beer outlets. Whether by chance or design, the smaller stores seem to focus on Quebec beers - I don;t know if I saw any local beers at the SAQ - while the SAQ carried a number of very fine imported beers.  The SAQ did feature a number of local wines, however.