256/1237) Beer Academy: Imperial Stout by Six Pints Specialty Beer Co. of Ontario: **1/2; 9.07%. 50 ibu; aged for 6 months; their suggested pairing is "cold nights and great friends" nose is bitter dark chocolate and mocha; notes of alcohol, mocha, roast, rich and smooth;
This became available today - I had been hearing about it for quite a while. This is the draught version but I also took a bottle home.
257/1238) Thirsty and Miserable: Weendigo Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout by Forked River Brewing of Ontario: **1/2; nose is dark roasted coffee, wine, bourbon, oak; flavours of deep, dark, rich espresso, oak;
258/1239) Thirsty and Miserable: Saison du Gilligan, a collaboration between Great Lakes Brewing and Bar Hop, both of Ontario: **1/2; a cloudy saison brewed with guava; the aspects I do not care for in saisons are ably masked by the addition of guava; fresh tropical fruit nose; delicious guava flavours with a bit of a hop bite at the finish;
I was thinking at the time, and clearly it's a two-beer plus idea, but as I am more likely at this point in my life to be blessed with grand-children than with children, if I put a twenty dollar bill in an envelope every time I am paid, in a couple of years I will have one thousand dollars in cash with which I can reward the first child of mine who presents us with a grand-child named Gilligan. I will accept it as a middle name.
The above is a good representation of the sort of mood that Thirsty and Miserable puts me in. Katie's latest chalkboard entries read, "please be advised we do not provide lemons, limes or straws", "stuff that is not beer - if it is not listed here we do not have it" and "we do (not) serve pitchers". I have been trying for several months without success to tout a family or work event there.
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