Canadian beer

Without a beer in the fridge! Woe is me! I planned to make a trip to the American store in search of worthwhile pickles, so maybe there will be a new beer for me too. They tend to have a couple in the fridge. Actually, this time they weren’t in the fridge, but there were a couple of choices on the shelf. Barking Squirrel seems familiar to me, but I can’t find any opinion of mine about it. Maybe I had a different brew at some point. The day is sunny, but now with a cold wind, so something intermediate might be acceptable. Oh, who am I kidding, there’s nothing like a stout, any time, any place! Next time, next time…

Explosion! Apparently the journey was so strenuous that a couple of days in the fridge did not calm the beer. Didn’t lose too much, but there was a puddle to clean. The beer is indeed amber, but extra bubbly and with an excited but short-lived head. Some appley aroma but not much else, and in taste it is more or less the same. No apple flavor, but a sweetness, malty, soft and yet weighty. It is on the sweet side of a toasty beer, almost like a Belgian triple, but lite. It’s pretty easy to drink, leaving little aftertaste, but with just a touch of spice, giving a feeling of warmth and coziness beyond the typical amber lager. It’s not a bad beer once you get it in the glass, maybe not as quenching as a regular IPA or as fantastic as a stout (I have my prefernces, sue me).

Supplier: Taste of America
Price: €4.10