#BeerSaturday is at week 234 and
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I became a beer blogger because of the years I have spent brewing for myself, the breweries I work with now on their technology and marketing, and the decades spent imbibing combine for the self-decreed title of the #Blockchain #Beerologist.
For week 233, I am heading back into the swing of taprooms and new beer discovery.
Pint of the Week!
The pint of the week is a popular feature on Zeke's Sweet Hops as I reflect on a social pint usually shared somewhere out in the community over the busy week. A moment to reflect on a nice craft beverage and share it with the masses.
This week, I am hanging with my boy Dave who knows I love my IPAs. He is the bar chef at the newly opened Bar BQ https://www.bar-bq.ca/ which deliciously happens to be a client or ours with @town-crier https://towncriermarketing.ca and look at that pose! The social beer in the spotlight is Thrust an IPA by one of my all-time favourite breweries Great Lakers Brewing https://www.greatlakesbeer.com/ They have have brewed this one as a New England IPA https://www.greatlakesbeer.com/Beer/thrust-an-ipa/the last couple years and I just love it. Even better when served with delicious bbq bar bites. Recommend!
Lacus Mortis
Speaking of Great Lakes Brewing, I got one of those drive by beering text messages from my big city friends enjoying fresh new releases. Living only a mile or 2 from the brewery, they get many of the limited releases that never make it to my neck of the woods. When it is an IPA, even better!
Lacus Mortis West Coast IPA is one I have never even heard of before and of a style that might just be up my alley. Contrary to many of their other labels, the image is actually well done with the style, contrast and everything but the 4 shades of red. Either way, I like the skull guy with the toque and can't recall a west coast IPA I didn't like. What's inside?
Turns out, this is a collaboration with Third Moon Brewing Company https://thirdmoonbrewing.com/ which is another new one to me from an hour or so down the road. They seem to be IPA heads too and I am totally into a collab brew.
When you read the story on the secondary panel, you get the feeling you are about to get learnt on some cool stuff while you enjoy a lowbrow pint. Then, you read the whole story, realize it is bullshit, and wonder why they bothered to write it.
Either way, this is a solid bee and one I would definitely buy again. Good thing I know a good brewery who plays well with others and pumps out IPAs with all kinds of stupid labels and stories.
Catch Some Haze
I was rooting in my fridge for something new when I came across this little stranger I didn't recognize. A refreshing looking thing with a label I didn't recognize with a nice big orange slice on it? Turns out, it was a straggler from my visit to Redline Brewery http://www.redlinebrewhouse.com/ you can see I started talking about here https://hive.blog/beersaturday/@zekepickleman/beersaturday-232-goin-back-to-barrie Another pleasant surprise in the belly of the fridge of a #beerologist
Catching Some Haze Witbier https://redline-brewhouse.shoplightspeed.com/catching-some-haze.html probably captured my attention with the word Haze and the reference to citrus. I am okay with a wheat beer anyhow and down for a new one at that.
Weighing in at a reasonable 5.1% abv, this is a smooth-drinking and reasonable refreshing beverage not completely unlike Belgian Wheat brews I have had before. I say not unlike because the Belgians I have drank with would probably proclaim "This is not a Belgian Witbier" and they are not wrong. Still, yummy and I would love to drink this on tap if it improbably made it in keg to a restaurant in my parts. Not bad!
I have a couple more Redline Brews to cover now that I think of it. Maybe next week!
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Thanks for the invite my friend. I'm not sure what I can come up with, but I'll see what I've got stored away in my picture folders. I haven't been getting out much lately to enjoy a cold one.
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