Day 130-Beer 130 Mad Tom IP, Muskoka Brewery, Bracebridge, Ontario

Tonight's brew was inspired by the campfire stories of mad tom and as such it should grab your attention. It poured a hazy copper/amber colour. It produce a little head that left some lacing across the surface and around the edge. It aroma was spice and citrus. The flavour was grapefruit, pine and hop bitterness with a background of caramel malt. Nice lingering hop bitterness with a touch of sweetness. Overall a good IPA 3.7 out of 5

Day 129-Beer 129 Robson Street Hefeweizen, Granville Island Brewing Co., Vancouver British Columbia

If you have to add fruit to it to make it taste good...... tonight's beer is a hefeweizen that right on the can it states that a lemon wedge would be the perfect accessory? It poured a hazy golden amber colour with only a little head that dissipated quickly and left only a spattering of cover. The aroma was tangerine, banana, wheat. The flavour was banana, a hint of spice and tangerine. The beer was far to watery to be a good hefe. 3.1 out of 5

Day 128-Beer 128 Honey IPA, Trafalgar Ales and \meads, Oakville Ontario

Another local beer, this one from Oakville. It poured a hazy copper/amber colour with only a little off white head that settled to just a thin foam layer. The aroma was honey, malts and just a hint of spicy hops. The flavour was sweet up front, honey and roasted malts with some hop bitterness on the finish. Not as much as expected for an IPA. The overall feeling was it was a little watery and flat and not enough hop bang for the style. It would better be described as a honey ale with a touch of hops. 3.3 out of 5

Day 127-Beer 127 Faxe Extra Strong, Royal Unibrew, Denmark

Off to Denmark for an extra strong beer 10%abv, it poured a clear dark golden colour with very little head that dissipated quickly and left no lacing at all. The smell was malt, corn and alcohol. The flavour had a slight sweetness and syrupy texture to it with only a hint of hops. Not the best Danish beer I have had 3.3 out of 5

Day 126-Beer 126 Hops and Robbers, Double Trouble Brewing Co. Guelph Ontario.

Another close to home brew. Hops and Robbers is an IPA with 5.7%ABV. It poured a clear golden amber colour with an off white head that left behind some lacing across the surface. The aroma was lemon, citrus with a hint of sweet caramel malts. The flavour was citrus and hops up front with some sweetness in the background and a dry hop finish that was not overly bitter. Overall a good IPA 3.7 out of 5

Day 125-Beer 125 Cobblestone Stout, Mill St. Brewery, Toronto Ontario

Down the QEW to Toronto for this one. A typical stout draught it poured almost black with a thin creamy tan head that covered the surface and stuck to the sides of the glass. The aroma was chocolate and dark roasted malts with a hint of smoke. The flavour was a combination of roasted coffee, milk and dark chocolate and some caramel. Overall it had a nice creamy texture but was a little on the light side for a stout but it does finish nicely with just a hint of bitterness. A good but not outstanding stout that is very drinkable, 3.7 out of 5.

Day 124-Beer 124 Hockley Dark, Hockley Valley Brewing Co. Orangeville Ontario

Hockley dark is a traditional English ale, but brewed in Canada. It poured a dark brown with a hint of copper. It produced only a small off white creamy head that left a thin covering of foam and lacing across the surface. The aroma is chocolate and roasted malts. The taste was much the same chocolate and roasted malts with just a hint of hops in the background. It has a nice creamy texture almost porter like. Well balance and easy drinking 3.8 out of 5. Only in Canada, eh, what a pity.