Day 141- beer141Dogstalker Bock, Grand River Brewery, Cambridge Ont.

Wow what a day, we have had so much rain that the local golf courses have had to close due to flooding and now tonight the most hail I have ever seen come down at one time. When will summer arrive? Tonight's brew poured a very hazy amber orange colour. It produce some head that dissipated quickly and left no lacing at all. The aroma was sweet barley malts, honey and some light spices. The taste was a bit sweet but nothing special. Overall it was a little flat, it could have used some more carbonation and a little more body and maybe some stronger hops to spice it up. 3 out of 5.

Day 140-Beer 140 Palma Louca, Cervejaria Kaiser ,Jacarei - SP, Brazil

Off to South America for this one but it probably isn't worth the trip. Palma Louca is a German style pilsner that poured a clear golden colour with almost no head and no lacing at all. It did have a few carbonation bubbles and not much else. The smell was a little off with a hint of skunk other than that not much else. The flavour was more like a light beer than a nice German pils. Hints of sweet malt and grains but nothing outstanding. 3.2 out of 5

Day 139-Beer 139 Russian Gun Imperial Stout, Grand River Brewing, Cambridge Ontario

Tonight's brew poured a dark brown colour with lots of tan coloured head that took along time to dissipate. The aroma was roasted coffee, vanilla, dark chocolate. Flavors are bitter hops forward, with coffee and dark chocolate molasses and a sweet dry finish. Lots of alcohol warming with this one 8.5%ABV. 3.7 out of 5. A good one for marinating.

Day 138-Beer 138 Smoked Oatmeal Stout, Trafalgar Ales and Meads, Oakville, Ont

They called this one a stout and although it is almost black in colour it was far to carbonated and to light and watery to be a true stout, they would have been better to call this one a smoked ale. It did pour almost black in colour with lots of tan coloured head, but it was not creamy but rather a bubbly carbonation head. It dissipated quickly to just a ring of carbonation bubbles around the edge of the glass. The aroma had hints of caramel malt sand coffee and not much else, no real hint of smoke. The taste is a little watery with chocolate, coffee and a barely detectable hint of smoke and some slight hops bitterness. Overall not a bad ale but not a good stout, 3.2 out of 5

Day 137-Beer 137 Alexander Keith's Cascade Hop Ale, Alexander Keith's Brewery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Another one of the Keith's hop series. It poured a golden amber colour with some nice bubbly head that left a scattering of lacing. The brew had a slight citrus hops aroma with hints of sweet caramel malts. The taste was light with just a touch of hop bitterness with toasted malts and caramel. Overall more like a standard ale with a touch of extra hops but no where near an IPA. 3.3 out of 5

Day 136-Beer 136 Nøgne Ø - Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri , Norway

The picture on the label show a person bundled up for winter with sun blindness glasses on, I guess that why this brew is 11% ABV to keep you warm. It pored a dark brown colour almost syrup like in nature with nice creamy tan head that lasted a long time and sticks to the sides of the glass as you drink it. The smell was smokey malts with hints of sweet caramel and brown sugar. The taste was much stronger than the smell, The taste is very sweet, molasses, burnt sugars with a very smokey aftertaste. The feel was very syrupy, and the sugar content was way to high, not my cup of sugar or tea. 3.2 out of 5.

Day 135-Beer 135 Rye Bock, Cameron's Brewing Co. , Oakville Ontario

Tonight's brew poured a golden amber colour with an off white head that dissipated quickly leaving only a small amount of lacing and some rising carbonation bubbles. The aroma was very mild for a bock with just a hint of malt and spices. The taste was rye, some sweet caramel malts and a little hop bitterness in the finish. An okay beer but nothing special, more like a regular amber ale than anything. 3.4 out of 5