Day 148-Beer 148 Innis and Gunn Oak Aged Beer, Innis and Gunn, Scotland

Tonight's brew poured an amber/cooper colour with an off white head. The aroma was toffee, vanilla and bread yeast. The taste is quite sweet with hints of  toffee malt, vanilla, fruity hops and a brandy-like note towards the end. I guess the brandy flavour comes from the oak aging. It finishes clean and dry with just a hint of hops. 3.4 out of 5

Day 147-Beer 147 Hogsback Vintage Lager, Hogsback Brewing Co. Ottawa Ontario

Only in Canada, what a pity, or maybe not. This beer poured a golden yellow with fairly decent head that unfortunately dissipated way to quickly. It left just a hint of lacing around the edge of the glass. The smell was sweet, fresh grass and hints of hops. The taste was no better than your average big brewer lager, slightly sweet, light malts flavours and almost no hop bitterness. Its not a must when visiting  Ottawa, there are better brews from the area. An okay middle of the road lager. 3.2 out of 5

Day 146-Beer 146 Well's IPA, Wells and Young's Ltd,Bedford, England

Of to England home of the original IPA. I expected a lot more from this brew from England. It poured a dark copper colour with nice head that left some lacing behind. The smell was odd, kind of sour, not sure what it was but there was hints of sweet malts behind the initial scent. The taste was okay, some nice malt flavours but the disappointment was in the hops, you could barley taste them something I did not expect from a British IPA. I was more of a north American ale with a bit of hops added and I mean bit. It was clean and crisp with a nice dry finish 3.4 out of 5 a drinkable brew but nothing special.

Day 145- beer 145 English Bay Pale Ale, Granville Island Brewing Co. , Vancover British Columbia

Another nice day and two in a row without rain, wow. Tonight's brew is another from Granville Island, it poured copper colour with lots of off white head that left lots of sticky lacing. The aroma had hints of malt and caramel but nothing outstanding. The flavour much the same nothing outstanding, a typical darker ale with some sweetness up front, no real hop bitterness, nothing out of the norm. An okay ale that is quite drinkable but nothing special 3.3 out of 5.

Day 144- Beer 144 Matt's Sleepy Time Stout, Beau's All Natural Brewing Co., Vankleek Hill, Ontario

A nice sunny day, first in a while and I managed to get some work done outside, so what better than a brew named sleepy time. It is a Belgian Style Imperial Stout from the wild oats series no. 1. It poured a very dark brown, almost black with a large tan head on top. Great retention and nice sticky lace. The aroma was dark chocolate, roasted malts and coffee. The flavour was dark chocolate, hints of vanilla, espresso and just a touch of oak. A slightly bitter finish from the hops. This is very well balanced and a great stout. Think a dash for the marinade and the rest for the cook, you won't want to waste this one. 4 out of 5

Day 143-Beer 143 The Celt Experience, Silures Crated Ale, Celt Experience Brewery, Caerphilly, Wales, UK

Another day and more rain, I think I am living in England in the spring. This is one of the wettest Mays I remember so off to Wales for a pick me up. Silures pours a slightly hazy golden colour with lots of head that lasts along time and sticks to the sides of the glass as you drink this brew. The aroma as the label states is hops, pine and tropical fruit. The taste is sweet malt up front with lots of bitter hops and grapefruit. A very good, crisp golden pale ale, 3.8 out of 5

Day 142-Beer 142 Steam Whistle Lager, Steam Whistle Brewing, Toronto Ontario

What promised to be a great day on the golf course turned out to be one bad day, couldn't hit the ball at all, I wish I had an excuse but the back was feeling good so no excuses just a rotten golfer today. Afterward had some steam whistle on tap, at least it helped a little. It was a clear golden colour with some but not a lot of head. There really wasn't much of an aroma, it was clean and crisp with hints of sweet malts and fresh grass. The flavour was typical pilsner with a hint of hops bitterness with a dry finish and not much else. It was much like many of your mass produced beers from the big companies, a very drinkable good ( average) brew but nothing that sets it aside from the norm. 3.3 out of 5.