Day 164-Beer 164 Georgian Bay Beer, Midland Beer Works, Tiny Ontario

From the land of Tom and Dolores a Midland lager. It poured a clear golden colour with okay head that dissipated quickly leaving no lacing at all. The smell was fresh grass and pine resin. the flavour was gains, a hint of sweet malt. Overall comparable to the big brewer lagers, 3.2 out of 5

Day 163-Beer 163 Devil's Pale Ale, Great Lake Brewery, Toronto Ontario

The Devil makes a mean pale ale, it poured a very dark amber with nice creamy off white head. Nice sticky head and lacing that sticks to the side of the glass,. The aroma is all pine, citrus and hops. The flavour is hops from start to finish, lots of grapefruit, roasted malts, some caramel sweetness, pine resin and dark roasted coffee. Overall a very good dark pale ale, 3.9 out of 5.

Day 162-Beer 162 Hockley Amber, Hockley Valley Brewing Co. Orangeville Ontario

I hope that the recipe on the label for battered fish is better than the beer, this one was a little disappointing. Generally I like amber brews but this one was a little on the light side in terms of aroma, taste and texture. It poured a nice copper/ amber colour with okay head that left almost no lacing. The aroma was minimal with hints of caramel, grain and citrus. The taste was caramel some spice, hints of grassy hops and not much else. 3.3 out of 5.

Day 161-Beer 161 Barking Squirrel Lager, Hop City Brewing Co. Brampton, Ontario

Tonight's brew poured an amber colour with creamy of white head that left just a little lacing, The aroma was toasted caramel malts and grassy hops. The taste was similar caramel up front with a nice hop follow-up. Quite interesting a lager with additional hops 3.7 out of 5

Day 160-Beer 160 King Pilsner, King Brewery, Nobleton Ontario

Tonight's brew poured a clear golden colour with nice fluffy head. The aroma was fresh grass, noble hops, with hints of citrus. The taste was sweet malts, grains and just a nice balance of hops in this Czech style pils. Overall a very good pils with a nice balance of hops and malts, good carbonation, a nice clean, crisp and dry finish. I am sure I have a few more of this one. 3.9 out of 5.

Day 159-Beert 159 Blacksmith Smoked Porter, Highlander Brew Co. South River Ontario

Tonight's brew poured black in colour with a light milk chocolate head that left some lacing that did stick to the sides of the glass. The first whiff certainly hinted of a smoky hardwood fire with undertones of caramel malt, dark chocolate and burnt coffee.  The taste was dark chocolate, caramel and toffee malts, espresso coffee. Unfortunately the taste buds did not detect the nice smoke that my nose detected. Overall a tasty porter that unfortunately was missing the smoke in its name. 3.8 out of 5.

Day 158-Beer 158 Muskoka Cream Ale, Muskoka Brewery, Bracebridge Ontario

Try one off the beaten path. Another cottage country brew, it poured a clear amber colour with nice head and lacing. The aroma was hops and sweet caramel malt and a floral tone. The mouthful was nice and creamy, very smooth  with hints of hops and malts. Overall a nice cream ale, 3.7 out of 5