Day 294-Beer 294 First Draft Campus Lager, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

Niagara college has started a course for brewers, well the professor that oversaw this batch flunked. It did pour a clear golden colour, point one okay, no much head and no lacing almost an f, then the aroma, well it smelt like the dregs of the wine barrel from the days my father made his own wine in our basement  f minus, and the taste was even worse, it was beyond a sour mash, f double minus, as for the drinkability this was only the second beer in my sojourn that I could not finish a whole glass. 1.5 out of 5.

Day 293-Beer 293 Cameron's lager Cameron's Brewing Co., Oakville Ontario

Tonight's brew is a Euro Lager. It poured a hazy golden yellow colour with minimal head that left a very thin layer of foam across the surface. The aroma has hints of bready malts and some grassy/floral hops. The taste is typical euro lager, some malt sweetness with just a hint of hops creating a slightly spicy  flavour with just a tiny amount  of bitterness that disappears rapidly. This is a very refreshing and drinkable euro lager with some very nice flavours. 3.5 out of 5

Day 292-Beer 292 OREgasmic Ale, Rogue Farms, Indpendance Oregon

This is another APA, it poured a very muddy and murky brown with a cream coloured head that settled to a thin layer of lacing.  The aroma has a sweet overtone, caramel malts, dark fruits and a very piney background. The taste is also very sweet upfront with lots of roasted caramel malt and lots of hop, grassy, pine and citrus are all present. Overall not the best APA I have tasted but not the worst either, 3.4 out of 5

Day 291-Beer 291 Hr. Frederikson Imperial Stout, Amager Brygrus, Kastrup Denmark

This one is listed as a Russian Imperial Stout. These beers were first brewed in the 1800's for Russian Czars, high in alcohol content with lots of roasted malt, chocolate and dark fruit flavours. The hop content varies greatly from almost none to very high.
This one is 10.5% ABV and poured a dark almost black colour with a small tan head that left just a small ring of lacing around the edge of the glass. The aroma is dark bitter chocolate, espresso, caramel and plum with a earthy hop background.  is a nice herbal aroma to this. The flavour has a hop bitterness with a very sweet almost molasses taste with some roasted malts some dark chocolate, dark fruits and a bitter chocolate aftertaste. This one is a good example of the style but it has a little too much of a sweet background for me and the alcohol taste is very present as you drink this brew. It might be one to try in some of your gravy recipes or marinades. 3.4 out of 5

Day 290-Beer 290 Roman Line Lager, Black Donnelly's Brewing Co. Lucan Ontario

Visited great friends in Parry Sound Last night and delighted in a brew from J.D's brother's new venture, Black Donnelly's Brewing Co. Currently the beer is being brewed by another craft brewer as they gear up to produce there own beers.  This brew is still in the trial stages and is on tap at only a few pubs but I am sure it will catch on as it is a very drinkable lager. It poured a clear golden yellow with adequate head that left some spotty lacing. The aroma is typical lager, a little sweetness from the malt with some graininess. It is very mellow and very drinkable, and refreshing  just like most good lagers, with no hop bitterness or after tastes. Once they go into full production this one will make a great keg to have on ice beside the BBQ for the hot summer party. 3.4 out of 5
Visit there web site to get the story of the Black Donnellys and one of Canada's most infamous massacres

Day 289-Beer 289 Ayinger Brau Weisse Brauerei Aying, Aying Germany

Tonight's brew is a hefeweizen, Bavarian style wheat unfiltered wheat beer. It poured a cloudy golden yellow colour with lots of fluffy white head that left some stick lacing around the edge of the glass. The aroma has a lot of malt and yeast notes with some banana, fruit and spice in the background. The flavour matches the aroma and the style, sweet malts, a hint of honey, bread yeasts, banana and cloves. Before I started my beer tour I was never a hefe fan but I sure an learning there are some very good wheat beers out there and you do not need to add fruit to make them taste good. Overall a crisp clean finish with some very nice malt flavours, 3.6 out of 5

Day 288 Beer 288 Raven Cream Ale R&B Brewing Co. East Vancouver British Columbia

Every now and then you hit a do not buy this on again. It poured a chocolate/cola brown colour with little head and virtually no lacing at all. The aroma had hints of roasted malts and some grassy hops. The flavour was terrible, with some hints of malt and hops but the overall flavour was very sour, almost vinegar like, or skunky without the skunky smell. 2.7 out of 5, this is no where near what one expects of a cream ale.