Day 120-Beer 120 Boundary Ale, Moosehead Breweries, Saint John, New Brunswick

It was a wet cold damp and misty day, so I thought a maritime beer would be appropriate. It poured a clear copper colour with lots of slightly of white head that eventually settled to leave some nice lacing across the surface and the stuck to the side of the glass. The label stated that it is made with four hops and seven malts. Its aroma was caramel and roasted malt with hints of hops. The taste has a little bit of sweetness up front from the malts with a hint of hop bitterness, not bad for a bigger brewery ale. 3.6 out of 5

Day 119-Beer 119 Racer 5 India Pale Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co. Cloverdale California

Hopefully my beer blues are over. Even though this one is a BEAR, I'm a little bullish on it. It poured a hazy golden/orange colour with nice head and left very nice lacing and lots of effervescent carbonation bubbles. The aroma was citrus, grapefruit, hops and a hint of sweet malts. The taste was hops right up front that settled into a well balanced taste of bitter hops, grapefruit and malts that then left with a nice hops finish. Overall a clean crisp well balance drinkable IPA 3.9 out of 5. If you enjoy IPA's you might want to RACE out and get one.

Day 118-Beer 118 Panic Attack, Holy Mackeral Brewing, Ft Lauderdale, florida

I might have a panic attack after this one, two not so good beers in a row, last night's was a bust and this one isn't much better. The label stated a Belgian style beer, well I have never had a beer from Belgium that tasted like this one. The only thing good is the 10% ABV so I guess if you put away a 6 pack they might taste a lot better. It poured a hazy dark amber/copper colour ( I guess the hazy colour makes it like a Belgium Beer?) with a 1/2 inch of bubbly head that dissipated quickly and left a little lacing across the surface. The aroma was somewhat mixed with hints of sweet syrup, yeast, alcohol up front and something sour in the background. The taste was more like a malt liquor, lots of sweet malt, orange and caramel and alcohol. Not the greatest beer to drink quite syrupy and not a lot of carbonation. 2.9 out of 5

Day 117-Beer 117 Blue, Sweetwater Brewing Co. Atlanta Georgia

this company's motto is "Don't Float in the Mainstream" and they are correct with this one, it sinks and it gave me the blues. It poured a clear golden colour with almost no head, very little carbonation and not lacing to speak of. My daughter described the smell as a Tim Horton's Blueberry Muffin. Hints of blueberry and wheat and not much else. The taste was that of a bad wheat beer that they tried to cover up with blueberry juice and sugar. Like, I have said many a time, if you have to add fruit to a beer to make it taste good it probably shouldn't be drank, and this fits the bill. 2.6 out of 5

Day 116- Beer 116 Long Hammer IPA, Red Hook Brewery, Woodinville Washington and Porstmouth Oregon

Tonight's brew poured a hazy golden colour with a slightly off white head that left a nice spattering of sticky lacing. The aroma was citrus, hops and hints of a sweet malt. The taste surprisingly was not what I expected from the companies description. Yes it had some nice hop bitterness up front typical of an IPA but then it seemed to end with a caramel sweetness. Overall a nice crisp ale but nothing outstanding, 3.5 out of 5

Day 115-Beer115 Lions Winter Ale, Granville Island Brewery, British Columbia

Went out for lunch with some friends from my past working days to a restaurant on the Hamilton Pier. Tried a Lions Winter Ale.  The beer was on tap, it arrived with a nice off white head that left lots of lacing  across the surface and stuck to the glass through the entire pint. The colour was a dark amber/copper colour. It's aroma was chocolate up front with hints of vanilla. The flavour was dark chocolate up front which mellowed out of caramel and milk chocolate. Overall a good beer, a little too sweet, but it has a nice creamy feel to it,  3.6 out of 5

Day 114-Beer 114 Old Credit Pale Pilsner, Old Credit Brewing Co. Port Credit, Missisaga, Ontario Ca

A little bit of Canada ay.  Tonight's brew poured a clear, golden colour with a nice white head and leaves little lacing. Aroma is mild malts with a hint of noble hops. A nice pilsner with a bready malt which is balanced with a nice crisp hop bitterness. It is a nice crisp similar to most German pils, over all a good beer that is very drinkable, 3.7 out of 5