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Originally Posted by Seth
I'm more of a wine guy as of late. My home valley is Canada's Napa so the wine is everywhere.
For beer though I prefer Nelson Brewing Company. Since 2006 they have embraced organic brews and now they're entire stock is certified. Their Paddywhack India Pale Ale is my favourite. Gotta get me to Nelson for some boarding and beer hoarding.
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Yum, I was checking their site out, I will pick some up if I come across it.
Tonight I had a pint of
Lindemans Pêche Fruit Lambic (bottled). I've tried their Raspberry Lambic, and it is goooood stuff. Lambic beers remind me a lot of wheat beers, and they have similar tastes. Lambic beer is kind of like wine I guess. It has a sweet taste to it, and it is brewed with wild yeast. The one I had tonight was a peach lambic, and it is apparently brewed with real peaches. The beer was quite complex with a lot of good yeasty flavors coming through. Obviously you get a ton of peach, and it had a nice sugary and syrupy mouthfeel. I'd say this was a heck of a beer and I would get more lambic beers if they were not so expensive.
I picked up a variety pack by
Dundee Brewing Co. for 12 bucks at Jewel. 12 bucks, 12 beers. So far I have tried the
Dundee Kölsch-Style Ale which is a super light and very average golden ale. I get corn, biscuits and maybe some citrus in this brew. I'd say this is a good summer or easy drinking beer. The
Dundee Stout was maybe average to below average; it has all the typical flavors in your average stout, but it was a bit oily. It sort of peaked once it warmed up though, and I may need to revamp my opinion once I have a few more. The
Dundee IPA is also maybe a bit below-average. Sort of an unbalanced, not particularly hoppy brew that is not very memorable. And finally, the
Dundee Pale Bock seems to be the most complex of the brews with a nice balance of flavors, a good amount of roast, caramel and malt, and a beer that actually tastes multidimensional.
I also picked up a 6-pack of
Metolius Dolly Varden India Pale Ale. I wish this brew had more bitterness and more bite. Otherwise, it seems to be on the weaker side of IPAs. If I blindly drank this I wouldn't even peg it as an IPA. This brew is more caramely and grassy than most IPAs I have had, so yeah. I will see how I feel as I finish the 6-pack.