Posts Tagged:barrel aged

Barrel-aged Saison — Black Oak Brewery

By chris | Published: October 7, 2013

Barrel-aged Saison — Black Oak Brewing Co.

One of my favourite perennial beers is Black Oak’s Summer Saison. A wicked good saison, with lots of bright citrus notes and classic Belgian spices from the yeast, it’s a heck of a beer. So I was obviously pretty excited when I was by the brewery and Erica told me she had some barrel-aged Saison […]

Lawnmower Arm Saison — Great Lakes Brewery

By chris | Published: July 20, 2013

I think I had Lawnmower Arm Saison before. I’m not really sure, but it sounded familiar. But when I was at the Great Lakes Brewery in Etobicoke this week, and I saw it, as a barrel-aged, on sour cherries, incarnation, I had to give some a whirl. Saisons often have influence from wild bacterias, like […]

Goedemorgen — Amsterdam Brewing Co.

By chris | Published: March 30, 2013

Three years ago, if you had asked me about Amsterdam Brewing, I would have talked about their excellent quality, their awesome staff, and the (large) part they played in my journey into craft beer. I would not have talked about their cutting edge brews, pushing the culture of brewing in the city. Great Lakes Brewery, […]