Posts Tagged:oregon

Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale – Rogue Ales

Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple Ale - Rogue Ales

So if you follow Toronto beer-hype, you already have heard about this one.  Probably from a few news sources, and also a fleet of water-cooler cicerones.  It’s an attention-grab; it’s going to taste synthetic; it’s probably going to be more delicious than unicorn tears strained through a virgin mermaid’s hair; etc etc etc.  And for […]

Smashed Pumpkin – Shipyard Brewing Co

Smashed Pumpkin - Shipyard Brewing Co.

Ah, is there anything better than the smell of baking pumpkin pie to say “It’s fall”?  The sweet earthy aromas of the squash we love to carve, the warm aromatic spices, like clove, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice, and the sweet biscuity crust make for what is (clearly) one of my favourite parts of the season.  […]

Summer Orange Honey Ale – Rogue Ales

Summer Orange Honey Ale - Rogue Ales

Another one of the Rogue featured beers the LCBO brought in is Rogue’s Summer Orange Honey Ale (I reviewed their Chipotle Ale a few days ago).  I felt a nice “summer” ale was just the thing for this lovely hot summer day in Toronto.  That being said, I don’t really know what a “summer” beer […]

Chipotle Ale – Rogue Ales

Chipotle Ale - Rogue Ales

So it turns out the LCBO at Queen King and Spadina has a passionate beer guy on staff, who works hard to bring in an extra cool beer selection, in addition to the regular beers.  He has just recently brought cases of a few of the amazing brews from Rogue, including this Chipotle Ale.  There’s […]

Rogue Yellow Snow IPA

Ah Rogue, is there a cooler brewery in the USA? Probably, but we sad Ontarians will never know unless we go there, or someplace with better access to beer (like Volo). Still, Yellow Snow IPA is a great example of what our Yankee friends are doing to IPAs in their near relentless pursuit of hoppy […]