Royal Extra Stout from Carib Brewery in Champs-Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago
Black Cab Stout (Cask) from Fuller, Smith & Turner in London, England
Black Creek Stout from Black Creek Historical Brewing in Toronto, Ontario
Ghosttown Absinthe Stout from Brasseurs De Montréal in Montréal, Quebec
Matt’s Sleepy Time Belgium Imperial Stout from Beau’s All Natural Brewing in Vankleek Hill, Ontario
Texas Tea Stout from Neustadt Springs Brewing in Neustadt, Ontario
Tempest Imperial Stout from Amsterdam Brewery in Toronto, Ontario
Dragon’s Milk Oak Barrel Aged Stout from New Holland Brewing in Holland, Michigan
Mikkeller Black Hole Bourbon Barrel Aged Edition from Mikkeller, brewed at De Proefbrouwerij in Copenhagen, Denmark
The Black Cobbler
Bottom: Blackberry Wheat Ale from Grand River Brewing in Cambridge, Ontario
Top: Cobblestone Stout from Mill Street Brewing in Toronto, Ontario
Scottish Stout from Belhaven Brewing Company in East Lothian, Scotland
NOTES: Pours deep brown to black with a lasting tan head. Chocolate, caramel and coffee on the nose and in the mouth. A bit thin for a RIS yet somehow better for it. Highly drinkable with alcohol hidden well. Might be the best RIS brewed in Ontario.
This version of La Granja was brewed especially for and sold exclusively to Ontario. 160 liters of maple syrup from Combermere, ON was used in the production of this beer.
NOTES: Bottle. Blacky-brown with thin tan head that disappeared quickly. Definite maple on the nose. Sweet and malty. When colder alcohol was very present and flavours were diminished. Once warm the alcohol was hidden from the high roastedness of the malts. Maple sweetness was only slightly present. Much more on the nose than the mouth. Body was surprisingly thin.
NOTES: Can. Pure black. Sweet malty stout on the nose. Tan head that dissipates quickly. Sweet stout in the mouth, but not like a milk stout. They add honey to the brew. This is the second brew they’ve done of this and it’s so much better. First one was so sweet you could actually taste honey. This time around the honey is subtle and therefore does not take over the beer. Glad I tried it again!
I’m totally blown away how good this is. I honestly thought this wasn’t going to work, but the cranberries give a very nice tart finish and totally surprised me. It’s really the only cranberry to this, the rest is chocolate, a lot of chocolate. But not super sweet, maybe because of the cranberry. It’s super black with a tan cap that’s pretty much gone half way through. It’s a bit thin in the body I must say, but it definitely makes it easy to finish the entire bottle. I will be getting a couple of more before they’re gone!
