Not that any of us need an excuse for IPA, but apparently today is International IPA Day. A good day to ponder the fact that less than 6 years ago when Propeller launched its IPA, there were virtually no bottled IPAs available in the Maritimes and I only say that because we had Magnotta at Vinart for a bit but I can't recall the exact dates. Now we've got a single store that carries 13 of them and has a dedicated section on their website: http://premierwines.ca/store/category/2 ... -Pale-Ale/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; There's not a craft brewer around that doesn't have one, and Nash basically provides us with single, double, triple, and/or quadruple IPAs on a regular basis. Even the LC has 7 listed right now. We've come a long way...
Now all we need? More hops!
International IPA Day
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Cheers to that. LD and I did an IPA run at the LC, got some Mad Tom and St Ambroise. Starting with a homebrew.
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I'm interested to know what the St. Ambroise is like. I'd be disappointed if it wasn't up to the Oatmeal Stout standards...
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The St Ambroise is definatley an English IPA, it was good - worth a try for sure.
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I think you'll probably be disappointed. It was really odd. Not even in a English IPA sort of way. Citrus leaned toward lemony and grassy and I didn't find that went well with the malts. The Mad Tom, however, I thought was really good. Interestingly, reminded me of a stronger St. Ambroise Pale.mr x wrote:I'm interested to know what the St. Ambroise is like. I'd be disappointed if it wasn't up to the Oatmeal Stout standards...
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Guess I'll give it a try. Can you buy singles?
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