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A bunch of new beers here from the fell release as well as a few product samples.  For a harvest themed meal pairing try the Nickelbrook Wet Hop or Renaissance Punkin with your turkeys; or use the 8Wired iStout or LTM Doppelbock as an after dinner sipper, like a fine cognac.

Beau's Mr. Hyde
600 mL bottle. Pours amber with a frothy white cap. Rye and hop spices intermingle with a hint of caramel malt sweetness, cedar, applesauce and prune fruit notes. Slightly sweet but reasonably balanced. Moderate body and carbonation level. Nice complexity.

Beau's Two Weeks Notice
600 mL bottle. Pours very dark brown, almost black with a fuzzy light brown lid. Roasty malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice and Noble hop aroma. Quite bitter through and through with the dark malts on the attack and hop bitterness on the finish. Light on the palate, medium bodied and average carbonation.

Radical Road The Wayward Son
750 mL bottle. Pours golden with a thick lacy head of fuzz. Soft sugary aromas, Noble hop, pilsner malt, orange candy and fruit. Slightly sweet, light to medium body, full carbonation and a hint of bitter aftertaste. A good example of a Golden Strong; a style I don’t like much, but where’s the oak?

Nickelbrook Pie Eyed
355 mL bottle. Pours hazy burnt orange with a thin white cap. On the nose, clove, cinnamon and pumpkin and a hint of malt. Taste is somewhat watery, mildly sweet and spiced. Thin to moderate mouth feel and medium carbonation. Not to my taste.

Nickelbrook Ontario Wet Hop Pale Ale
750 mL bottle. Pours a pale golden with a thick foamy head of white. Nose is peach, mango, subtle pine and cedar. Crisp, with cracker like malt notes and a fruity finish. Moderate body and carbonation with a slightly bitter finish. Designed to showcase hop character. Quite enjoyed this, very sessionable.

Renaissance Enlightenment Series The Great Punkin
500 mL bottle. Pours dark garnet with a frothy off white head. On the nose, pumpkin, pie spices and bready malt. Slightly sweet with roasted vegetable and caramel malt notes. A nice spice and pumpkin balance that plays well with the maltiness, finishes slightly bitter. Medium body with medium to high carbonation. A good pumpkin beer, would have been better if it were more modestly carbonated.

8Wired iStout
500 mL bottle. Pours opaque black, period. Beige head. Aroma is intensely concentrated. Dark chocolate, coffee, deeply roasted malt and stewed fruit. Surprisingly sweet for a RIS; balanced, but not as bitter as is typical for the style, less roasty than anticipated. Full on the palate with low carbonation. The beer that eats like a meal. Still damn delicious.

Les Trois Mousquetaires GC Doppelbock
750 mL bottle. Pours dark amber with a foamy tan head that leaves no trace. Aromas of fruitcake, rum, candied orange, chocolate and demerara. Fairly sweet and firm bodied, moderate to heavy carbonation and full on the palate. Leaves a lingering sticky sweetness on the palate, gently offset by a touch of acidity and woody hop spice. Liquid bread indeed!

Amsterdam Calm Before the Storm
355 mL bottle. Pours a dark walnut with little to no head. On the nose; roasted nuts, bittersweet cocoa, rye spice. Dry with a lingering roasty hoppy bitterness. Thin palate with average carbonation.

Amsterdam Oranje Weisse
500 mL bottle. Pours a hazy golden with a thin head that exits quickly. Aromas of citrus juices, coriander, liquorice and yeasty spice. Moderately dry and fruity, very clean on the palate, average plus carbonation. Tasty but not that exciting.

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