Well, after much thought, but a decidedly insufficient amount of sampling, I have to declare a tie for the Treehouse Construction "Beer of the Season" for Winter! The winners are Mill Street Brewery's Coffee Porter from Toronto, and Maudite, by Unibrou Chambly of Quebec. Click on the pictures to link to their respective websites, links will open in a new window.
The Coffee Porter is a delcious american porter brewed by Mill Street in the Brewery district near downtown Toronto, with coffee from Balzac, a local importer. It is very dark brown, with a nice coffee smell, and a more subtle flavour of well roasted coffee and dark chocolate. There is also a hint of rich dark fruit, like plum and dark ripe cherries, with a clean, slightly bitter finish. I can't stop thinking now of an espresso with some of Mom's homemade chocolate cheesecake, the recipe from Mrs. Tucciarone of course!
The bottles Mill Street uses are absolutely beautiful also, with heavy embossed lettering and painted labels, rather than the typical paper labels of most other brewers. 5.5% alcohol, easy to drink and enjoy! Mill Steet has a brewpub in its Toronto location, and has a generally vast selection of Beers, many of which are only available there. Check the site, and if you find yourself in Toronto, check them out!
Maudite is a Belgian strong dark ale, 8% alcohol a dark amber or ruby-orange colour, quite cloudy as it is refermented on lees (yeast base in the bottle), with a nice light cream coloured head. It is rich yet very smooth, rather spicy, with a nice hint of yeast and citrus.
Kind of like a breakfast of red grapefruit followed by nutmeg and cinnamon on homemade buttered toast. Unibroue's beers are generally inspired by Quebecois folk tales, and Maudite (the Devil) is no exception. In this case it tells the legend of "Chasse-Galerie", a tale of eight woodsmen who conjured up the devil to return them home to their village for the holidays. In return for their souls, the devil agreed to fly them home in their canoe. Alas, one of the eight invoked the name of god to break their pledge, the canoe fell from the sky, and they were never seen again! An absolutely delicious beer, so if you can get your hands on some, do it! Just make no pledges with the devil....
The Coffee Porter is a delcious american porter brewed by Mill Street in the Brewery district near downtown Toronto, with coffee from Balzac, a local importer. It is very dark brown, with a nice coffee smell, and a more subtle flavour of well roasted coffee and dark chocolate. There is also a hint of rich dark fruit, like plum and dark ripe cherries, with a clean, slightly bitter finish. I can't stop thinking now of an espresso with some of Mom's homemade chocolate cheesecake, the recipe from Mrs. Tucciarone of course!
The bottles Mill Street uses are absolutely beautiful also, with heavy embossed lettering and painted labels, rather than the typical paper labels of most other brewers. 5.5% alcohol, easy to drink and enjoy! Mill Steet has a brewpub in its Toronto location, and has a generally vast selection of Beers, many of which are only available there. Check the site, and if you find yourself in Toronto, check them out!Maudite is a Belgian strong dark ale, 8% alcohol a dark amber or ruby-orange colour, quite cloudy as it is refermented on lees (yeast base in the bottle), with a nice light cream coloured head. It is rich yet very smooth, rather spicy, with a nice hint of yeast and citrus.
Kind of like a breakfast of red grapefruit followed by nutmeg and cinnamon on homemade buttered toast. Unibroue's beers are generally inspired by Quebecois folk tales, and Maudite (the Devil) is no exception. In this case it tells the legend of "Chasse-Galerie", a tale of eight woodsmen who conjured up the devil to return them home to their village for the holidays. In return for their souls, the devil agreed to fly them home in their canoe. Alas, one of the eight invoked the name of god to break their pledge, the canoe fell from the sky, and they were never seen again! An absolutely delicious beer, so if you can get your hands on some, do it! Just make no pledges with the devil....
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