2019 Beer Advent Calendar Review

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Loving the reviews! You should have people deliver random beers to your house so we can read up more after the advent calendar is done!

That's what I'd call turning a drinking "problem" into a drinking solution!

[ExtraSlow]

I can appreciate how hard it is to write compelling beverage reviews. I know for me personally, I need to really clear the decks so I have both time and mental space to really create something. Hard to do on the daily like you have been. Kudos brother.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I can appreciate how hard it is to write compelling beverage reviews. I know for me personally, I need to really clear the decks so I have both time and mental space to really create something. Hard to do on the daily like you have been. Kudos brother.

Weird. I just sit down and this falls right out of me. Maybe I'm good at this and bad at my real job.
Now I feel like I need a drink...

Don't cry for me. I'm already dead.

[ExtraSlow]

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Weird. I just sit down and this falls right out of me. Maybe I'm good at this and bad at my real job.
Now I feel like I need a drink...

Don't cry for me. I'm already dead.

For some folks it's easy, and some of us just make it look easy. Maybe I'm expending too much mental effort fighting with people in the $30 oil thread.

[KRyn]

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[ThePenIsMightier]

DAY 19: DUPLICITOUS
From Nickel Brook in Burlington, Ontario.

Pucker up, we're back on the sour train. Beer that is sour is a bit weird but certainly not crazy. So far, I'm not all the way to complaining about it, but it's a tough sell to think about having more than 1-2 without imagining it altering your body's pH to the point that your skin turned a funny colour and injured your salivary glands.
This concoction is quite sour! I examined the label and started rolling my eyes, particularly when you see that SALT is listed as an ingredient. Finally!!! I've always felt that my beer was missing some hippie bull shit sustainably harvested sea salt! Always!

This beer is actually a little bit better than "kind of OK". There's some pretty neat shit going on because it stinks of what you think is hops and yet it's IBU = 0 and it's not bitter, at all. It looks super clear and you assume that any cloudy appearance is actually condensation on your glass, but nope, it's actually a bit cloudy and some creepy sediment (sediment is the wrong word - it's more of a heavy fog) appears at the bottom of the glass when you're almost done.
It says it has coriander in it, but it must be fuck all because coriander adds a beautiful licorice hue to things like Aviation Gin and there is fuck all of that, here.
This particular beer is light at 4% and I guess I could see this having a place on a hot day, but honestly, it's sourness is dominant.
I wouldn't buy it but I'm grateful for the opportunity to have tried it in this Advent Calendar.

I'll admit my meal choice with this beer was potentially sub-optimal but I'll still share with you something that will ruin your salad dressing bracket, eternally!!!
It's called THREE DIAMOND SALAD DRESSING. Buy yourself a hat and hold the fuck onto it. Have you ever paid $10 for a bottle of salad dressing? How about $10 for a bottle that's 21% smaller than regular Kraft dressing?? Well, go buy this from the produce section in Safeway or Sobeys and get ready for the God Damned Ferrari of salad dressing! Go ahead and let that one marinate! You'll be thinking of pouring this shit in your cereal! They seem to literally hide it in the store because it's never with the Lighthouse or Renee's but #BecauseBeyond, instruct your butler to fetch this, post haste.

I put tomorrow's in the fridge already and I'm very excited, yet scared. Stay tuned for how that goes! Tomorrow's timing is troubling for me, but I'll do the best I can.

Thanks again for reading!

[ThePenIsMightier]

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You spend much time in the Barley Belt?

I'm sorry - I don't know what that means. Is that a fancy eating establishment, or, are you asking if I'm a pathetic drunkard? And, would that be a "beer only" drunkard?
I like that old skit from Kids In The Hall about the Girl Drink Drunk.

[KRyn]

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[ThePenIsMightier]

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You must spend too much time in Edmonton, unfortunate. The Barley Belt is an area in Calgary with an extremely high concentration of breweries and distilleries.

Oh. No I haven't been there but I went to Tool Shed awhile ago and it was pretty cool. Their People Skills (on tap) is one of my biggest favorites.
I also toured Big Rock an eternity ago and it was neat, especially compared to how disorganized the original Tree Brewing was in Kelowna.

[ThePenIsMightier]

DAY 20: CRANBERRY KETTLE SOUR
From Tool Shed.

Just not good enough considering what I've come to expect from Tool Shed.

I wish I could say more, but I'm trashed due to scheduling issues. It's okay and I was expecting more. The colour is gross compared to what their label bragged about.
Won't buy but certainly not a disappointment.
Weak review...

[ThePenIsMightier]

DAY 21: PUPPERS
From Stack Brewing in Sudbury, Ontario.

Get this guy a fuckin Puppers!!
I love Letterkenny and I think it's cool they decided to make this. This is another light beer that tastes pretty normal and isn't overly sweet or a foamy goat rodeo. It's been an odd (due to the season) but great opportunity to try a couple of these light beers that I have no interest in.

This one isn't as suitable for a "soberin-up-beer" as that earlier selection because it has more flavour, is a touch sweeter and really isn't crazy light as it's still 4%.

Fuck all the ducks - I like it!

[ExtraSlow]

I like that as much a those majestic Canadians gooses.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I like that as much a those majestic Canadians gooses.

There's a special place in Heaven...

[ThePenIsMightier]

DAY 22: GAHAN ISLAND RED
From PEI Brewing Co.

As mentioned earlier, this brewery is all hits and no misses. Still, this red is a long way from the best and unfortunately, it has a stink to it similar to that yeast smell that occurs during brewing.
Some of that smell carries through and it's a bit dominating when you'd expect a crisp, caramel flavour to be dominating.
I'm honestly a bit concerned that I got a bad can.

Holy shit - only two days left!

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Fruit cup can is best can. Fight me.

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wait they're pop topping all their beers now?! hello AGD!

See!!^
These quotes appear every time I post.
I made day 23 review yesterday and when I tried to post it today or have me that token expired shit-cock message and it was lost forever.
Fuck.

[ThePenIsMightier]

DAY 23: WHAT THE HELLES
From Torque in Winnipeg.

This was good and surprisingly lager-like rather than wheat. This would be a fine patio beer. My more comprehensive review was lost, so I'm sorry about that.

[ThePenIsMightier]

DAY 24: NIGHTWATCH COFFEE LAGER
From Lighthouse Brewery in Victoria, BC.

Coffee in a lager??! Gross. It's like a beer hate crime.
WRONG!
Apparently this is a brilliant combo and probably the second best beer of the 24. Incredible! I think it means that much more to have it shatter my preconception. I hope it also has antiseptic properties as I bit my tongue so fuckin bad, I'm considering some Christmas Eve stitches.
Another surprise is the colour - it's completely the colour of a normal lager yet tastes like there's at least 2oz of coffee in it. I don't know how they've done this, but they're onto something incredible.
Get in my belly!



I'll make one more post about the overall experience and try to get a cool picture of the tower of cans.
Thanks again for reading!

[ThePenIsMightier]

Well, that's 2019's Costco Advent Calendar done and gone. I will absolutely buy this again, next year. There were only about two shitty beers in there and a great mix of one's you'd have trouble getting unless you travel to a lot of areas across Canada. Plus, two of them were life changingly delicious! Good Lawd that Sultana Gold was fantastic and so was the Nightwatch from today.

Here's a picture of all the empty cans in order from the bottom to the top and left to right.


Thanks again for reading and I hope you enjoyed it. Send some positive Rep may way of you can spare it and have a Merry Christmas!

[ExtraSlow]

Damned fine reviews, even if you are so wrong about those fruit cup lids.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ThePenIsMightier again.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Damned fine reviews, even if you are so wrong about those fruit cup lids.

I'm sure you'll square up, soon.
Did you watch that incredible video from The Engineer Guy about aluminum cans, though? It's one of the greatest things on YouTube.