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    Day 5: Black Toque Cascadian Dark Ale
    It's quite good... But in a weird way. It must be that it's extrememly balanced because I cannot come up with a distinguishing taste to blather on about. This should make it "boring" but that's definitely not the right description.

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    6.6% means da bidness. Dark, thick, flavourful, strong, something you'd enjoy by a fire - it's a more proper, Christmas beer.

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    Day 6: Tan Lines - Toasted Coconut Brown Ale
    Sweet sassy molassy, we got a winner!!! Man, I was worried with the dumb name and the mention of coconut, but this thing is as Christmas as going for an outside skate beside the Hotel Del Coronado. A surprisingly heart-warming Christmas activity for those lucky enough to try the holidays in San Diego.

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    What can I say? Very toasty and sweet but in a completely natural way. The ingredients indicate oats and sea salt and whatever the Hell something called spelt is. It's just a roadmap for disaster and yet it turns out everything is a perfect combo of insanity! I wish this can was 64oz.
    Only one week until Christmas!!

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    This warms my heart.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    Day 7: Brunch Punch Orange Mango Beermosa
    This is concerning... It should be beer and it sure sounds like it's not going to be. Seems like a weird twist and a radler.
    Well, I guess that's kind of what it is; but, it's super good. I could drink a gallon of this while dodging the death ray at Vdara's pool in Vegas. 3.5% alcohol says that would be no problem. None of the flavours are dominant, so it's just a really nice combo.

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    I'm angry that it's not really a beer, but I'm not angry about a beer drink, because this thing is a tasty beast.
    So many tasties...

    Dammit - with this being so light... I may have to dig that other can of vomit out of the snow in my neighbour's yard and give it a try...

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    best place to buy Phillips in Calgary?

    (I assume this pack is sold out.)

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    I just want to say that I really appreciate your dedication to fun back drops for your pictures. The Black Toque was my favorite so far.
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    Meh, they all look like Jackie Chan to me
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    I'm generally cute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    best place to buy Phillips in Calgary?

    (I assume this pack is sold out.)
    I guarantee these packs are sold out everywhere.
    For regular Phillips buys, Co-Op is decent. They stock Blue Buck and Electric Unicorn (both on sale for $12 this week). *Note that Unicorn is weird, hoppy, cloudy and white. They also stock their Showcase in bottles and even though it's a horrific $31 for 12, I buy that from time to time. It has: Pilsner, Analog-78, Blue Buck, Phoenix and Short Wave.
    I think they may have another couple tall cans, but I can't recall for certain.

    Nearly 04:00, WtF!?? Up late self loathing, or up early to pick up a mixed family from Asia at the airport with no plans of isolating?

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    I just want to say that I really appreciate your dedication to fun back drops for your pictures. The Black Toque was my favorite so far.
    Thanks. It's been harder this year with the other calendar and I don't want to copy a bunch from last year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    I guarantee these packs are sold out everywhere.
    For regular Phillips buys, Co-Op is decent. They stock Blue Buck and Electric Unicorn (both on sale for $12 this week). *Note that Unicorn is weird, hoppy, cloudy and white. They also stock their Showcase in bottles and even though it's a horrific $31 for 12, I buy that from time to time. It has: Pilsner, Analog-78, Blue Buck, Phoenix and Short Wave.
    I think they may have another couple tall cans, but I can't recall for certain.

    Nearly 04:00, WtF!?? Up late self loathing, or up early to pick up a mixed family from Asia at the airport with no plans of isolating?

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    Day 8: Caber Tosser Wee Heavy
    This is how you name a beer. It's not rocket appliances. Once again, we've got a train wreck of conflicting flavours coming down the pipe that just can't possibly be good. Ingredients indicate oats and something that is "cherrywood smoked". There are so many warning signs on this path to inevitable failure. Mars Volta is having a fight in the parking lot with Arcade Fire and it's just a giant clusterfuck of too many instruments being thrown by too many musicians at too many other musicians.

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    Wrong again, Asshole!! This beer is another near masterpiece of caramel goodness enveloped in toasty genius kicking your clitorus with 9% alcohol without you even realizing. How. Do these. Fuckers. Keep. Doing this???!? Their crazy experiments just keep working while others fail so miserably. It is either that they have played some massive trial & error and figured things out through brute force & ignorance, or, there is a vastly higher skill level that has the vision to know what is going to work before they spoil an entire batch and then go back to poison it with hops to cover up their flagrant errors.
    Me likey breadsticks!

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    Very funny to read these in comparison to the Parallel. Phillips definitely seems dialed on all their beer, even for stuff that i hate (say the DinoSour)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brent.ff View Post
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    Very funny to read these in comparison to the Parallel. Phillips definitely seems dialed on all their beer, even for stuff that i hate (say the DinoSour)
    Yes, Phillips is now up to about 3 for 8 in big hits and only one strike out.
    *says me.

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    This thread really rustles my jimmies, because @ThePenIsMightier is doing such a great sales job and I won't be able to buy this shit anywhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cjblair View Post
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    This thread really rustles my jimmies, because @ThePenIsMightier is doing such a great sales job and I won't be able to buy this shit anywhere.
    It must be a Jimmy Russell Plays The Blues concert because I haven't received a single Rep, yet. Not one, and it's only a few days until Christmas!
    I only just got one yesterday in the Donkey Piss Calendar thread and that was only (allegedleez) because I didn't end up throwing out the Ghost Pepper nonsense beer.
    LoL!!!

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    Day 9: The Tower, Amber Brett Saison
    Geez, Man. I'm not sure what to say. Touching on the Deep Orbit or the Black Toque, we've got another completely agreeable beer without any distinguishing characteristics. I want something to rave about and it's just not there. And, when that's not there, it makes me want something to complain about that much more; but, it's also not there.
    I'm struggling because it's been a really busy night and I want to give a thorough review without it seeming like I'm slacking off, but it's difficult.
    I think I would buy this at a pub to get a different perspective on it, but much like @cjblair mentioned, that's unfortunately just not an option. This is part of the blessing and part of the curse with these clowns just fabricating these crazy alchemy creations with no one to answer to and no accountability. Good for them! While I'm certain it's still a job and putting in 40hr a week is a tough pill to swallow, I think this might be better than the average salt mine.
    Oh, and the picture I took of their sweet can has been shit so I owe you a better selected rendition.

    Today, I have let you down. I am better than this and shall return with a more cohesive and focused effort, tomorrow. I've been thrown for a bit of a loop by the Donkey Piss Calendar sending me a complicated surprise that I wasn't able to just write off and focus on this one.

    Although... This Tower is neither a Big Boss Man, nor a Hakeem, so I can't lose sleep over not finding a pedestal to place it upon.

    Maybe this is a great opportunity for someone like TurboMedic to comment or anyone else who has been lucky enough to run through a Space Case. Don't be shy!! I'm extremely aggressive but always try to keep my eyes open. There's no point in going balls deep if your eyes aren't open to witness your own good fortune!

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    Day 10: Amplifier Sonicated Triple IPA
    Yikes! Sounds like the beer with the coolest label might be a hop bomb! Check out the awesome label:

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    It's getting less shocking, but this one is also great. And strong! I don't know what double and triple IPA's are, but it's starting to feel like men's razors and soon we'll have the Spishak 20xXxIPA. Anyway, this wasn't a hoppy mess and actually had a bit of a zesty flavour that was really good!
    This is another beer that tasted different in thirds and unfortunately, the last couple ounces had to be tossed. Quite a lot of sediment stayed in the bottom and I gave it time to settle and the particles remained completely suspended... Completely. Like MFT.
    The can didn't tell me to not pour the whole thing, so that was kind of shitty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    It must be a Jimmy Russell Plays The Blues concert because I haven't received a single Rep, yet. Not one, and it's only a few days until Christmas!
    I only just got one yesterday in the Donkey Piss Calendar thread and that was only (allegedleez) because I didn't end up throwing out the Ghost Pepper nonsense beer.
    LoL!!!
    You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ThePenIsMightier again.

    Sorry +1'd you on the other thread for going back for garbage beer.

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    Day 11: Barb Wire Strawberry Rhubarb Sour
    I hate strawberries. I hate rhubarb. And, I'm not all the way to warm with sour beer, but I'm warming up to it, slowly.
    This beer is still really good!! It smells almost precisely like Meridale Cider which is the best cider in the world, made in quaint Cobble Hill, BC.
    It's definitely still a sour and that's fine. It makes you realize it's still a beer and not a watery radler. But it's very refreshing, like a radler, but there is enough sour to remind you "don't drink 8 of me!!"
    4.5% realistic alcohol content and a few floaties in the bottom of the can. An interesting fact from the can states "A native plant of China, rhubarb was grown and traded for medicinal purposes as early as the 16th century". #TheMoreYouKnow
    I liked it!

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    I can't wait for the grand finale, tomorrow!
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    Fucking props for merridale cider. What a bawss of a place.
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    Day 12 of 12: Stickenfass Barrel Aged Sticke Altbier
    Confusing name, brilliant beer.

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    Precisely everything you want in a Christmas beer, bubbling up into your glass and down your gullet hole. Barrel-aged is coming through, hard . That sums up your flavour quite succinctly. It's almost exactly like that Innis And Gunn Rum Oak Aged thing that Superstore used to sell.

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    Remember that one? Huge caramel flavour without the overpowering sweetness. Toffee and molasses and thick and delicious. It's so fucking good!! The label has two dudes that look like they're about to blow each other and I still feel a bit of an urge to put my wiener in the glass and give it a couple pumps. I want to fornicate with this beer.
    Why can't there me more!!?
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    Best review yet. A+
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