I'm at work, so what does Jeff do? He goes out to get a new beer to review. Nice, sweetheart. No, it's OK. I didn't want any.What Jeff has to say:
Here is another beer in the Liquor Control Board of Ontario's (LCBO) spring specialty beer release - Grand River Brewing’s Curmudgeon IPA.
What I really like about Grand River’s packaging is that the bottling date is very obvious. Of course, in my infinite wisdom, I didn’t capture that in the photo. You can just barely make it out the start of it in the picture on the top left of the label. (Also, the new labeling style - especially for Curmudgeon - is a huge improvement aesthetically).
The beer pours a crystal clear burnt orange colour and you can see the carbonation bubbles racing up to the surface - although there aren’t many of them after letting the beer sit for a couple of minutes. The head is a nice creamy colour and decently thick. The aroma has a lot of floral hops along with caramel and biscuit from the malt.
The taste first hits you with bitter floral hops. The middle brings in a nice malt backbone of caramel/toffee.The finish returns right back to bitterness. Again more floral and piney than citrusy. There’s a pleasant earthiness to it. The beer does a good job of hiding the additional alcohol - it’s 6.5% abv.
The value on this bottle is very good. I got my 500mL bottles at $3.00 each. That was a mistake by the cashier as it’s supposed to sell for $3.60. But even at $3.60 this is a great value. Heck, it’s a good beer at $5. I guess that’s the advantage of getting beer from a local, talented craft brewer as opposed to trucking in some craft beer from the States (Why are the Southern Tier beers always close to $9/bottle???).
The beer pours a crystal clear burnt orange colour and you can see the carbonation bubbles racing up to the surface - although there aren’t many of them after letting the beer sit for a couple of minutes. The head is a nice creamy colour and decently thick. The aroma has a lot of floral hops along with caramel and biscuit from the malt.
The taste first hits you with bitter floral hops. The middle brings in a nice malt backbone of caramel/toffee.The finish returns right back to bitterness. Again more floral and piney than citrusy. There’s a pleasant earthiness to it. The beer does a good job of hiding the additional alcohol - it’s 6.5% abv.
The value on this bottle is very good. I got my 500mL bottles at $3.00 each. That was a mistake by the cashier as it’s supposed to sell for $3.60. But even at $3.60 this is a great value. Heck, it’s a good beer at $5. I guess that’s the advantage of getting beer from a local, talented craft brewer as opposed to trucking in some craft beer from the States (Why are the Southern Tier beers always close to $9/bottle???).
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