2 O'Clock Tasting:
Bellwoods Brewery
When we headed through Toronto a couple months back and asked for recommendations, the can't-miss event that kept coming up was the Bellwoods Brewery & Indie Ale House tap takeover at Bar Hop. We drank up the delightful Excellent Adventure (a Beliner Weisse with sour cherries and a collaboration with the bar) and grabbed a few bottles from the brewery's bottle shop to bring back to Brooklyn.
When they opened in 2012, Bellwoods set a goal to amass 100 wooden barrels by the end of 2013. They’ve surpassed their goal by 30 despite losing eight Jamaican rum barrels which US Customs deemed a “National Security Risk” and regretfully sawed in half.
For the tasting we sampled three beers: Stay Classy, White Picket Fence and Black IPA.
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Stay Classy
2.8% ABV
Bright golden and butter colored, Stay Classy was a light session ale that cleanses the palette. This unfiltered beer presents a citrusy, particularly passion fruit, aroma that parallels its light taste. A perfect summer beer whose color resembles ice tea, it is both satisfying and refreshing.
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White Picket Fence
5.3% ABV
Hazy and lemon yellow in color, White Picket Fence was a Belgian-style Witbier with a full, white fluffy head. According to Bellwoods, the recipe for this style has evolved over time. The version we tasted had the aroma and flavors of bubblegum, tropical starbursts and grapefruit.
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Black IPA
7.4% ABV
Dark roasted malt gives this hop-forward Cascadian Dark Ale a beautiful garnet or cherry cola hue. The beer pours clear with a thin head the color of fresh cream. Aromas of cognac, alcohol-soaked raisins and roasted malt dominated the nose. While the taste was warm and well-rounded with a milky sweetness. The five hops used in making this beer - Amarillo, Citra, Columbus, Chinook, Simcoe – gave it a very pleasant and balanced bitterness.
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