Blackheart Oatmeal Stout

Label: Blackheart Oatmeal Stout
Type: Stout... No really!
ABV[%]: 5.7
Packaging: 341 ml bottles
Brewery: Nelson Brewing Co., Nelson, BC

Smell: Oats, Mocha?, Barley
Head: nice lacing, but not very thick
Color: dark... Cloudy
Carbonation: medium
Kick: this monkeys gone to heaven
Rating: 7/10

Notes:
Nelson BC is a beautiful little saw mill town in the thick of BC which has ready access to fresh water and oats. This beer is an organic one and you can tell in the crispness in the flavours. But the real question is there anyone in friggin Nelson that actually drinks this stuff? Regardless, yet another example of the depths of the fantastic brewing scene in BC. "BC" = Beer Connoisseurs.

This is a sharp tasting stout with some mocha flavour and a harder aftertaste. It is has the obvious oatiness to it and has a nice kick... Purportedly dry, but I have my doubts. It leaves a silky aftertaste, but as said, quite sharp. It has a great look and finish to it... Tops Guinness by a mile in my view, but in taste only... the head on a Guinness is simply magical... and I guess that isn't really a stout now is it.

A nice stout, but don't have more than two pints... Unless you're Irish or from Nelson.

Apricot Wheat Ale

Label: Apricot wheat ale
Type: Ale
ABV[%]: 5
Packaging: 650 ml bottle
Brewery: Cannary Brewing, Penticton BC
Smell: hops with citrus
Head: fluffy, little lacing
Color: amber, cloudy
Carbonation: just right
Kick: meh
Rating: 8/10

Notes:
This is a beer first. Apricot flavoured beer second. It does a good job in defining a taste that is different from St. Ambrois apricot ale, which is sweeter and less hoppy. It has a clean finish and would be great on a patio on a sunny day.

In all a nice niche beer.

The Asians are coming

China is out-drinking and out making everyone when it comes to beer...


Beer in Asia: Billions of throats | The Economist


http://www.economist.com/node/16846762?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Frss%2Fpe&story_id=16846762

... I guess it was about time...