Brewery: Muskoka Brewing Company
Type: Independent Microbrewery Est.: 1996
Location: Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
Beer Style: Flavoured Milkshake IPA
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 18
Format: Aluminium Can Size: 473 ml
Cost: $3.65 CAD Purchased At: Sobey's
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Tonight's offering is the second collaboration between Muskoka Brewery and Kawartha Dairy. The brewery created a beer inspired by one of Kawartha Dairy's ice cream flavours. Last yeas was a salted caramel truffle and this year was the ever-popular Black Raspberry Thunder. Created in a milkshake IPA style, in case you don't know, this quite popular style is an IPA that has added lactose in the ferment. The yeast eats this sugar as well as the maltose and leaves a creamy slightly sweet taste in the final beer. I may do another post about it later because the science is quite interesting. As a similar fermentation style is used in the making of some wine (Malo-Lactic Fermentation). Into this mix is added black raspberry and chocolate and you have an ice cream inspired beer.
So... I like ice cream, I like beer.... let's see how well they go together.
Onto my milkshake IPA brings all the blogs to the yard...
muskokabrewery @muskokabreweryTonight's offering is the second collaboration between Muskoka Brewery and Kawartha Dairy. The brewery created a beer inspired by one of Kawartha Dairy's ice cream flavours. Last yeas was a salted caramel truffle and this year was the ever-popular Black Raspberry Thunder. Created in a milkshake IPA style, in case you don't know, this quite popular style is an IPA that has added lactose in the ferment. The yeast eats this sugar as well as the maltose and leaves a creamy slightly sweet taste in the final beer. I may do another post about it later because the science is quite interesting. As a similar fermentation style is used in the making of some wine (Malo-Lactic Fermentation). Into this mix is added black raspberry and chocolate and you have an ice cream inspired beer.
So... I like ice cream, I like beer.... let's see how well they go together.
Onto my milkshake IPA brings all the blogs to the yard...
Pours a reddish-purple with a short creamy head with a pinkish hue. Aroma is piney and milky with hints of fresh fruit, berries and peaches. First sip is smooth and creamy with notes of chocolate and black cherry soda. The smooth creamy lactose mimics the feeling of an ice cream float. The beer is lightly effervescent aeration brings out some chocolate light sediment very fun.
Impressions: Fail, So-so, Pass, Exceptional
Cost: 5/6 PASS
Colour: 5/6 PASS
Beer Style: 5/6 PASS
Re-Order: 3/6 SO-SOExperience: 5/6 PASS
Final Thoughts:
So I've been having trouble with the Milkshake style. I have been finding it is just an excuse to stuff a lot of fruit into a beer and take advantage of a (possibly) flash in the pan style of beer which is popular right now. While it is fun and different I'm finding very few of them are interesting enough to drink more than once. While this one is a fun drink, I would be hard-pressed to ever want another.
Cheers
CJT
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