FUNKFEST 2018: Pint Jockey (Sorta) Live Blog # 4

FUNKFEST 2018

Sawdust City Brewery

Gravenhurst, Ontario

Beers 431 to 440

Beer: Changeover IPA with Brett

Stack: Changeover

Brewery:  Stack Brewing
Location: Sudbury, Ontario

Style: Sour IPA
ABV: 5.5 %
Colour: Dark Gold
Aroma: Off Flavours
Thoughts: Sample probably has gone bad... No notes.
Funk Factor: 0/6

Beer: Barrel-aged No WITnesses

Stack: Barrel-aged No WITnesses

Brewery:  Stack Brewing
Location: Sudbury, Ontario 

Style: Sour Wit beer
ABV: 5.0 %
Colour: medium gold
Aroma: Woody nose
Thoughts: Tart and lots of wood. Sweet caramel and cheek pucker.
Funk Factor: 4/6

Beer: Dry-Hopped Sour

Side Launch: Dry-Hopped Sour

Brewery:  Side Launch Brewing

Location: Collingwood, Ontario

Style: Dry-hopped sour ale

ABV: 4.2 %

Colour: light gold

Aroma: Light citrus

Thoughts: Sweet citrus and berry with hints of caramel. Too easy drinking, good patio sipper
Funk Factor: 5/6

Beer: Amarillo Sour

Shacklands: Amarillo Sour

Brewery:  Shacklands Brewing Company

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Style: Sour Ale

ABV: 4.5 %

Colour: Cloudy light gold

Aroma: Wheat and bananas

Thoughts: heaps of banana and clove nice sour bite rounded out with toast and biscuit. Finishes up with floral hop notes.
Funk Factor: 5/6

Beer: RaspBretty Bates

Brewery:  Shacklands Brewing Company

Shacklands: RaspBretty Bates

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Style: American Wild Ale

ABV: 6.4 %

Colour: Salmon red/ orange

Aroma: Earthy and sour

Thoughts: Complex fruity sour with bright raspberry and earthy tones highlighted with lots of brett. Finishes up with a nice caramel. 
Funk Factor: 7/6

Beer: No Sleep Till Berlin

Royal City: No Sleep Till Berlin

Brewery:  Royal City Brewing Company

Location: Guelph, Ontario

Style: Sour Berliner Weisse

ABV: 4.5 %

Colour: Slightly cloudy light gold

Aroma: Fruity and Citrus

Thoughts: Smooth sour citrus floral and fruity, clean dry and quite hoppy.
Funk Factor: 5/6

Beer: Brett Quad

Royal City: Brett Quad

Brewery:  Royal City Brewing Company
Location: Guelph, Ontario 

Style: Quadruppel with Brett

ABV: 10.9 %
IBU: 45

Colour: Very dark Chestnut almost black

Aroma: Warm funky wood and barrel

Thoughts: Rich very sticky on the lips molasses, wood, leather, and cocoa. Absolutely delicious. This was Probably the best beer of the day.
Funk Factor: 7/6

Beer: Blueberry Sour

Rouge River: Blueberry Sour

Brewery: Rouge River Brewing Company 

Location: Markham, Ontario

Style: Flavoured Sour Ale

ABV: 5.0 %

Colour: Blueberry red/ purple

Aroma: Nose is very wheaty with good hints of fruit

Thoughts: Very tart with blueberries, warm and sweet smooth and fruity. Quite nice.
Funk Factor: 5/6

Beer: 2018 Barrel-Aged Apricot Sour

Rouge River: 2018 Barrel-aged
Apricot Sour

Brewery: Rouge River Brewing Company 
Location: Markham, Ontario 

Style: Barrel-aged flavoured sour

ABV: 5.8 %

Colour: Slightly cloudy yellow gold

Aroma: Wheaty and citrus

Thoughts: Wheaty and warm with bright citrus and muted apricot.
Funk Factor: 5/6

Beer: Mario Anbretti

Redline: Mario Anbretti

Brewery: Redline Brewhouse

Location: Barrie  Ontario

Style: Sour Pale Ale

ABV: 5.7 %

Colour: Cloudy light gold

Aroma: Off aromas

Thoughts: Sour, wet dog, off flavours. The sample has likely gone bad.
Funk Factor: 0/6

Beer # 199 Farmhouse IPA Shacklands Brewery

Farmhouse IPA

Shacklands Brewing Company
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Future Brewery (Brews and Bottles at Junction Craft Brewery)
Farmhouse Style IPA 7.3 % ABV 20oz Pint
$6.50 (Canadian) At the Sawdust City Brewery Saloon (Guest Tap)

Twitter: @Shacklands


Shacklands is a Nano/Future Brewery that currently shares space with Junction Craft Brewery. Named for the turn of the century suburbs of Toronto of hastily built shacks and homemade shelters that sprang up around the burgeoning city, Shacklands is helmed by Jason Tremblay. Jason is an avid homebrewer... and a stay at home Dad for 10 (YES TEN! if anyone needs a drink...) He began his professional brewing career with Bar Volo and the House Ales. He then joined Shacklands in late 2012 and helps to brew their stable of Belgian Inspired beers.

Onto the farm...

Pours a hazy gold colour with a slight orange hue. The white head is subtle and made up of tiny bubbles. The nose is grapefruit, blood orange, honey, green herbs and very mild spice. First sip is bright fresh grapefruit and mandarin. Light spice and a touch of weak black tea. Finish is slightly bitter orange zest and some toasted nuts. Aeration gives us light spice...  a hint of grain  and caramel

Impressions: Fail, So-so, Pass, Exceptional 

Cost: 5/6 PASS
Colour: 5/6 PASS
Beer Style: 5/6 PASS
Re-Order:  5/6 PASS
Experience:  5/6 PASS


Final Thoughts:

Cheers
A very light and fruity IPA with a touch of the belgian farmhouse beer style. Smooth drinking and delightfully crisp. I was very excited to try this and I was not disappointed. Looking forward to more Shacklands in my future.

CJT


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