Puritan Pub

[JM]

Just picked up 6 Muskoka Mad Tom (IPA)...review to follow.

 

[JM]

A few notes:

Brewed in Bracebridge Ontario Canada so I don't think it's going to be easy to find.

Eye: It pours a nice creamy head that lasts, not much nose. Clear, clean amber colour.

First sip: STRONG citrus taste. I really do not like grapefruit but that's what it tastes like. Little alcohol taste for an IPA of 6.4%. Little after taste.

Second sip after a few minutes of sitting: Nice, much better, the citrus has mellowed some but still there. The head is starting to fade, giving off a little more nose, still creamy and leaves some on the inside of the glass. A little more nose on this puppy than I first thought, very nice. This isn't a chem brew.

Not bad. It's a quality craft beer and thrust quenching. It's not something I would buy year round. I'm happy to have tried it.

jm

 

[Osage Bluestem]

I bought a mosin nagant the other day.

 

[JM]

Nice. What are you hunting besides Arminians?

 

[JM]

Odd Speckled Un! I mean Old Speckled Hen. Good English Ale. Cheers!

(everyone drinks)

 

[Walter Kovacs]

I love dark english ales. but my mainstay is belgian/abbey ales. i like beer that makes you feel like you just ate a loaf of bread.

 

[AndOne]

I think I'm predestined to drink this....

C A L V I N U S

 

[Walter Kovacs]

Now that is pretty darn cool. Beer + religion = win.

 

[JM]

All we need is a little violence...































































































































































(just kidding)

 

[GQ Chris]

Death and Taxes. This is some great black beer.

 

[JM]

I've been shaving with cold to lukewarm water all week and

I've read the articles on Art of Manliness about cold shaving and I still don't buy the supposed "science" behind the old articles quoted, but I tried it and it works (for me).

Tonight I used cold water, the Lord L6 double edge, Proraso, witch hazel and bay rum. Shave up, down and side to side without any irritation.

Now, it's time for a Kilkenny's before bed.

jm

 

[JM]

‪Jim Arkus - "Sugar Baby"‬‏ - YouTube

 

[GQ Chris]

Anchor Liberty Ale. This one is Solid. I love it.

 

[JM]

Ale is good stuff, I'll keep my eyes peeled for that one.

 

[Apologetic_Warrior]

Do you folks like to smoke? I haven't had a see-gar in 10 years and miss the aroma of flavoured ta'bacca, don't want to smoke one myself tho.

j

Marlboro Special Blend lights shorts in a box...sometimes go for the 100's. I'm not at all pleased with the inflation or taxation of ta'bacca here in the States. Before the price jumped ten dollars overnight, I smoked Marlboro Lights. I had quit smoking for twelve years until I got together with my wife. We're probably gonna have to both quit at some point, simply because of the cost.

 

[Walter Kovacs]

I've been smoking my longneck pipe, way cheaper than cigars. But when I go for cigars, I typically stick with CAO or Rocky Patel. In a blatant act of self-promotion, here's some beer/cigar reviews from my blog:

The Outpost: Cigars

The Outpost: Beer

 

[JM]

Thanks Warrior and Walt. I'm leaning toward a pipe right now. Something cheap and simple, something I can have once in a blue moon.

 

[Walter Kovacs]

I got a nice, solid pipe for...20 bucks, I think (obviously you can spend a LOT of money, but for 20 bucks, the pip I got is terrific), and a bag of good tobacco for 5 bucks. One bag lasts me about 6 months.

 

[JM]

The tax in Canada on alcohol and tobacco is insane. I bought a bottle of whiskey and drove it back across the boarder. I paid $21 for the bottle in the States and paid $19 bucks in Canadian tariffs. Not cool man, not cool. It's a similar percentage on tobacco.

 

[Walter Kovacs]

Ouch...that sucks. I recommend bootlegging.