When I found out this week that it was available at Tequila Bookworm on Queen Street W, it was a perfect location for me.
Why?
Well, it's a place that has a real comfortable, relaxing feel about it, they always have a decent line-up of craft beer and the bartenders know their beer, are friendly and look after their customers very well.
Also, it was right around the corner from where I go for massage treatments from Jenn Lloyd, who I have been going to for years and has kept my old body held together despite the abuse I put it through. It was also good that I already had a massage booked with Jenn for Thursday night
A massage, then a couple of beer. Perfect!
Left Field Brewing currently brews their beer under contract with Grand River Brewing in Cambridge but has a long term plan to open a brewery in Toronto. The brewery was opened by Mark Murphy and according to the Left Field website: not satisfied with his past life as a Chartered Accountant, Mark worked his way through
So, feeling great after my massage (special attention was paid to my still healing sprained ankle), I walked over to Tequila Bookworm and ordered up an Eephus (a baseball term for a high floating junk ball pitch).
And how was it?
Usually I am not a big fan of brown ales but the oatmeal part had me intrigued. It was very dark brown in colour with a brownish head and, yes, lots of lacings were left along the inside of the glass. The beer was quite good and tasted like a brown ale Porter cross. It started off a little on the malty side, then came along a hint of chocolate, and finished with a nice bitterness.
A very nice beer but not one I could drink all night, but really enjoyed having a second one!
So why didn't I write about this Thursday night? Well, an hour long massage combined with a couple of beers and then grabbing a burrito on the way home made me a little over relaxed and lazy. It is a great way to end a day of work though!
I am quite looking forward to other beers from this brewery!
The Eephus Pitch
Beer of the Week Stats
Beers Profiled 197
Breweries 180
Countries 37
2 comments:
Hi Gord,
Thanks for giving our beer a try. We're glad you enjoyed it enough to order a second pint. We couldn't agree more, Tequila Bookworm is a fantastic spot. Hope you can make it out to our launch party on the 5th @ 3030 to try our other two beers. Details can be found
here.
Cheers!
Mark
We plan to be there!
Post a Comment