I would like to start by thanking Jake again for putting this together. This round was a lot of fun! The pairings were well choosen.
Harp vs. Bass
Bass: yeasty, finished with a light, low acidity hoppy taste (cascade hops?). Effervesance floats in your mouth. Hints of a barnyard hay or dry grass flavor. A good session beer.
Harp: Light, medium body lager flavour that is short lived, ending in a clean, but 'pasty' feeling in my mouth (or maybe its because I need to brush my teeth! Drinkable, grainy, with a lingering sweetness. Solid and true flavors.
Winner: Harp! I could drink a lot of Harp and thoroughly enjoy every one. It's flavor was cleaner and simpler (in a good way) than Bass. Plus, it's from Ireland and my 10 months living in Dublin has endured me to everything Irish. Oddly though, I don't think I ever had a Harp in Ireland; the Guiness was too good!
Blue vs. Molson: The Canuck bar fight!
Blue: Grainy, mild lager flavor with a clean finish. Fishing! Yep, fishing. I first hat Blue while fishing in the middle of Canada, and having a shore lunch of fish you caught an hour before on a beautiful shoreline with my family. Blue tastes of memory, and that is what makes it great for me.
Molson: Overcarbonated, beer. Think generic beer, think Darma BEER.
Winner: Fishing with family (i.e. Blue). Plus, I can imagine drinking a dozen Blues, but not a dozen Molsons!
Looking forward to hearing all of your thoughts!
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I am still in a state of shock after last weeks results. Maybe I'm an anglophile (at least when it comes to beer), but I thought Bass was a much more interesting beer than Harp. Like Jeff, I too have not paid much attention to Harp given the opportunity to enjoy a Guinness, and was pleasantly surprised by the flavor but not overwhelmed.
The other surprise for me was Molson's loss to Labatt. I may have been influenced by a less wholesome story than Jeff's. After my cousin's high school graduation in Alberta, I went out with the seniors who proceeded to play "lets get the American drunk" by buying me Molson. Having to defend the pride of our country, I valiantly drank this wonderful new beer until I unceremoniously passed out. Normally, this would be a bad experience, but since I was 19 I thought it was great. The lesson: never try to out drink a bunch of Canucks who live in a tiny, freezing, oil town up north.
I love your "Lost" reference, Jeff! I have always been repulsed by the Dharma Beer cans. (Although I actually kinda liked Molson.) Still, love the pop culture reference.
Interesting to know.
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