FICKLE MISTRESS ~ BLOCK 3

Fickle Mistress is a dry hopped kettle sour. It is fermented with lactobacillus and then dry hopped with Citra. Sampled on draught, this beer poured a hazy orange-gold colour, with a small white head that dissipated quickly. The nose had the lactic tartness along with tons of sour lemony citrus, tart fruit and citrusy hops. The taste follows the nose with lemony citrus, subtle bread malts, and citrus hops. The carbonation was lively and the finish was crisp and dry. Quite refreshing!
5.5% 20 IBU
Malts: Pilsner and Wheat
Hops: Simcoe, Citra and Columbus

PARTY ALL THE TIME ~ BLOCK 3
Party all the Time is another hybrid of Belgian Ales and American Pale ale. it was advertised as a Belgian IPA. Sampled on draught the beer poured rich golden amber. The aroma was quite subtle with hints of Belgian yeasts. The flavour had dough yeasts, some bright lemongrass, and herbal notes. The hops are not overdone making this a very palatable brew.

6% from St. Jacob’s, Ontario

GUY ON A BUFFALO ~ BLOCK 3

Guy on a Buffalo is an oddly named coffee porter from Block 3. Sampled from a bottle, the beer had a dark pour with a cap of off white head. The nose was robust and contained notes of chocolate, roasted malts and coffee. Taste was exactly as was expected based on the nose. The coffee the beer is brewed with is from Eco Café in St. Jacob’s Ontario. The coffee and the subtle sweetness are nicely balanced. The body was medium and the finish had a nice coffee bitterness to it. Quite a nice coffee porter. Photo from: Block 3
6.5 % from St. Jacob’s, Ontario 28 IBU
Malts: Maris Otter, Crystal 110, Carafoam, Chocolate, Carafa Special 1, Roasted Barley
Hops: Magnum

LIVING IN COLOUR ~ BLOCK 3 BREWING

Living in Colour is a 

Belgian Style Pale ale.  Sampled on draught.  This is the breweries third iteration of this beer, hence “Batch #3”.  Each batch has been made with different configuration of hops. In this batch Block 3 used multiple yeasts, four hops (Amarillo, Kohatu, Chinook and Columbus) and three malts (Pilsner, Vienna and Abbey).  This beer poured a light straw colour.  The nose was quite citrusy with a little spice.  The taste is quite citrusy, with lemon tartness and a mild grapefruit in there too.  This mild ale, also had bready yeasts, cereal flavours and a very subtle piny-ness too.  The finish was dry and has a very mild bitterness.  Medium mouth feel with good effervescent carbonation.

4.7%  from St. Jacob’s Ontario      15 to 20 IBU

BEAUTY AND THE BELGIAN ~ BLOCK 3

Beauty and the Belgian is Block 3’s newest offering, it is a Belgian Amber Ale. Sampled on draught, it poured a coppery orange colour with a small off white head. The nose has notes of toffee, spicy Belgian yeasts, bread, lemon citrus and sweet malts. Taste is very similar, it begins with the caramel malts with sweet Belgian yeasts, flowed by a little citrus fruitiness, plums and spice. Its carbonation is mellow and its body is at the low end of medium. It finished with a boozy warmness. Very palatable. 

Malts: Pilsner, Crystal 110, Carafa Special I
Hops: German Magnum, Styrian Goldings

6.3% St. Jacobs, Ontario 15 IBU

CATHEDRAL~BLOCK 3

Cathedral is a Belgian IPA ~ a lovely melange of sweet and bitter. Sampled on draught, this brew poured a hazy golden orange amber colour with lots of off white head. As the head dissipated, it left mots of lacing around the glass. The nose contained a large juicy floral hop presence, with subtle fruitiness (lemon, grapefruit, other tropical fruit) and Belgian yeast. A little funkiness and bready malts were also discernable in the aroma. Lots of flavour followed. The brewery used their house blend yeast, Belgian saison house yeast with Brettanomyces, which lend some interesting subtleties into the brew. The beer begins with sweet Belgian yeast, with sweet lightly roasted bready malts, farmhouse funkiness and and a little fruit. The sweetness is followed by the floral hops that give it a big hit of grapefruit and pine. Great marriage of a Belgian Ale and an IPA. Really nicely balanced, chocked full of flavour, fragrant but not overpowering. Will look for this in the bottle.
6.4% from St. Jacob's, Ontario     20 IBU

Yeast: Belgian Saison, Brettanomyces
Malts: German Pale, Pilsner, Vienna, Abbey, Wheat
Hops: Mosaic, Citra

KING STREET SAISON ~ BLOCK 3

King Street Saison is Block 3’s flagship beer.  Sampled on draught, it has a opaque  amber-straw colour with a lively frothy white head.  The aroma contained notes of grains, lemon citrus and a hints of black peppercorn and coriander seed.  The flavour contains lots of grain with lemon citrus and sweet malts. It has a clean crisp  dry peppery finish.  Very pleasant beer for hot summer days and cool fall evenings. 

 4.6% from St. Jacobs, Ontario     IBU: 16

Yeast: Belgian Saison

Malts: Pilsner, Munich II, Wheat

Hops: Styrian Golding, Magnum

photo by Mark Homer.

CHERRY PI SAISON ~ SAWDUST CITY & BLOCK 3

This beer was specifically created to be released on Pi Day at 1.59 pm - (you know that magical number π  (3.14159 ...) and it is 3.14% alcohol.  It is a farmhouse ale flavoured with Niagara Cherries.  My first impressions was that of wheatiness with a little sourness.  Cherries are very subtle and buried in the background.  I would have like a bolder cherry taste.

3.14% from Gravenhurst, Ontario

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