![]() In fact, I love this beer so much I’ve created a homebrew version so I can have it around at all times. If you’re a fan of cold-brewed coffee this is the beer for you. It’s not as thick as a coffee stout but comes across the palate more like a cup of coffee with malt backbone. What it adds up to is really is a perfect combination of coffee and beer. This is definitely more than just the sum of its parts. ![]() Basically, it’s Surly’s regular Bender brown ale with added coffee. This beer is probably my favourite coffee beer of all time. If you feel like really upping the ante, seek out KBS, the Kentucky bourbon barrel-aged version of this gem. At 8.3% abv though, you’ll likely have to cancel any lunchtime plans if you have more than one. It finishes smoothly, preparing you for the next sip. On the tongue you get coffee up front but then it magically fades away and reveals a perfect bittersweet dark chocolate middle on the palate, which is where this beer really shines. On the nose you get the perfect combination of all the ingredients. This is a big beer, a thick oily imperial oatmeal stout brewed with loads of coffee and chocolate. It has breakfast in the name, so how could it not make the list? Actually, it could be named anything and still make the list. If you’re from somewhere else, it’s worth finding a bottle or six.įounders Breakfast Stout. If you’re in Winnipeg and end up at a bar with this on tap, this should be your no-brainer choice. Some notes of dark fruit pop out from underneath it all and make this an incredibly well-rounded coffee stout. It’s smooth, roasty, and really well-balanced with the added coffee. It’s a local stout brewed with locally-roasted coffee from the excellent people at Black Pearl Coffee. For us Manitobans, this really is the quintessential breakfast beer. Maybe the beer replaces your coffee or maybe it replaces your Sunday mimosa, but what follows is a list of my favourite beers that are more than fit to be consumed before noon. So if you are going to be watching the game bright and early like me and you are going to be drinking beer before anyone probably should be, you should make sure it’s something that pairs with breakfast foods like bacon and eggs, pancakes, or crepes. If people are allowed to drink early, what on Earth are they going to drink? I am well-versed in the language of breakfast beer, but I have a feeling that this isn’t common knowledge. So almost 35 million people* will be drinking far earlier than anyone ought to on a Sunday. It is a surprisingly progressive move from an organization that is well-known for outdated policies and red tape. The Manitoba Liquor Control Commission announced shortly after the game that they were relaxing the restrictions on alcohol sales for that particular Sunday, allowing bars to open up early to show the game and on top of that – allowing alcohol to be served as early as 5:00 am. No biggie.Īnd then something even more amazing happened in Winnipeg, Manitoba. So almost 35 million people will be getting up far earlier than anyone ought to on a Sunday. Who’s bright idea was this anyway? And they know Canadians won’t miss the game. ![]() Our poor friends in Vancouver have to be up at the unholy hour of 4:00 am though, and we feel for them. Wait… what? Hockey at 6:00 am in Winnipeg? Toronto and Montreal have it a bit better off at 7:00 am, but only marginally. A tense and narrow 1-0 victory advanced Team Canada to the gold medal match against Sweden, to be played on a Sunday at 6:00 am Central Standard Time. The Canadian men’s hockey played the American team in an olympic semi-final match as millions of Canadians made time in the middle of their busy days to watch our national pass-time. Yesterday something pretty amazing happened in Sochi, Russia.
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