Travel Envy

A hazy double IPA from Toronto, Travel Envy is an 8.5% ale from Amsterdam Brewery. It comes in 473mL cans with really excellent labels. According to the copy, the beer is brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops. It’s a hazy gold-orange beer and with pours with a layer of fluffy suds.

For an eight-plus percenter, this beer has a really mild aroma, with some agreeable fruit notes. The flavour is considerably more assertive, with big tropical fruit notes and a slightly resinous finish.

I thought this was a really enjoyable ale—punchy, flavourful, and not too sweet. Really great packaging, too.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10.

Continuum NEIPA

 Continuum NEIPA is a hella juicy and strong ale—one that I’d class as a hazy double IPA. It’s an 8% ale brewed in Kingston, Ontario by Stone City Ales. It’s made with Citra, Enigma, Galaxy, and Mosaic hops and it comes in 500mL bottles.

The beer is dull orange in colour and it pours with a fluffy white cloud. Continuum has sweet tropical fruit aromatics, supplemented with a whiff of bitter citrus. The flavour has tropical leanings, a faint coconut element, and a fairly bitter, grapefruit-driven back end. The beer doesn’t taste nearly as strong as its 8% pedigree, but you can certainly detect some heat.

Continuum is another enjoyable entry from Stone City—it’s a punchy hazer with a balanced flavour. Not a lot to complain about.

Rating: 8.0 out of 10.