TAPAS, TAPS & TIDBITS

Food & Drink in Greater Hamilton.

In this month's tapas and taps, I visit Aquanova Brewery to try some different offerings, and give a heads up about a different type of brew… Tea

      I have previously reviewed a couple of aquanova's beers, including the one’s he has done collaborations with other breweries, such as Clifford and Shawn and Ed Brewing. The Hop Gun beer he did in collaboration with Shawn and Ed Brewing and the Tiki Tiger, he did with Clifford are both excellent beers.  I was at Clifford and we were talking about the Tiki Tiger, which Clifford was out of.   I then went to the Cat and Fiddle, where I found out they now carry cans of Jungle IPA from Aquanova.   So I decided to stop by and visit Kevin Cao, the owner of the brewery.   Aquanova Brewery is located on Frid street, roughly across the road from Steeltown Cider, another great purveyor of beer..and cider..and which I review again in the next issue. I also picked up a couple of other products including:  Das Treffen, a pineapple hard seltzer and a Yuzu Kaze, akin to a radler.  I also picked up some previously reviewed Tiki Tigers..mmm

Neon Mist and Tiki Tiger     The Jungle IPA is a relatively strong beer coming in at 7% fairly hoppy, but overall a good product. The Das Treffen beer was more to my liking, a German-style blonde ale that was easy drinking and crisp and with reasonable alcohol content.  

The lemon seltzer, and the Kaze come in smaller 355 ml cans, perfect size for a low alcohol, refreshing drink.   Both were very good.  Lastly, since I reviewed Neon Rock, I picked up a can of Neon Mist.  The artwork itself matches the LoserParty style (see the mirror ball helmet).  The Neon Mist is a Juicy IPA. It come in at just under 5% alcohol so it is not too strong, but still full of hoppy flavour.

      All in all, a great trip to a good brewery.  Aquanova is open 4pm daily, noon on weekends, has regular events, sometimes live music, paint nights and trivia, not to mention a myriad of board games..   I asked Kevin the owner, why he did collaborations with other breweries. His answer was simply because making beer, it should be fun.  And you can see the fun yourself when you visit aquinova brewery, the decor it's fun and the beers are plentiful in variety and delicious

     I was at the Innsville the other day to talk to George and catch some of The Repeatles (awesome as always) when I noticed the flyer for the upcoming high tea, that had just passed. George then told me that there's actually another high tea coming up in November, and the Innsville is an excellent spot to have a high tea.  The next high tea is Tuesday November 24th.  Besides a pot of tea, you can enjoy three tiers of savoury, sweet, and scones.  Pip pip cheerio!  There are limits in seats. So book your reservation now. If you'd like to have high tea at the Innsville

 - IW