City and Colour from Flying Monkeys

I was torn when I spotted City and Colour at the liquor store. On one hand, I've never had a maple beer that I liked; on the other hand, I've never had a Flying Monkeys beer that I didn't like. Ultimately, I couldn't resist picking up one of the individually boxed 750ml bottles.

I'm, like, 90% sure the lumberjack in the Canadian Guitar Forest is Dallas Green.
I'm definitely not your #1 source for Canadian Music Information.

 

This is the second beer in Flying Monkeys' Treble Clef series. The first, BNL Imperial Chocolate Stout, was my spirit animal. I tried to stockpile it, but couldn't leave it alone. It haunts my dreams.

I miss you, bosom friend.

This collaboration with City and Colour (aka Dallas Green) is an Imperial Maple Wheat, brewed with Ontario Maple Syrup and fair-trade organic bourbon vanilla.

The maple syrup is abundantly evident in a quick sniff of the beer. It is excessively evident in the first sip - kind of like swilling maple sugar candies some kid has melted in their sticky little fist . It's super-sweet with a silky texture.

I do not like this beer. I tried. I finished a glass, just in case, and I may even polish off the rest of the bottle another time. Maybe. If I do, it will be primarily on principle; I can't bear to waste beer, especially such a pricey beer.

Bright spot: This was the cap wisdom

I liked this more than the maple offerings from Mill Street or Lake of Bays - that's not exactly high praise, as the Lake of Bays' Spring Maple Belgian Blonde Ale is one of only two beers I've ever purposely left unfinished. It might be good for people who prefer sugary coolers to beer? I make no guarantees.

Blech. A thousand times, blech.

So now there is one Flying Monkeys beer I don't like. Sadness.

They can make it up to me by bringing back the chocolate stout.

Cheers!

Emily


City and Colour
Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery in Barrie, Ontario
Available at the LCBO
11.5% alc./vol.
750 ml bottles
1 Bottle $13.95