I see a couple of Ottawa hits among the 2024 World Beer Cup winners:
Tooth & Nail Brewing has a saison-style beer called "Valor" that picked up a gold for that category.
Also local Flora Hall Brewing picked up a silver for their "English Ordinary Bitter." Notable in a contest with global participation.
I'm a fan of both of those styles, so hope to try them over the course of the summer if they keep making them. I frequent T&N but have yet to try Flora Hall's wares.
@ottaross I checked around, and a friend who has had the Flora Hall bitter says “exactly what you’d expect, high quality but not very interesting”. Which… yeah, checks out. Depends whether you’re in the mood for a good but “ordinary” beer.
@sidb interesting - it's kind of what you'd want from an English bitter, solid straight-ahead with a hop/malt balance
Anything more complex would prob get marketed as a more trendy style like an IPA or amber ale. Eager to see what they did there.
@ottaross Flora Hall is a fantastic neighborhood brewpub. Good beer, good food, good space and vibes. While it isn’t completely overpriced, I wouldn’t hate if it were cheaper—but that’s all of Ottawa these days. And they don’t have the selection of an Elgin Beer Project of course. But viewed as an independent real brewpub that doesn’t broadly distribute, it’s one of my faves.
Haven’t had their bitter though. I’ll have to check it out next time.
@darwinwoodka Nice! I didn't try much local beer on my last Japan visit, but I really loved a pilsener with German roots in Hong Kong as we went through there called "Blue Girl" which seemed so perfect for steamy hot nights eating street food. Wish I could find some of that again. Sigh.
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