LATE SUMMER 2026 EDITION

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026

BREWERY • CITY • BEER • STYLE • ABV • HOPS • TASTING NOTES • UNTAPPD RATING

MOTUEKA PILS
SILVERSMITH BREWING CO.
Virgil (NOTL), ON
PILSNER • 4.5% ABV
Hops: Motueka

This wicked single-hop Pilsner features a New Zealand hop variety called Motueka. With a burst of citrus notes, you’ll be leaning forward for that next sniff-sip.

3.68 out of 5 bottle caps based on 825 Untappd ratings as of September 10, 2026

EDUCATION PROGRAM:

Craft Beer Insights from ALL MY FRIENDS BEER CO.

Owner‑Brewmaster Rob and Owner‑General Manager Ryan from All My Friends Beer Co. zoomed into St. Catharines to lead a guided session on their brewing philosophy, followed by an open Q&A as we drank their delicious beers. This was a big hit with everyone. A few enthusiasts later said that they were drinking the best beer of the night while listening and learning.

Key takeaways from the session:

Treat craft beer—especially IPAs—as an agricultural product. Freshness matters. Flip the can and check the canning date and aim to drink IPAs within the first couple of weeks.
Collaboration keeps craft beer alive. Working with other producers strengthens craft beer and protects independent brewing.
Quality and scale must align. Brewing the highest‑quality beer in the right quantities ensures that All My Friends can grow sustainably while maintaining a consistently excellent customer experience.
Passion drives the work at All My Friends. It was clear that both Rob and Ryan love what they do and are deeply dedicated to craft beer.

GERMAN PILSNER – Collab w. Mellon Brasserie

ALL MY FRIENDS BEEER CO.
Picton (PEC), ON
GERMAN-STYLE PILSNER • 4.7% ABV
Hops: Tettnang

For this collaboration, we looked to Central Germany for inspiration, aiming for a style that is deeply flavourful, balanced, and incredibly approachable. We utilized three distinct specialty malts to build a rich, layered depth of flavour that serves as the perfect foundation. On the hop side Mellon Brasserie sourced and imported Tettnang hops themselves directly from a small, independent hop farm in Germany. The result is a beautifully balanced lager featuring a vibrant, classic hop character backed by a satisfying, bready malt depth. It is rich in flavour, incredibly delicious, and effortlessly easy drinking.

3.92 out of 5 bottle caps based on 131 Untappd ratings as of September 10, 2026

SIMMER
ALL MY FRIENDS BEER CO.
Picton (PEC), ON
IPA – NEW ENGLAND • 6.6% ABV
Hops: Citra, Freestyle Nectaron

Simmer brings together Citra and a hugely expressive lot of Nectaron from Freestyle Hop Farms. Pouring a glowing yellow with a thick haze and creamy cap of foam. Bursting with ripe peach, nectarine and sweet citrus, with layers of pineapple and tropical fruit underneath. Rich and saturated on the palate, finishing soft with lingering stone fruit.

4.26 out of 5 bottle caps based on 82 Untappd ratings as of September 10, 2026

METAL
ALL MY FRIENDS BEER CO.
Picton (PEC), ON
IPA – NEW ENGLAND • 7% ABV
Hops: Citra, Peacharine, Freestyle Rakau

Metal pours with a glowing haze and sticky bubbles. Full-bodied and pillow soft, with a nose bursting with ripe peach, sweet citrus and sticky tropical fruit. Each sip brings waves of juicy stone fruit, orange and peach candy followed by a touch of dank, sticky resin. Super saturated but squeaky clean, finishing with a mild bitterness that keeps everything in check.

4.36 out of 5 bottle caps based on 35 Untappd ratings as of September 10, 2026

ROCKET
ALL MY FRIENDS BEER CO.
Picton (PEC), ON
IPA – NEW ENGLAND • 6.5% ABV
Hops: Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Superdelic

Rocket pours pale and hazy with a thick, lasting head. Soft and plush with a huge nose of white grape, citrus and sweet red fruit. Citra and Nelson bring juicy orange, tropical fruit and that unmistakable Sauvignon Blanc character, while Superdelic adds flashes of berry and citrus candy. Bright, saturated and incredibly drinkable with a clean, lightly bitter finish.

4.25 out of 5 bottle caps based on 39 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

REACH
ALL MY FRIENDS BEER CO.
Picton (PEC), ON
DOUBLE IPA – NEW ENGLAND • 8.5% ABV
Hops: Mosaic, Krush, Southern Cross

Reach pours thick and hazy with a dense cap of foam. Silky and full-bodied with a massive nose of ripe tropical fruit, blueberry and fresh citrus. Mosaic and Krush pile on mango, peach and juicy orange while Southern Cross cuts through with bright lemon, tropical fruit and a sticky resinous edge. Seriously hoppy but deceptively soft for 8.5%, finishing clean with a firm but balanced bitterness.

4.35 out of 5 bottle caps based on 24 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

BERNIE'S BURGER

WITH SPECIAL SAUCE & ICEBERG LETTUCE

Homemade minced brisket and beef finger burgers on a toasted brioche bun.

RYE BEER
G. RAINA ARMAS HOMEBREW
Niagara Falls, ON
HISTORICAL BEER – ROGGENBIER • 5.0% ABV

A traditional German ale brewed with a high proportion of rye malt, giving it a distinctive spicy, earthy character and a fuller, almost silky mouthfeel.

STRATUS DRIFT
PASSAGE BREWERY
Collingwood, ON
FARMHOUSE ALE – SAISON • 5.6% ABV

Stratus Drift is a Haskap mixed ferment saison. An 8-month-old Barrel aged mixed ferment was rested on locally sourced haskatberries for 1 and 1/2 months before being blended and bottled, giving the beer a bright medley of berry notes.

Unrated based on only 5 Untappd ratings as of September 13, 2026

CULP ON GOLDEN PLUMS – Single Foeder Release
BENCH BREWING
Beamsville, ON
SOUR – FRUITED • 6.1% ABV

This beautifully complex sour was fermented in barrels for 12 months before undergoing a secondary fermentation on Golden Plums for 6 months. The plums were sourced from our neighbours, the Culp family, at Greenlane Farms. With a pleasant tartness, this beer displays delicate floral aromas and notes of orange marmalade.

3.95 bottle caps based on 353 Untappd ratings as of September 13, 2026

MINI-TASTING: A TIPA & TWO QUADS

A five-ounce mini‑tasting is a tour through Ontario’s most expressive hop programs: Third Moon, Badlands and Counterpart. Even with these tiny pours, the progression feels like a full narrative arc: bright juice, tropical intensity and finally creamy, nectaron‑driven decadence with the alcohol beautifully hidden throughout. No large pours allowed!

TRIPLE RISE
THIRD MOON BREWING
Milton, ON
TRIPLE IPA • 10.5% ABV

Hops: Citra, Mosaic, Cashmere

Triple Rise is the 10.5% version of our beloved Rise Hazy Pale Ale recipe. It's been brewed with oats and hopped with a mountain of Citra, Mosaic and Cashmere. We're super excited to see how you like this bigger version! This delivers massive, dank, saturated noes of orange juice, pink grapefruit and a touch of sweet lemon meringue to balance it out. It's big but super drinkable and easy to get into for the ABV.

4.37 out of 5 bottle caps based on 165 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

BALD MOON
BADLANDS BREWING
Caledon, ON
QUADRUPLE IPA • 11% ABV

Hops: Galaxy, Tropical Fusion, Riwaka, Citra Cryo, Wai-iti

For our first ever QIPA we thought we’d get together with our friends from Willibald and Third Moon who are no strangers to the “Q.” Hopped with the aggression of 100 bald eagles with Galaxy, Tropical Fusion, Riwaka, Citra Cryo, Wai-iti cold pressed hop juice we taste a wall of saturated hop goodness. Tropical, citric and scary drinkable.

4.46 out of 5 bottle caps based on 172 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

BLOOD WILL FLOW III
COUNTERPART BREWING
Niagara Falls, ON
QUADRUPLE IPA • 11.5% ABV

Hops: Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Nectaron, Motueka Hop Kief

Hazy Quadruple IPA with Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Nectaron & Motueka Hop Kief brewed in collaboration with Third Moon Brewing. Freshly squeezed papaya, nectarine, orange, mango and lime candy wrapped in a lush, creamy body with a beautifully disguised alcohol presence.

4.36 out of 5 bottle caps based on 309 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

"EASY-DRINKING" NEIPAs

FIREFLY (2026)
BADLANDS BREWING
Caledon, ON
IPA – NEW ENGLAND • 6.5% ABV
Hops: Freestyle Motueka

Firefly is our brightest, and most multi-faceted single hop expression of a classic New Zealand hop variety: Motueka.

One of our favourite things about Motueka from Freestyle hops is that it not only imparts incredible flavour and aroma in our beer, but it also imparts a gorgeous soft and full mouthfeel that amplifies our already plush base beer; which is why we felt compelled to give this hop the solo treatment in its own beer!

We taste a layered and lovely lemon/lime note complimented by tropical fruit.

4.36 out of 5 bottle caps based on 44 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

FLEET (2026)
BADLANDS BREWING
Caledon, ON
IPA – NEW ENGLAND • 6.5% ABV
Hops: Yakima Chief Citra, Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin

Time is fleeting. Spend it with the ones you love, doing the things you love. Hopped with our hand selected Citra, Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin. Delicious at the most satisfying level.

4.32 out of 5 bottle caps based on 46 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

EXPLOSION FREQUENCY (2026)
BADLANDS BREWING
Caledon, ON
IPA – NEW ENGLAND • 8.2% ABV
Hops: Citra, Loral

We have no idea what an explosion frequency is. It’s just two words that sounded cool when said aloud. Explosion Frequency is a DIPA brewed with Citra and Loral hops. Loral is a hop we’ve always really liked but couldn’t find a place for in our lineup. With strategic dosing of Loral, it completely changes the way Citra is presented, and we absolutely love it.

4.28 out of 5 bottle caps based on 12 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

SEPTEMBER DIPA (2026)
BADLANDS BREWING
Caledon, ON
IPA – NEW ENGLAND • 8.2% ABV
Hops: Peacharine, Nelson Sauvin, HBC1184 Dynaboost

For September we wanted to blend Peacharine with Nelson, both from freestyle hops and use a touch of HBC1184 Dynaboost in the whirlpool. The result is a plush nectarine forward DIPA with notes of gooseberry and citrus.

4.51 out of 5 bottle caps based on 33 Untappd ratings as of September 13, 2026

DEEP CELLAR DIVE

RELIC
COUNTERPART BREWING
Niagara Falls, ON
IMPERIAL STOUT • 16.7% ABV

A blend of double and triple barrel aged imperial stouts aged for 44 to 52 months in a combination of Booker's bourbon barrels, Willett bourbon barrels, Laird's Apple Brandy barrels, 5 year and 7 year Heaven Hill bourbon barrels, Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels and 10 and 18 year Elijah Craig bourbon barrels.

4.57 out of 5 bottle caps based on 181 Untappd ratings as of September 9, 2026

BOURBON COUNTY BRAND CHERRIES JUIBILEE STOUT (2025)
GOOSE ISLAND BEER CO.
Chicago, IL
STOUT – IMPERIAL / DOUBLE • 14.5% ABV

As stout ages, Goose Island’s brewers often observe a range of fruit expressions that emerge from the barrel and from time itself. Inspired by the flambéed dessert classic Cherries Jubilee, 2025 Bourbon County Brand Cherries Jubilee Stout captures the essence of cognac-soaked cherries and caramelized citrus.
The beer began its aging journey in freshly emptied bourbon barrels, which impart rich layers of oak, warm vanilla and subtle baking spice. It was then finished in cognac barrels, adding elegant notes of dried fruit and contributing to a rich, full mouthfeel.
Following the aging process, the stout was blended with Montmorency cherries, citrus, and panela–resulting in a velvety, decadent beer with flavors of candied dark cherry, soft vanilla and a caramelized citrus finish.

4.3 out of 5 bottle caps based on 14,645 Untappd ratings as of September 13, 2026

AURUM ORBITALS (2022)
BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING
Anaheim, FL
STOUT – IMPERIAL / DOUBLE PASTRY • 13% ABV

Aged in a combination of Whistle Pig, Weller and Bernheim Bourbon Barrels, this seasonal offering boasts an oak-soaked celestial body with a constellation of rich hazelnut set into an inky backdrop of softly sweet milk chocolate.

4.33 out of 5 bottle caps based on 2,101 Untappd ratings as of September 13, 2026

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