17 North
Northern Superior Brewing Co.

All right! Sunday evening on New Beer Sunday - always a magical and blessed time of the day. Its a long weekend in Canada as we celebrate the history of Queen Victoria. "May Two Four" weekend as its been coined for years. Doesn't get more Canadian than that! With the craft beer boom it has left some classic lagers in the dust like an ex boyfriend asking at the cottage "What happened to us?"

Tonight before a good meat and potato's dinner I tuck into 17 North Pale Ale. It took some web research and some fine print reading on the side of the can to learn this is more than that. Its a Wheat Pale Ale that boasts that its not filtered.
I don't call this being off to a great start having to find out that its a completely different style of beer that it indicates on the front of the can. This brewery has been around for over 30 years - they closed about 10 years ago and lightly rebranded themselves. Most of the original crew is still on board its was just down to a darn money issue why they closed.

All right - Larry Cable Guy time ' Gittttter dunnnnnn

I gave the can a Weiss roll and poured it aggressively into a tall clear stein. The can began to release foam as soon as I cracked the tab. A large white with brown sugar sticky marshmallow head subsides to a 2 inch top base with a Canadian dollar coloured brew beneath. Pouring the rest of the guts of the can in after; an impressive Bavarian looking ale stands before me.

Immediate tropical fruit aromas under my piss tank honker nose. Mango, sliced banana in a bowl. Aroma from the poured can is pure pineapple juice from a tin. All aroma's are from hops and yeast - no malt character under the shnoze.

Taste is rather bitter from more brewing hop character coming through. Malt character is very faint. Its mostly hops with a very dry astringent finish. A very bitter beer - gives you a sensation of an ice cream headache.

This Wheat Pale ale coats your mouth with astringency. A very dry beer. Dry beers like this pair up great with chicken wings with regular cayenne hot sauce. The kinda S*it you'd put on everything..

At the end of the day - I think their marketing division needs a kick in jimmy to better advertise this beer. I'm all but the lone review on here for it - its a nice beer. Its hop character is so strong and so dry that it blows past the style guidelines. So if its a beer within itself? I'll just have to put one foot up on something to come up with a score. If your looking for a dry beer to have with some spicy food - I recommend it,

Happy New Beer Sunday everyone!!!!