Early February 2019, it’s the dead of winter right now in southern Ontario and damn cold. Thought we would wait for things to warm up till we get the smokers out and cook. I would however like to tell you about a very cool place I recently visited. Good Nature Farm Brewery in Hamilton NY.
Hamilton New York of course best known for Colgate university. After you drive through the stately looking town past the beautiful restored Colgate inn, frat houses and sports facilities, on the edge of town is the brew house/restaurant/pub of good nature farm brewery. Not overly big or small. Just a good compromise of both for a great experience. As we pull up to Good Nature I’m thinking “what would give me a little boost on this dark, snowy February night”? I know the answer, beer! Up to the bar I meander and the bartender quickly gives me the rundown on how the place works. Order your beer at the bar and if you’d like food simply go to the food counter and place your order. It’s then served to you at your table. I order a pizza. But back to the beer. A neon beer menu is displayed behind the bar and on the bartenders recommendation I make the only sensible choice. A flight of beers of course. Good natures flight consists of 5 choices. Tough decisions but I go for the blonde,rbq smoked ale, American brown ale, non stop hop onslaught ipa and the blight buster ipa.
A quick lowdown on the beers.
The blond- light tasting ale but still lots of flavour. Jacquie’s favourite.
of 5 choices. Tough call but I go for the blonde, rbq smoked ale, American brown ale, non stop hop onslaught ipa and the blight buster ipa.
A quick lowdown on the beers:
Blonde- light tasting ale, but still maintains flavour. My wife’s fav.
Rbq smoked ale- definitely my favourite. Our bartender was happy to explain what makes this ale so special. The malted grains are delivered to a local bbq restaurant where they are slow smoked. Once added to the brewing process the malt gives the rbq a hint of smoke. A fantastic tasting beer!
American brown ale- I’m not always big on brown ales but this ones easy drinking. It’s dark colour and 6.2% alcohol are deceiving. Lots of flavours going on in this beer but it still finishes pretty easy.
Non stop hop onslaught- a session ipa. Light but still pretty flavourable. Not my favourite but on a hot day it would definitely do the trick.
Blight buster ipa – cloudy pouring beer with a fairly strong hop taste. No lack of flavour.
The pub also has a large patio, not too appealing in the dead of winter but during the summer months it has a beer garden/patio feel with entertainment and lots going on. I will be back!!
Good nature farm brewery also has a “tasting room” in down town Hamilton you may want to try. Farm to glass beer made with quality ingredients and pride in ownership. How can you go wrong?
On another matter, as I suffer through the extreme cold from this polar vortex going on it makes me think of a couple members of my family currently in the Bahahmas. When I think of the Bahamas I think sun, sand, clear blue waters made for swimming and snorkelling. And what do the members of my family think or are looking to do? Swim with pigs! Yes you read right. Swim with pigs. Apparently there is an uninhabited island ( except the pigs) with appx 20 pigs living there. Tourists flock to see them, feed them, take selfies and watch them swim. If that floats your boat sort to speak then I guess go for it. Me well I love pigs too. Back ribs, side ribs, pulled pork ect. Give me a pig, a smoker and possibly an rbq smoked ale and I’m a happy man.
That’s it for this blog. As Jimmy Buffett sings in “Earls dead Cadillac Cadillac for sale” nomads know when the show is done.
A few pics from the evening.
sale” Nomads know when the show is done. See you next time. I will leave you with a few images from the night.
The crew from the night. Budge, the pizza and menu.
