Lucky Pucker

Watching the 67s game with my son after his game today. Super tropical fruit, owing in part to the fact that they actually put oranges and passion fruit in the brew. Solid work by local brewery Bicycle.

How is it?

Bonjour Oliver (C'est bien "Oliver," pas "Olivier"...?) Welcome to the forum! I assume you're a Habs fan - lol! A few of us here are - though maybe fewer after this season Truth be told, not a huge Bauer fan but that looks like a sweet set up. But that mask... wow -more pictures of that, please! Would love to hear more of your story - maybe a short write up here, if you're interested (no pressure though )

An old favourite that my parents got for me last weekend when I saw them in Montreal. First time I had it, I sent an email to the brewery, congratulating them on such a great IPA. Still hold up after several years!

"What's in a pad?" I was gonna say money...?

Shit dude... that’s like street hockey sizing! Um... well, enjoy responsibly, I guess! LOL!

I saw a guy with those last year, so you’re not alone! Pretty sure those would have started out as 12” across. Wonder what they are now...(?)

Nice! I had never seen it before myself (but now I’ll probably see them EVERYWHERE! ) Wear it with pride!

Damn, son! This is another you’ve posted that rates higher than 4 in Untappd! Must have been amazing... so, like, fuck you. And cheers! Lol! Had to look up what a prickly pear was, which I assume is what gave it that colour.

Cheers, brother! Far from the worst in our league, but there is one team that really went all out on theirs. If I ever come across a pic, I’ll post it.

Fuck, man... just re-reading it now, and you’re spot-on! Lol! You just take your time with it, Coop. It’s been a crazy week at the Pucker residence, and I guess it spilled over into this post.

Coached my son’s Novice team to a comfortable 23-5 win, 8 G 5A for Pucker Jr. But then in Canada, they decided not to keep score in Novice anymore, so the game sheet says 0-0 (yes, we still have to fill in and submit a game sheet... what the actual fuck, I know). Anyway, cracked a beer while sewing the crest back to the GC jersey I finally got with 3 games left in the season. Pleasantly surprised by this hockey-themed Enforcer IPA by Toronto area brewers Northern Maverick - 4/5 stars!

Cool - I’ll post a reply to the other Sparx thread soon.

It is my extremely sad duty to report that my beloved LHS is going out of business. For those of you in/around Ottawa ( @Hockey School Dropout, @RichMan that I know of for sure), there will be great deals to be had: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2961570100561358&id=174694215915641&__tn__=*s*s-R Really sad news, as they set me up to start in the position, and they are good people and good members of the community.

Lol! Nah, I just set up the machine on the desk where I (used to) build my model tanks and AFVs; the books behind are mostly pictorial references.

My Sparx sharpener arrived yesterday! Since it was her idea (and she had an ice time last night), my wife's skates were the first ones to get sharpened. Kids got a kick out of watching it too! It's still a bit surreal... I can get our skates sharpened any time I want - and it's so easy to use. I'm blown away.

Not gear, but got a pretty sweet T from the wife and kids (didn’t have the heart to tell them that I’m not actually a goalie; just a goalie impersonator- and not a very good one - lol!!)

I’ve been having “ad invasion” of the content, where the ads are covering parts of posts, options on drop-downs, etc. while in my phone for at least a week now - anyone else? its been as annoying as having Sean Avery on a forecheck

Yes. Yes it is. Any delinquency in this matter will lead to your having to appear before the High Beer Tribunal (and those guys don’t mess around).

The reviews of Juice Bomb look like it’s my kind of IPA, but none of my friends have had it - and I have friends who literally travels hours and hours for US beers (which is how I know how fucking good Tree House stuff is!) That said, the best IPAs within an hour from me are from Brasserie du Bas Canada, across the river in Quebec. Their stuff is honestly on par with VT and MA’s best. But they’re getting stupid popular, and it’s a pain to get.

Having a few tonight, but gotta pace myself as “Coach” is on the ice tomorrow for a 7:00am practice, so went for a lovely local brewer’s take on Welsh mild ale. You can’t believe how malty and flavourful this is - and only 3%! If you’re ever in Ottawa, try Dominion City Brewing Company.

Nice one - but only, like 10 IBUs...? Crazy!

This was from a while back, but the resto bar at our league rink has windows looking down on the rinks. My buddy had played earlier, and went to the bar after. He snapped this pic of his Creemore while watching my game (he must have been pretty quick; there were not many chances to get a pic of me NOT getting scored on in that game!)

“Brown” pads and pants? But everything in your pics is Black! JK - nice stuff, dude!