Ontario Craft Beer 174: Bush Pilot Pengo Pally

Beer #174: Bush Pilot Pengo Pally (6.5%) – another treat from this month's Brew Box, this golden blonde has coriander and tea leaves on the nose and a great combo of flavours, including hay, mango, pineapple and white pepper. It incorporates wild northern herbs hand-picked in Nunavik. The brewery, north of Bancroft, released this one in cooperation with Nickel Brook in Burlington, so this is truly a great Canadian beer with aspects from different parts of Ontario and Nunavut. Pengo Pally means "I miss you" in Inuktitut, a message that was inscribed on the side of legendary Inuk bush pilot Johnny May's plane. Love it when Ontario craft beers pay homage to Canadian history. And I love it even more when the beers are great, too – and that's certainly the case here.