Yearly Archives: 2012

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A large number of people like Pumpkin beer, and this is very largely because it tastes like fall. It has those pumpkin pies spices in it that make it reminiscent of coming in from raking leaves before Sunday dinner. That being said, it can be a little difficult to find […]

Beer And Food: Jamaican Curry Chicken and Nightmare on Mill ...

 in Beer and Food / Shameless Plugs  tagged Beer and Food / Jamaican Curry Chicken / Joel Manning / La-Toya Fagon / Mill Street / Nightmare on Mill Street / Twist Catering by
What would you do with these ingredients? Base malts: Muntons Marris Otter Dark Bohemian Pilsner Floor Malt CMC Superior Pale Specialty Malt Oak Smoked Wheat Malt Dark Bohemian Wheat Floor Malt OiO Barley Flakes OIO Wheat Flakes Toasted (Torrified) OIO Brewers Oat Flakes (Quick) OiO Rye Flakes Toasted Thomas Fawcett […]

Has He Lost His Mind: Iron Brewer 2012

 in Accounting for Taste / The Ontario Beer Revolution  tagged Iron Brewer / Jeffrey Woodworth / Jon Hodd / Mark Murphy / Michael Hancock / Paul Dickey by
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  Did you know that the Toronto beer scene has more operatic members than a Romberg revival? It’s true. You’ve got Oliver Dawson, who runs the Old Toronto Beer Tour. You’ve got the world class Robert Pomakov who owns Opera Bob’s at Dundas and Ossington. You’ve got Mirella Amato, who […]

Toronto Beer Week Preview – History and Culture

 in Toronto Beer Week  tagged Hopera / Jason Kucherawy / Mirella Amato / Old Toronto Beer Tour / Oliver Dawson / Toronto Beer Quest by
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Toronto Beer Week is fast approaching, and one of the marquee events, if the lineups from last year are to be believed, is the Barrel Bragging Rights afternoon at The Monk’s Table. The fact that it’s as popular as it is has to do with publican Adam Grant’s special genius […]

So You Want To Be A Brewer: Beau’s/St.John’s Wort Karma ...

 in The Ontario Beer Revolution / Toronto Beer Week / Uncategorized  tagged beau's / Brown Trousers / Staghorn Sumac Beer / The Bartle by
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On Friday night, I got to go to a beer dinner hosted by Stephen Beaumont at the Capital Dining Room at the National Suites Hotel in Ottawa. You know Stephen Beaumont. He doesn’t really need any introduction. He’s been writing about beer for 23 years. He has a book coming […]

Beer and Food Tuesday: National Capital Craft Beer Week

 in Beer and Food  tagged Beer and Food / Beer and Food pairing / Capital Dining Room / Is sauce theft plagiarism? / Sinha Stout / Stephen Beaumont / Venskab by
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As regular reader, Darren Siddorn, that long haired lover from Liverpool, pointed out last week on Beer and Food Tuesday, the dish that you’d expect to see associated with Strasbourg and Kronenbourg is Tarte Flambee or Flammekeuche. It’s essentially an Alsatian flatbread dish that’s very close in makeup to being […]

Beer and Food Tuesday: Flammekueche

 in Accounting for Taste / Beer and Food  tagged Ayinger Brauweisse / Beer and Food pairing / Bitburger / Flammekueche / Kronenbourg by