Monthly Archives: July 2015



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One of the things that I’m always fascinated by is the development of beer culture in non-North American markets. If you look at the United States and Canada, the narrative is all too familiar because it’s something like 30 years old. There have been problems with regulation and with monopolies, […]

Irish Beer at the Toronto Festival of Beer


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The Background When you get right down to it, the job of a critic is to tell you whether something is good or bad. Most of the time, I’m able to convey that information in prose. I don’t often use numeric ratings because that has always struck me as inutile. […]

Review: The Wild Beer Co. Ninkasi




If you approach on foot from Dohme Ave, the aroma outside the Muddy York Brewing Company is actually that of baking cookies. Located in the same neighbourhood as O’Connor Bowl and the Peek Freans factory (and perhaps more importantly the factory outlet store for those of you interested in attaining […]

Visit: Muddy York Brewing Company