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Yearly Archives: 2015

Ginger beer seems to be having a moment in Ontario. Well, not “Ginger beer” so much as beer with ginger as an ingredient. If you’re from here you’ll find that odd. If you’re from South London you’ll find it ginger beer. Ginger is a pervasive flavour. It’s the kind of […]

Reviews: Ontario Ginger Beers

June 4, 2015 in Reviews by admin

Sleeman Lift launched this week. I’m not going to review it. I don’t care what it tastes like. Many of the lifestyle bloggers that you’ll see promoting it in the coming weeks don’t care what it tastes like either. They probably attended the launch because the invitation came with the […]

Not Exactly A Review: Sleeman Lift

May 29, 2015 in Uncategorized by admin

I don’t have a sense for how long people have been following the blog, but if you started reading back in 2010, you’ll know that I had pretty strong opinions about Trafalgar. At that point, we were living in a 40 brewery Ontario and Trafalgar was down amongst the bottom […]

Revisit: Trafalgar Ales & Meads

May 27, 2015 in Reviews by admin

I don’t brew collaboratively as much as I used to. I’ve been blogging about beer for five years this week and originally I was only doing it to get into brewing school. The focus on brewing was a great deal heavier at that point because I was trying to build […]

So You Want To Be A Brewer: Innocente & Collaboration ...

May 26, 2015 in Uncategorized by admin

(Editor’s Note: The Kensington Brewing Company is the only company from which I have ever accepted money as a beer writer. They bought a banner ad when they launched their crowdfunding initiative. I don’t think the banner ad did much good and I felt bad enough about that to leave […]

Review: KBC Hops & The Grain Merchant

May 23, 2015 in Uncategorized by admin

The Background Muskoka’s been going great guns of late. When you think about the amount of reach that their brewery now has, it’s impressive considering where they were just a few years ago. Here’s a picture of their branding from when I started writing about beer in May of 2010. […]

Review: Muskoka Moonlight Kettle Summer Saison

May 18, 2015 in Uncategorized by admin

The Background I go back and forth on Moosehead. Here’s the thing. Since the BA in the States changed the definition of “Craft Beer” to include Yuengling, it stands to reason that Moosehead is now a “Craft Brewer.” At the very least, they’re an independent company that has existed for […]

Review and Market Recon: Moosehead Radler

May 12, 2015 in Reviews tagged Moosehead by admin

The Background Black Oak started in the last days of 1999, initially launching with a Pale Ale, a Nut Brown Ale and a Premium Lager. I know that sounds weird. By all accounts the Lager nearly killed them. It was the least well received of the beers and it was […]

Review and Food Pairing: Black Oak Epiphany No. 2

May 11, 2015 in Uncategorized by admin

The Background I have a pretty good working relationship with Innis & Gunn, which is odd because I only like their beer about 50% of the time and I’m honest about that publicly. I think that oak treatments work well with some styles of beer and not with others. The […]

Review: Innis & Gunn White Oak Wheat Beer

May 8, 2015 in Uncategorized tagged Innis & Gunn by admin

Lab Report #1 By Jordan St. John – Grade 7 (held back) Question: Given the tendency of beer brewed with a significant quantity of hops to undergo changes to its chemical nature in direct sunlight, there has recently been introduced to the market a line of glassware that claims […]

Bru-V: Science and Sam Adams

May 6, 2015 in Reviews / Uncategorized tagged Brown Glassware / Bru-V / Rebel IPA / Sam Adams by admin