Yearly Archives: 2022

Ed. Note: Sometimes paid work gets in the way of skylarking like this. Apologies to anyone who was waiting for a conclusion. We’ll get there eventually. When last we stepped in the Wayback Machine, the labour situation in Toronto’s breweries had come to a head, although in the early days […]

The 1904 Brewery Strike – Part Three

March 19, 2022 in Uncategorized by admin

If we can establish a popular mood at the turn of the century in Toronto as it regards the labour movement during a period of rapid population expansion, we’d do well to look at the Toronto Star from March 23rd, 1901. The week’s labour column speaks not only of the […]

The 1904 Brewery Strike – Part Two

February 20, 2022 in Uncategorized by admin

Having written the history of Toronto’s breweries, I’m frequently struck by how little things change over time. Watching the development of the Craft Brewery Workers Alliance of Canada over the last couple of months has caused bells to ring in the back of my mind. Brewing is a generational business. […]

The 1904 Brewery Strike – Part One

February 15, 2022 in Uncategorized by admin

One of the main structural problems that exists with the beer industry is unchanged since the beginning of the industry in Canada: Beer is heavy, and the roads are poor. Back when Toronto was Muddy York prior to 1834, it was a common complaint. Brewing is one thing, but the […]

Janus Craft Beverage: The Future of Delivery?

February 9, 2022 in Uncategorized by admin

Hop Water is better than Non-Alcoholic Beer for a simple reason: Non-Alc Beer is less than the sum of its parts. As we established last week, Non-Alc beer can just about hit the high points of a style without being sweetened in order to add texture, complexity, and nuance. Whether […]

… And All Beautiful Yellow Flowers

January 22, 2022 in Uncategorized by admin

Recently, I was tasked with tasting a number of gluten free beers in order to accommodate a student with Celiac disease. This was an exercise with interesting parameters. In addition to the substitution of ingredients for wheat and barley, there’s the problem of texture. Alcohol makes up a certain amount […]