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Of all the people who send beer out for review, Beau’s is probably the most prolific. It’s nice that they basically send one of everything for review, but a lot of the time there’s so much going on in Ontario that I worry reviewing all of it might give people […]

Review: A Beau’s Four Pack

April 25, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin

At the end of a 675 page book, it turns out that there’s a bit of a fallow period where you don’t feel like writing very much. The temptation of Instagram is mighty in that situation and it becomes easy to try and build a following on that site by […]

They Send Me Beer: Cameron’s and St. Mary’s Axe

April 19, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin

Last year, I managed to miss the inaugural edition of the Toronto Brew Fest. I was feeling low key, as one does towards the end of February and had decided to stay in. What became apparent on the twitter feed surrounding the event is that the reviews on the ground […]

Upcoming: Toronto Brew Fest 2017

March 10, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin

Sometimes, your relationship with a brewer starts out in a mildly contentious manner. That was certainly the case with Bell City and their Eureka Cream Ale. When they made their debut on the patio at the Rhino Summer Beer Fest in 2013, I remember having the following conversation with the […]

Bell City and Changeability

March 4, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin

(Ed Note: Buckle the heck up, Junior Rangers. This is going to be a long one. It is also somewhat inflammatory.) The other question I get is “what do you think is going to happen?” It’s usually phrased that way and to be honest it means different things depending on […]

They Keep Asking Me: “What Do You Think Is Going ...

January 18, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin

As I went around the province talking to people at breweries and festivals over the course of the last six months, I was asked the two questions that I’m always asked. I have decided to answer them on the blog this week in the hope that it might avert some […]

They Keep Asking Me: “What’s Your Favourite Beer?”

January 16, 2017 in Accounting for Taste by admin

If there was a thematic element to this edition of the Ontario Craft Beer Guide, it is probably to do with the life cycle of the startup brewery. Mark Murphy from Left Field asked me back in the summer if we were going to go back and revisit the breweries […]

Some Post 2nd Edition Thoughts

January 9, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin

“It’s really a root. The fabric is just there to keep the leaves from getting burnt.” The sun will burn in and the tobacco crops that show themselves a gnarled fading yellow back from the road and across an stretch of loamy soil are proof of that. It is the […]

Despatches From The Road: Norfolk County

October 10, 2016 in Ontario Craft Beer Guide / The Ontario Beer Revolution by admin

Change comes slowly but inevitably, and in Toronto that means condominiums. The stretch of Yonge Street between Bloor and College, that final ungentrified stretch of smut peddlers, head shops, and bootleg vendors is going upscale bringing with it the promise of one-bedrooms from the mid 200’s. I can’t lie that […]