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Sitting here in a hotel room and looking across the river at Detroit’s skyline, it seems like an odd time to talk about a trip I recently took to the other end of the province. The difficulty with writing the Ontario Craft Beer Guide is that Ontario is four times […]

Ottawa and the Ontario Craft Beer Guide

October 16, 2015 in Ontario Craft Beer Guide by admin

A little under a month ago I was sitting in Chaucer’s in London, Ontario with a group of beer writers and Matt Brown. Matt is the mayor of London and I’m afraid I made a bad impression by referring to him as “your worshipfulness.” It was the third stop on […]

And in Every Town

September 11, 2015 in Ontario Craft Beer Week by admin

There’s always something a little dispiriting about a delivery you’re not expecting showing up at the apartment when you’re out of town. All you can really do is buzz the guy into the building with instructions to leave it in front of your door and hope that the neighbours don’t […]

Beer and Food: Estrella Damm Tapas Journey

August 21, 2015 in Beer and Food by admin

(ed. note: This is longer than usual. It is hard to have a discussion about nuanced topics in short form. If that’s what you’d like, Buzzfeed is looking for 12 Readers Who Can’t Believe What Happened Next.) You may have noticed that when they announced the changes to Ontario’s beer […]

LCBO 12 Packs and Grocery Store Sales

August 10, 2015 in The Ontario Beer Revolution by admin

The Cicerone Certification Program announced today that it will be introducing a level of certification between Certified Cicerone and Master Cicerone. The press release was worded in a rather interesting way of whose nature I am dubious. It reads: Previously, the only way for a Certified Cicerone to advance in […]

Fun With Numbers: Sums and Sommeliers Edition

August 3, 2015 in Uncategorized by admin

I tweeted the following yesterday: Dear Brewers: Remember to register your trademarks internationally. It doesn’t cost much and prevents you looking stupid later. With the amount of coverage that’s been going on about Blue Moon coming to Canada under the sobriquet Belgian Moon, you’re probably wondering why that happened. It […]