Portland is renowned for their beer, and Rogue Brewery is probably the most famousof the Oregon Microbrews. Its beers can be found across the continent. Many people consider themselves to be part of the “Rogue Nation.” Founded in 1988, their creed states that: “Rogue is a small revolution, which expresses […]
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Hi, Everybody! One of the benefits of running a blog about beer is that periodically friends and acquaintances suggest that they would also like to drink beer and then write about it. In this particular case, a roommate of mine from university has chronicled his recent trip to Portland, Oregon. […]
The Rocky Road to Portland – Part One
In the UK, there are entire websites devoted to the concept of the Pub Crawl, but in Canada it’s something of a lost art. I say “lost art” but the truth of the matter is that it may be a phenomenon that never properly developed. How could it? The layout […]
The Walk To The Ballpark
Well, now. The results for the 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards have been announced and that means one thing: I can talk about the results without the threat of hired goons coming around to dangle me off a seventh story balcony. I tabulated the scores and have therefore known the results […]
The 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards – Results and Analysis
There are, of course, certain topics that it’s difficult to touch on if you’re a white male upper-middle class beer blogger between the ages of 18-35. That’s a demographic that has historically dictated taste (Nuts and Gum; Together at last), but which is almost unilateral in its consumption of fizzy […]
Toronto Beer Week – LADIES NIGHT
DAY 2 Brew Dog Dinner @ beerbistro I get the feeling that there’s going to be a lot written about the Brew Dog Dinner, and that there are going to be a lot of pictures of identical plates and glasses and explanations of what was eaten and drunk. In point […]
Toronto Beer Week – Tuesday
DAY ZERO Like I mentioned earlier, I came home from the Canadian Brewing Awards with a large number of relatively interesting beers. I’ve noticed that some people have the ability to keep rare and interesting beers in their cellar for long periods of time. I marvel sometimes when people mention […]
Toronto Beer Week – Sunday & Monday
The judging for the Canadian Brewing Awards was held on September 11th and 12th, and I somehow managed to smuggle myself into the proceedings. I think I managed this mostly by being relatively large and stolid and being willing to carry heavy boxes around during the setup on the 10th. […]
Canadian Brewing Awards – Behind the Scenes
One of the best things about the events listing for Toronto Beer Week is the fact that there are a lot of events that are taking place that otherwise wouldn’t. Just the fact that there is likely to be an influx of interest in the subject tends to mean that […]
Toronto Beer Week – Beer Culture Events
Today I’m going to try and point you in the right direction when it comes to food pairing events. There are an ever increasing number of them being announced for Toronto Beer Week and they run the gamut from the relatively simple to the extremely complex, but there are only […]