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Background For reasons that I don’t completely understand, the people at Molson keep sending me things to review. I think this is due to the fact that I try to be fairly objective when I review a product. This always strikes me as somewhat odd because an objective review of […]

Review: Rickard’s Radler

March 22, 2015 in Reviews tagged Labradoodles / MolsonCoors / Rickard's Radler by admin

The Background Smuttynose is represented in Canada by Claude Lefebvre and the boys over at North American Craft. Now, for the most part, North American Craft is focused on their own core listings in the Double Trouble lineup featuring cans covered in the kind of stripe wearing burglars you might […]

Smuttynose Imperial Stout

March 11, 2015 in Reviews tagged Hampton Comes Alive / Hey Claude Update Your Website / Smuttynose Imperial Stout by admin

The Background Beau’s are early adopters of bits and pieces of craft beer culture, so it’s not a huge surprise that they were the first brewery in Canada to formalize the idea of ongoing collaboration. The B-Side Brewing Label reflects the history of many members of the Beau’s family as […]

Beau’s B-Side – Gigantic La Formidable American-Belgo IPA

February 25, 2015 in Reviews tagged B-Side Brewing / Beau's All Natural / Gigantic Brewing / Obligatory Stan Bush References by admin

When last I considered Duggan’s Brewery in Toronto, it was in a different area and the context was markedly different. It was something of a valediction. That post, entitled, “So What Can We Learn From Duggan’s” was written nearly four years ago. In the interim period, Duggan’s #9 IPA and […]

Duggan’s Brewery Parkdale

February 13, 2015 in Reviews tagged #9 IPA / Duggan's Brewery / Ontario Beer Company / Sorachi Lager by admin

In a box in the sky there lived a blogger. Not a nasty, dirty, sexist blogger, concerned with ethics in games journalism, emitting an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, literary blogger with nothing to say but positive things about can-con: he was a beer blogger, and that meant […]

The Hobbit Beers OR Beer and Back Again

February 11, 2015 in Reviews tagged Bolg Belgian Tripel / Bombadil Protocol / Central City / Gollum's Precious Pils / Hobbit Beers / Smaug Stout by admin

(Ed Note: Would it shock you greatly to know that it has been over 14 months since I actually reviewed a beer on St. John’s Wort? It’s a beer blog, for God’s sake. I know actually reviewing things is out of fashion and simply posting stuff on pinstagrest is de […]

Beer Review: Spearhead Belgian Style Stout

February 5, 2015 in Reviews tagged Audrey Hepburn / Coco Chanel / Hercule Poirot / Spearhead Belgian Style Stout / Spearhead Brewing / Waffle Harmonica by admin

(Ed. Note: In 2014, while sequestered in a hermetically sealed writing bunker, Jordan St.John produced two books. This does not stop other people from delivering books for him to review even while he signs his own book at Christmas Markets. In order to continue to reduce the stack, he must review. Get […]

December Book Reviews: The Handbook of Porters and Stouts

December 15, 2014 in Reviews tagged Chad Polenz / Greg Clow / Josh Christie / Josh Rubin / Martyn Cornell / Porters / Stephen Beaumont / Stouts by admin

(Ed. Note: In 2014, while sequestered in a hermetically sealed writing bunker, Jordan St.John produced two books. This did not stop other people from sending him books to review. The stack is nearly as high as the sense of obligation. Let’s crack on.) When you hear about Thomas Jefferson and beer, […]

December Book Reviews: Pocket Beer Guide 2015

December 11, 2014 in Reviews / Shameless Plugs tagged Pocket Beer Guide / Stephen Beaumont / Tim Webb by admin

(Ed. Note: In 2014, while sequestered in a hermetically sealed writing bunker, Jordan St.John produced two books. This did not stop other people from sending him books to review. The backlog is high and the conscience is guilty. Let’s crack on. ) One of the more interesting books on beer […]

December Book Reviews: African Brew

December 8, 2014 in Reviews / Shameless Plugs tagged Lucy Corne / Ryno Reyneke / South Africa by admin

“Try it with Mexican Food.” This was the food pairing recommendation on a press release for a bottle of beer I got last year. I can’t remember which bottle exactly and it doesn’t matter very much. One of the things that many beer companies are guilty of when it comes […]

Beer and Food: Estrella Taqueria

November 29, 2013 in Beer and Food / Reviews tagged Beer and Food / Bring A Wet Nap / Estrella Taqueria / Tacos by admin