Reviews

In this week’s column, I answered one of the most frequently asked questions that I get, which is “What do YOU drink.” I imagine that anyone with a beer blog or column gets that question quite a bit. Most people go with the tried and tested answer “a lot of […]

The Twisted Kilt

April 27, 2013 in Reviews / Shameless Plugs tagged The Bow and Arrow / The Twisted Kilt by admin

Probably the most interesting thing about the currently available LCBO brewery feature is the fact that many of the beers from Brasserie Dupont are not as easily quantifiable as past featured breweries. If you look, for instance, at one of the first brewery features from Tree Brewing in British Columbia, […]

The LCBO Dupont Brewery Feature

April 22, 2013 in Reviews tagged Biere de Miel / Cervesia / Dupont / Moinette Bruin / Monk's Stout by admin

The other day, I was invited to a lunch launching a couple of Goose Island’s beers in Canada. Specifically, Matilda and Sofie. The Goose Island property is a contentious one, and to attempt to relate the details of the lunch without at least acknowledging some basic facts about the brand […]

Beer and Food: Goose Island and Nota Bene

April 14, 2013 in Beer and Food / Reviews tagged David Lee / Goose Island / Matilda / Nota Bene / Sofie / toronto by admin

Sometimes I get sent a bottle of beer that I don’t know exactly what to do with. In this case, it’s Bush Pilot Brewing Company’s Stormy Monday. I’m a little conflicted about this beer because I’ve seen most of its stages of development. Before it was brewed, I got to […]

They Send Me Beer: Bush Pilot Brewing Company Stormy Monday

March 27, 2013 in Reviews tagged 25 ingredient beer / Anders Kissmeyer / Bush Pilot Brewing Company / I don't know what quince is / Stormy Monday by admin

When I was in Calgary last month, there was one place I visited that didn’t really fit into the overarching narrative of the beer halls that are springing up there, and this is because it doesn’t really do North American craft beers in the same way that the other beer […]

WURST Calgary

March 18, 2013 in Reviews / Shameless Plugs / Uncategorized tagged Calgary / Hofbrau Munich / WURST by admin

There are advantages to writing a book with a guy. For instance, it’s a good bet that you’re going to get the first samples of his brewery’s new beer. I’m talking of course about Mark Murphy, co-author of How To Make Your Own Brewskis: The Go To Guide For Craft […]

Left Field Brewery

March 9, 2013 in Reviews / Shameless Plugs / Uncategorized tagged Baseball Beer Names / Eephus / Left Field Brewery / toronto by admin

Discount Beer February will finish up this week, and I’m very much looking forward to that. I am running out of descriptors for the flavours that you get in mass produced lager beer. If you’ll recall from the beginning of the month, there was a post where I talked about […]

DBF – President’s Choice Genuine Lager

March 5, 2013 in DISCOUNT BEER FEBRUARY / Reviews tagged Certainly not just angling for gainful employment / Dave Nichols / Discount Beer February / Galen Weston / Genuine Lager / President's Choice by admin

I know. It’s March. I chose a short month. Deal with it. PABST BLUE RIBBON What can you say about Pabst Blue Ribbon that Dennis Hopper hasn’t screamed in the middle of an ether binge? Well, there’s the big important thing, which is that PBR more or less defines the […]

St. John's Wort

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