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For part three in this series, I want to talk about inflation and its larger role in society as it pertains to the beer industry and some of the factors that we’ve already discussed. I’m not an economist. I’m just comparatively good at parsing data and paying a lot of […]

How is the beer industry in Ontario doing? Part 3

Having established in a previous post what the shape of Ontario’s society looks like, it’s time to build on that framework in order to allow us to understand the shape of the province’s beer industry over time. For this, I’m pulling on Beer Canada statistical data that I’ve accumulated through […]

How is the beer industry doing in Ontario? Part 2

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It’s something of a rarity that I find myself with downtime, but at the moment I don’t have anything on the calendar until about after Boxing Day. This means that I get to indulge myself in some clean up work around the various things that I do related to the […]

How is the beer industry doing in Ontario? Part 1

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I was minding my own business, lugging boxes of beer around in Leaside, when I feel a tap on my shoulder and I turn around. I’m staring at a sternum, just about nipple high. Now, Jack Burton would tell you that the back of your favourite head was about to […]

Review: Driftwood Brewery Sartori Harvest IPA

Black Oak Brewing Motueka Rice Lager, Currently available at the brewery, $3.45/473ml I was talking to Adam Broz from Czechvar at Godspeed the other week, and he said that the thing he liked about the beer he made was that it was everyday beer. You could drink it all the […]

Black Oak Motueka Rice Lager

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Sometimes, even in a pandemic, things work out.  You may remember, way back in 2019, Fullers was purchased by Asahi. I had been to London in 2018 and had been told by Tim Holt and Pete Brown and just about everyone that Fullers’ was “more of a pub company now.” […]

Spearhead x St. John’s Wort Dragon Slayer ESB

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It’s not often that I find myself in the position of thinking that something someone else wrote requires rejoinder. However, as I took a break from doomscrolling last week, I happened across a piece by Jeff Alworth. I’ve read Jeff off and on for a decade, and in my experience, […]

What Would Beer Taste Like Without The Internet? – A ...

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Tanner and Co. Brewing Sauvage Nova Scotian Ale. Currently available at the brewery, $4.65/473ml Jeff Pinhey rolls through towards Winnipeg with talk of stereos and Stillwell and beer for me to try, and tells me about Tanner down at Bar Volo where we run into some acquaintances and split a […]

Review: Tanner & Co Brewing Sauvage

Black Gold Brewery First of Many 2021 Anniversary Dubbel. Currently available on tap for $7.00/473ml in Petrolia, Ontario Back in December, Ryan Fletcher gets in touch to ask if he can send me beer from Black Gold in Petrolia, Ontario. My answer, when people want to send me things, is […]

Review: Black Gold Brewery First of Many Dubbel