Great Lakes

The nice thing about planning an event like the Feast Of St.John for Toronto Beer Week is that I’ve managed to create a certain amount of context for myself over three years or so that I’ve been writing about beer. I’ve collaborated on beers with a number of breweries, frequently […]

So You Want To Be A Brewer: Lazarus Breakfast Stout

September 7, 2013 in Beer and Food / Shameless Plugs / The Ontario Beer Revolution tagged Feast of St. John / Great Lakes / Lazarus Breakfast Stout / Mike Lackey by admin

Sometimes, Beer and Food Tuesday just falls in your lap and today was one of those days. I got a call from Troy Burtch at Great Lakes Brewery this morning. Shockingly, he wasn’t called to yell at me for the outcome of the Ontario Brewmaster’s Cup. I would have been […]

Beer and Food Tuesday: Nua Pad Prik with Miranda

August 14, 2012 in Beer and Food tagged Beer and Food / Great Lakes / Mike Lackey / No Chance With Miranda / Nua Pad Prik / T-Bu by admin

If you’re an amateur brewer, you’re probably familiar with the phrase, “Relax! Have a homebrew.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t find this to be the comforting mantra that it is no doubt intended to be. In the back of my head when I’m brewing beer I’m mostly […]

Great Lakes/St.John’s Wort Collaboration #2 – Adequacy Prevails!

January 24, 2011 in Ongoing Projects tagged Craft Beer / Great Divide / Great Lakes / Things that shouldn't be that colour by admin

While there’s some question about whether this is the most wonderful time of the year (much as there is debate about April being the cruelest month; I’ll have you know August once stole my bike) it is certainly one of the busiest socially and it is for this reason that […]

Beer Launches and The Christmas Ramble

December 20, 2010 in Shameless Plugs tagged Andrew Bartle / Great Lakes / hubris / Mike Lackey / Toronto anti-wassailing movement by admin

(Astute readers will have noticed that this blog has taken a heavy turn towards actually brewing beer recently. I promise you that I will return shortly to making fun of the other facets of the brewing industry and beer drinking generally. There will also be some input from a couple […]

So You Want To Be a Brewer – Great Lakes/St. ...

November 18, 2010 in Ongoing Projects tagged Great Lakes / Mike Lackey / St.John's Wort Lazarus Breakfast Stout / Trying not to panic by admin

You know who people love? Rudy Reuttiger. Maybe you know the story. This kid who stands maybe 5’6” and weighs a buck and a half dreams of playing for Notre Dame. He plays for a different school initally but manages to transfer over to Notre Dame after several failed attempts. […]

The Ontario Beer Revolution – Media Narrative

September 1, 2010 in The Ontario Beer Revolution tagged beau's / black oak / cheshire valley / Great Lakes / Rocky IV / The Ontario Beer Revolution by admin

I should preface my thoughts on the Toronto Festival of Beer by saying that I’ve never actually managed to get to the Toronto Festival of Beer before, despite living in the city for the majority of my adult life. In fact, prior to this year the only beer festival that […]

The Toronto Festival Of Beer

August 7, 2010 in Reviews tagged flying monkeys / Girl's Guided Beer Tour / Great Lakes / local hat enthusiast / Toronto Festival of Beer by admin

Great Lakes Brewery hosts a monthly event called Project X on the second Thursday of each month. At its inception a year ago, the idea was that they would show off one cask conditioned ale and a number of their beers on tap. The $10 membership would get you a […]

Ontario Craft Beer Week – Project XXXX

June 25, 2010 in Ontario Craft Beer Week tagged beer / flying monkeys / Great Lakes / Ontario Craft Beer Week / project x / roller derby by admin

One of my goals in covering Ontario Craft Beer Week was to try and get out to a number of different kinds of events. I knew that I wanted to cover an event that had food pairings involved, and it was hard to narrow down the field. Mirella Amato is […]

Ontario Craft Beer Week – Harbord House

June 23, 2010 in Ontario Craft Beer Week tagged beer / food pairing / Great Lakes / Harbord House / Ontario Craft Beer Week by admin

In gearing up for Ontario Craft Beer Week, it made sense to me to take a look at the latest promotion offered by the Ontario Craft Brewers: OCB Discovery Pack #5, or as the packaging refers to it OCB Discovery Pack Summer 2010. The discovery pack is priced at $9.95 […]

OCB Discovery Pack Summer 2010

June 18, 2010 in Reviews tagged beer / craft brewing / Great Lakes / Muskoka / Ontario / Trafalgar / Wellington by admin

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