553 Reviews
I wasn’t exactly a cool kid. I think in high school I was voted most likely to be a beer reviewer. But that doesn’t mean I don’t get to visit some of the coolest bars around and downtown Toronto has their fair share. For great selection it’s Beertown. If you want an...
I’ve visited a few farms in my day and let me tell you, the early to bed early to rise lifestyle, coupled with a hearty heap of hard work, is not for me. Milking the bulls, fertilizing the fields, harvesting the hay, shearing the cows, it’s just too much work.* But...
Endless summer, Brian Wilson * wouldn't even have got out of bed for it but I'm all in, as in soaking in the great Muskoka outdoors and soaking up some Muskoka summer suds. I usually prefer wheat in my cereal, and only dabble in the straw once in a Blue Moon, but...
The haze brigade sounds like the cranky old men the morning after our AGM. “Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do and feel like death drawn over the next day.”* And the emaciated fellow on the can looks like the cranky old men the morning after our AGM. Or...
Another candidate for a COMDB beer naming party. An IPA, that’s some pretty lazy beer naming if you ask me. With over 170,000 words in the English language you would think you might be able to string together an adjective and a noun at least and come up with...
A recent trip to the U.S. gave me the opportunity to explore some new beers that I haven't seen before. That can be good and bad - unfortunately in this case it landed mainly on the bad side. It seemed promising enough, a pale lager brewed by Von Trapp Brewing out of...
If you think the three towers has a familiar ring to it, you may be thinking of Tolkien’s Two Towers. Or maybe the good folks at Gateway City are referring to the castle located south-west of Highgarden and Oldtown, on the edge of the Redwyne Straits?* But if you...
Not nearly as courageous or important as the Operation Husky of 1943,* my operation husky consisted of popping the top on this Rusty Husky, then pouring and scoring. I will add that my operation husky was not nearly as successful as the 1943 version either. I shall...
From the Rock to Granville, an East to West coast 7300-kilometer island hop. I’m talking about ultra fun Newfoundland to ultra-hip Granville Island in Vancouver. Shops, markets, theatres and improvs, and even a fancy pants high end restaurant (The Keg). And of course,...
Road weary, feeling low down on the highway, I made a pit stop at an off-highway Timmies. I’m a plain old fashion regular guy, as in a medium regular coffee with an old fashion plain donut. A unique feature on my GPS, it searches for nearby breweries. A walking...