553 Reviews
It was around 1990 that my parents started wintering in Florida, a Sebring seniors sanctuary, trailers with no wheels. I don’t remember getting a ransom note in those block cut out letters from Florida demanding a substantial payment for the return of my parents. But...
You have your friendliest ghost, that would be Casper. Then there is the studly apparition Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze). Or how about Slimer, a gross ghost, a ghrost? Bettlejuice (Michael Keaton) is certainly in the running for grossest and most spirited spirit. A...
Slingshot? For those of you biblically inclined you may be thinking of young David’s weapon of choice.* However in this case slingshot does not refer to Goliath’s demise but is in fact another Gateway tribute to a local landmark, a run at the Laurentian Ski Hill. Some...
Dylan warned us about a hard rain. Gene Kelly was singing and dancing in it. Prince coloured it purple. And old Noah he navigated through it for days on end. But what this Rainhard is bringing us is a torrential downpour of juice on the loose, a crazy hazy IPA From...
Godspeed Brewery refers to their beers as “intentionally eclectic” and they ain't lyin'. In fact, I think that may be a bit of an understatement, like saying the Beatles were popular. After sampling their barley wine imperial coffee stout, now I am into a saison. But...
In my youth I was a reader with a social life to match. The name of this brew reminded me of one of the modern classics that I tackled in my younger days. Could it be Heller giving us hell in “Catch 22”? Or Burgess with his colourful “Clockwork Orange”? Perhaps Capote...
Pulling a Chilly Tins out of the chilly bin* for a nighttime armchair trip to New Zealand via Burlington. Following a growing brewer love affair with New Zealand hops, Nickel Brook has three different ones stuffed into this crafty kiwi crusher. Will this be a South...
Baseball All Star break, no CFL game, too early for hockey or basketball or NFL, not a weekend so no golf tourneys, and no rugby games either although not really a go to sport for me. I guess it’s movie night at the cottage. Suds and cinema so to speak. So what will...
Someone should tell the Baronesa if she goes cavorting naked through the cactus grove picking limes she could end up with a prickly pair!* Contessa, Baronesa, Lady Gaga. The titles always confused me, most likely because I am no peer of peerage.** I did meet a...
Martin Luther King, Elvis, BB King, King Kong, Charles. There are many that are well deserving to wear the title King. This brew isn’t one of them. But before I get ahead of myself. Long drive yesterday and at one point I got stuck in a geriatric convoy with a bunch...