553 Reviews
If you thought that a boxing bruin was referring to a Boston hockey player getting ready for Christmas, don’t feel bad, so did I. But with the sparring gloves on the can I think that Cowbell are referring to the old time sideshow event of a real bear boxing. Perhaps...
Mild mannered seemed like the correct approach in recovery mode after the COMDB AGM (Annual Golf Meeting) so a nice easy going Kilkenny Irish Cream Ale seemed to like a good idea at the time. The name “Kilkenny” reminded me of the show South Park and poor Kenny...
I was having lunch with the Province’s top beer expert (really) and I was complaining about sours, having had a “memorable for the wrong reason” encounter with one of the cranberry variety. He told me not to give up on them, and there were lots of great sours and...
Dysfunctional Mall? You’re saying to yourself “What the hell kind of name is that for a beer, or anything for that matter”. Well let me clear that up for you. If you had ever driven through North Bay (home of Gateway) on the Trans-Canada highway back in the day it was...
The COMDB translation department worked overtime on this brew, and they tell me that “velkopopovický kozel” from Czech to English means “By and large a goat”. What the hell does that mean? I asked them if perhaps they got it wrong, maybe it is “buy a large goat”? They...
4:33* Black IPA, is this The Imitation Game or a beer tasting? If I get the Wordle in 3 I feel like I have won the war, but I would rather be cracking a cold one than cracking a code. This isn’t the first Black IPA I have quaffed so I am not a stranger in a strange...
Barley Days is a brewer in Prince Edward County that was into craft beer making long before most ... they've been at it since 2007 ... but they are still keeping things fresh and bringing new beers to market. I haven't tried a new one from them in a while and thought...
At the cottage, hoisting one, and the missus says she didn’t realize R&R meant “reviews and rants”, I guess what we have here is a failure to communicate*. Not the first and won't be the last. Interestingly enough, they are all my fault. This one is too late to...
Summertime*, and the livin’ is easy, and this Golden Beach pale ale from Sawdust City is all about summertime. They say they “have tried their darndest to put the best of summer into each can.” Well gosh darn I hope it tastes as good as they say. It pours as yellow as...
It looks like a hazy day on the farm. And we all know what follows a hot hazy day. A thirsty night, of course. It would seem to me that a juicy IPA might be just the row to hoe when it comes to partaking in a pint after such a day on the farm, or elsewhere for that...