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Prince Edward County. Claim to fame, the home of Prince Eddy’s Brewing and the Picton Sandbanks. Way back in the day we made an unsanctioned high school final year pilgrimage to the Sandbanks and let me assure you there was some coastal quaffing in the offing. A 24...
These days when I hit the hill it’s Pray Ski before, and Après Ski after. Typically, my après ski of choice these days is a tube of A535. After the aches subside a bit, I head to the beer fridge for an après ski brews-ski. And after a downhill day more taxing than the...
Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all. I hope your partner in crime until the end of time, is as marvellous as mine. What a rhyme, is that Hallmark on the line? * That little rhyme segued into my Rorschach rant of the day. Why on God’s green earth, or what’s left of...
Good ol’ Stephen Leacock writes a couple of books making fun of Orillia and they erect a museum in his honour!* But poor ol’ Charlie Farquharson does a three-sentence bit on Parry Sound and gets banned from appearing in town? ** What’s that all about? Trestle Brewing...
A vintage match to light the fire? A union walkout at a gemstone mine? Or a red-headed centre for a soccer team? We aren’t quite sure what a ruby striker is, or does, but when it comes to this Collective Arts limited release (IPA No.32) Double with grapefruit it...
The dark light. A rare bird indeed but not our first one. The Grist served one up, with a fine meal. And we read about one in Beyond the Pale’s Evening Edition complete with an oxymoron overdose.* A common misconception is dark beer equates to strong beer but one of...
Darwin, Pavlov, Gowan. * They all dealt with some strange animals in their day and now we can add Merit to this auspicious list. Theirs is a different kinda animal. The ultra hip Sasquatch on the can may be listening to The Animals or The Eagles or Seal for all we...
Sawdust City tells us that after a long day of downhill skiing there’s nothing better than sitting in front of a fire, feet up, with a cold draft, the ski boots off. For me, after a long day of skiing I’m just happy that I’m not in a cold drafty hospital gown with my...
The Exchange has us on an Extension and when it comes to beer the COM are here to answer the call! Farmer Steve likes his coffee a lot, hot and from the pot. For him there’s no such thing as Too Much Coffee Man.* He’s a caf-fiend that’s for sure, but also a bit of a...
We’ve made a couple of trips to the Lagershed with Shawn & Ed. Way back in the day we sampled their thermos bottle lager, and much more recently we were back for their black. But tucked in behind the brewery, unbeknownst to us COM previously, * there is the...