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While Brother Kramer shredded his axe, Brother Tyner shredded his vocal chords while imploring the crowd to “kick out the jams, motherfuckers”. * In a classic and necessary radio edit, the intro to that MC5 song that ended up on the airwaves was “kick out the jams,...
For some reason beyond reason I thought that this Beyond the Pale ale, Pink Fuzz, sounded like a good fit for a Mother’s Day beer sampling. And even though the old man used to say “Mother’s day is every day but Father’s Day is only once a year”, it’s not every day...
I’m not what one would call an opera aficionado, don’t know much about the genre at all, although I’m sure our egghead Editor will have an opinion on the subject. As far as I know Carmen and Madame Butterfly met the Barber of Seville at Figaro's wedding. What I do...
On my multiyear Vancouver brew tour I got gassed in Gastown, and had a brew or two by Brewery Creek. Not last or least I quaffed a Yeast Van and had a Stanley Park cup to toast my beleaguered Buds (in a rebuilding decade). I even made a trip to the island, no not that...
Live from Vancouver, back by popular demand, hailed by some as the highlight of the whole event, it’s another edition of the unofficial butt sanctioned CIM conference wrap & tap review. * Each of us held our Destiny in our hands as we settled into some serious...
Since I’ve retired I’ve taken great pains to avoid work of any type. But do you know what kind of work I hate the most? That’s right, hard work. And if you think picking dandelions off your front lawn constitutes hard work (I know I do), then can you imagine hookin’...
For those of you landlocked landlubbers who think that slack tide is an ineffective laundry detergent, it’s time for a little West Coast education. Vancouverites who are in tune with the tides will know that slack tide is the time in between tides coming in and going...
For me the phrase easy rider brings to mind two Hopper choppers crossing 1960’s America in search of freedom with Born to be Wild playing in the background. Spoiler alert! Unfortunately, Billy and Wyatt’s search ends in their untimely demise when they come upon a...
Thornbury bought King. Colio bought Thornbury. We loved Thornbury beers here at COMDB. * Clark the pig, once the face, or should we say snout, of Thornbury is now out to pasture, a bacon and ham hocks retirement so Thornbury could concentrate on cider. How do you like...
Does a beer name ever stir up long almost lost but not quite forgotten memories for you? Me too! Visiting my grandparents as a kid was always an adventure. They lived in a very small village. Just past the single lane stone bridge that led into town was the General...