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Back in the day my grandfather’s porch was a big wrap around with an overhanging eave and a thick white balustrade. Rockers for relaxing and end tables for iced tea and lemonade, maybe a fresh baked cookie or two. Maples in the front yard, tire swing hanging,* the...
For those of you unfamiliar with railroad terminology, an iron spike is not a dry cleaner’s celebration after reaching the end zone. It’s the hefty nail that secures the railway track to the tie. I laid a little track in my day. Spike and rail that was fit to be tied,...
I studied beer in college as well, although perhaps my curriculum was not as formal as the one at the Niagara College Teaching Brewery. Looking back, I recall my program was more focused on sampling.* But NC are educating the next hop crop of budding brewers and the...
Toasts to the ghosts! All hallows eve and the neighbourhood youth are out in full force. The grandkids got a haul of candy that would choke Willie Wonka. Unfortunately, when it comes to my favourite, the red licorice, the pickin’s were as slim as Paris runway model....
From the rocky Puffin populated East coast of Newfoundland to the verdant green rain-soaked West coast, it was quite a hike but we are back in Vancouver again. I’m usually shoe gazing but tonight I’m star gazing. Usually when you ask for the moon and the stars, you...
According to the fine folks at Flying Monkeys Meep Morp is, and I quote “the peaceful greeting of the hop-hybroids sharing their alpha-advanced cryo-charged civilization with our water-rich planet”. A High-Density Hop-Charged IPA they tell us. Sounds like there was a...
Dorthy felt there was no place like it, Pliny the Elder thought it is where the heart is, and Leone Redbone will tell you it’s where you hang your hat.* We’re talking about home of course. As for the shape of home, it’s a pentagon.** Any baseball fan will tell you...
The cure for Sober October? Just replace the “c” with a “k” and start festing. It’s Oktoberfest of course and a Festbier from Wellington no less. With Muskoka Oktoberfest just a few short days away I thought a bit of a warmup with a cold one was a good way to cool off...
Just like the Grinch, this acronym had me puzzling till my puzzler was sore. Or is it an acronym at all? C.R.E.A.M. Craft Reaches Excellence in Achieving Maltiness. Catch the Riptide Eventually After Midnight. Cream Recipe Entices All Men. All of these are more of a...
Cranky old men wearing spandex?* That’s a bit of a stretch. Time for some more armchair athlete antics from the Refined Fool summer beer league. This time from the pint pouring peloton as we follow Queen’s advice and get on our bikes and ride.** When you envision a...