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If you thought Common Loon was a reference to our pain in the posterior Editor no one would blame you. But no, it’s a pale ale pint from the Kawartha Lakes village made famous in song, none other than that roll off your tongue town of Bobcaygeon. * Ontario’s official...
When I make flapjacks I use Pearl Milling Co syrup * for the grandkids and save the maple syrup for me. Does that make me a bad Grandad? I already won the coveted best dad in the world award, so what do I care? But when it comes to most maple syrup beers the grand...
Bright lights, big city, but if the flash and dash frenetic pace of downtown little apple has you heading for a break down I have the cure. It’s a 220 King Street West step down to a down to earth bar to mellow down and down a cold one before a meltdown. Mascot...
My old buddy JS loves Poland, raves about it and spends lots of time there. Me, I’ve been to lots of places all over the world but never Poland. But you get to a point in your life where you don’t say “someday” anymore. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I’ll never...
Pedal to the metal, head up, hammer down. Making time instead of my usual practice of wasting it. But I was feeling a bit peckish, a bit dry, with a thirst for more than just knowledge if you know what I mean. So I thought I would put all this high-falutin hands free...
I’m on a mission. In order to comply with the COMDB Guide to Beer Tasting I was not able to review the brews I sampled at the MBAA conference. However the tasters I tasted tasted good, the word tasty comes to mind. But in order to do a legitimate brew review I must...
Site visit and it’s a Cranky Old Daft draft date. RA, Farmer Steve and I belly up to the beer bar for a bold cold one. Kudos to Adam and team for their service and support of us suds swilling seniors, although to be honest I think it was the bar supporting us. Our...
Is it high ABV week at COMDB? Not to be outdone by an SC Bigger Deal at 9% or some Vintage St. Ambroise at 9.2%, Left Field’s heavy hitter swinging for the fences high octane take no prisoners triple is on deck and in my glass with their 11% Triple IPA. A dinger is a...
Gösser the Austrian. Not to be confused with Gozer the Gozerian (also known as Gozer the Destructor, Gozer the Traveler, Volguus Zildrohar, and Lord of the Sebouillia). It now becomes apparent how important an umlaut is to differentiate between Austria’s favourite...
When it comes to a collab between Sawdust City and Muddy York, that’s a big deal. Well, actually it’s a Bigger Deal. This bourbon barrel 9 month aged wee heavy weighs in at a hefty 9% and is a 4 year later follow up to our review of SC’s Big Deal Wee Heavy (Strong...