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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...
If you ever see me running through the forest it will probably be an act of self preservation rather than fitness. I’m much more likely to be doing a beer run than a forest run. The woods are what I drive through to get to the lake to go fishing. There are lots of...
The Editor is fully aware how I adore an alliteration, so he wasn’t at all surprised that I had a bite and brew at the Bath based Beachside BBQ bistro. It also isn’t surprising that a place called Beachside has a Beachside Vibe, so I ordered one. A light bright lager...
Back in the day a cold weather lager for us was a Molson Diamond or Brador in February in the field before the high school dance.* Finish it before it freezes. A Deep Purple cover band, with maybe some smoke too, but not on the water. But this Dominion City throwback...