78 Reviews
At the head of the Rideau Canal, on the West end of the Upper Rideau, is the aptly named village of Westport. Driving down Main Street and I see the Westport Brewing Co. so by reflex I stop and drop in to do some suds shopping. The place is packed at lunch time, they...
Here’s the thing. I have had an ongoing struggle with vanilla in beers, and most of the time I wish they would just extract it. When it comes to brewing with the fickle beans, subtle is the approach that wins the day. Enter Rorschach’s Decadence series. The word...
According to Short Finger Brewing aliens exist. Maybe in Bugs Bunny cartoons, Rod Serling stories and Ridley Scott movies they do. I googled “pictures of aliens” and guess what. They all look like ET! I guess Spielberg knew something we didn’t. As far as official...
Happy International Beer Day from Mount Urpin. * Ok, maybe I’m a day late and a dollar short but what the hell. Being a day or two late for our anniversary didn’t stop me from taking the missus out to a nice romantic dinner at the local brewery, now did it. The way I...
Combine the bitter love child of a lemon and an orange with the most eclectic brewer out there and what do you get? Godpeed’s Yuzu Citrus Saison, that’s what. Yuzu, yeast and a clove or two and voila, a beer for all saisons, a befuddled and baffling brewski for sure....
I knew this US import was trouble from the moment I laid eyes on it. Golden Ale sounds innocent enough, but an ale that’s “spicy and peppery with a gentle hop bouquet” didn’t sound like your run of the mill easy drinking refreshing golden to me. An 8 percenter with...
Waiter: Would you care for drinks. Me: What do you have on tap. Waiter: A light beer, an amber, and a black lager, Sir. Me to Myself: (I love me an amber.) Me: What brewer? Waiter: Blackburn Sir, a local brewhouse. Me: (Having sampled Blackburn’s amber before) I’ll...
Happy National Banjo day to one an all. A tip of the hat to famous pickers Earl Scruggs (Earl was pickin’ and Lester was grinnin’), Emily Stayer, and Steve Martin (the part time comedian and full-time banjo player).* If there is an instrument I would pick it would be...
“True North” out of Vaughn. You know what’s North of Vaughn? How about almost all of Canada, most of Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, Alaska, Greenland, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan to name a few places. If you are from Toronto and have never been to Algonquin Park (which is...
Hard core fans drinking beer at a sporting event is nothing new. So branding your beer for a certain sport only makes sense. At the ball game, drink an “Ice Cold Beer” from Left Field. When the Leafs are on the ice pop the top on a “Get the Puck Out of Here” by Game...