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Wrestling with The Crusher

Wrestling with The Crusher

Looks like The Crusher* is all fired up and ready to dominate the ring, doing sweaty holds and flips while decked out in his stretchy pants, in a choreographed ballet of blood.  Clifford’s Crusher looks more like a thirst crusher than a bone crusher. Maybe a summer...

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At Sea Again

At Sea Again

We have been “at sea”* often in these reviews and once again we find ourselves with a nautical themed New England IPA. As far as New England goes, that being from Maine to Connecticut, I tend to think of it as a sea faring region. How land locked Vermont ever got into...

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Classic

Classic

I was trying to add some culture to my grandkids lives and started reading the Robert Louis Stevenson classic “Treasure Island” to them.  Although there were pirates, fighting, gruesome deaths and treasure, unfortunately there were no minions or farting animals in the...

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A Weiss Choice

A Weiss Choice

I put the term Weissbräu to the COMDB translation department and they promptly told me that Oktoberfest was over. After some cajoling, and explaining this was definitely not an Oktoberfest beer, I got them to assist. Although it is generally recognized  that a...

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Zappa in the House

Zappa in the House

I love the USA. The missus was born there, my son works there. I figure I have visited 27 states including Alaska and we love to holiday there (the USA, not Alaska). But, and you might have figured there was a “but” in the works, US TV hockey coverage sucks. I swear...

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Yuzu Juice

Yuzu Juice

A new brewery (for me) is Radical Road Brewing based in Toronto. I had a chance to try one of their offerings - a tasty pale ale called Yuzu. It combines some flavour from the Yuzu fruit with a pale ale. It's a winning combination. We've got a decent Pale Ale with...

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Proper English?

Proper English?

Here at Narky Old Gaffers Totting Pints I was gaggy for an English style bevvy, hoping for something brilliant that would leave me chuffed to bits. So I poured an Across the Pond to quaff with my crisps. It seems like donkey’s years since I’ve downed me an Amber. I...

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Tune In and Turn On

Tune In and Turn On

Flying Monkeys is encouraging us to tune in to this unique IPA. It wasn’t that long ago that I was suspicious and reluctant regarding IPAs, not a fan. But with their Juicy Ass IPA Flying Monkeys tuned me in and turned me on* to the genre. Since that time COMDB have...

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Dreaming

Dreaming

Fleetwood Mac ask us if we have any dreams we would like to sell, meanwhile Gary Wright is weaving a few of his own. Gordon Lightfoot’s broken dreams sometimes make him sad and mean, while Billy Joe Armstrong named a boulevard after his. COMDB broken dreams could well...

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Still Tasty

Still Tasty

Editor’s Intro: Sometimes these reviews just write themselves, literally. Below is a text transcribed review by R.A. RA: I found it strong, a bitter beginning. A biting burnt espresso beginning. Milky and foamy mouthfeel. Wimpy finish. But still tasty. JT: Somebody...

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