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What the Hell is a Pog?

What the Hell is a Pog?

These brewers and their fancy new fangled names for their brews. What the hell is a “pog” I asked myself. My research revealed much. Apparently in gaming circles pog means “a play of the game” and in Twitch speak pog means excellent, awesome or remarkable. In the...

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Thanks a Lot 9

Thanks a Lot 9

Chips and dips and hockey night in Canada takes me back to grade schooldays, but instead of a cola I have in hand an adult beverage of my choice. Tonight, it happens to be a crisp pil to go with my crisp chips.  If you have the means I would strongly suggest acquiring...

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Solid Hack a Lead Lager?

Solid Hack a Lead Lager?

For you hockey fans of a certain vintage you may be thinking of Bobby Clarke when it comes to a solid hack, but it appears that Gateway is continuing their curling theme following their “On the Button” Amber Lager. For those unacquainted with the art and science of...

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Bad Robot or Good Robot?

Bad Robot or Good Robot?

Our culture seems to love bad robots as much as good ones. The “Star Wars” robots were heroes. Governor Schwarzenegger was a bad robot in” Terminator” but comes back (he told us he would be back) as a good robot in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day”. In the original “Lost...

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Amour at First Sight?

Amour at First Sight?

Amber Amour yes, Hazel Amour™, we shall see. Whitewater have brewed this in collaboration with BeaverTails®, those being the pastry variety rather than the large rodent slapping the water to warn others of danger variety. If you aren’t familiar with the iconic...

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Après Ski in a Cast

Après Ski in a Cast

These days Après Ski for me is hot coffee and liniment, but back in the day we knew how to Après. However, this is no post alpine pint, I am just out and about in the little smoke, that being Sudbury, and it isn’t Saturday night. The home of stacks and Stack, so it...

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A Pint of Pitchfork Porter Please

A Pint of Pitchfork Porter Please

When I first saw the name Pitchfork I immediately thought of the Devil*, Lord knows why. Is this another devil-may-care, or may not for that matter, brew like 666 or the Devil’s Punchbowl? But I should know by now that you can’t judge a brew by it’s cover. Reading the...

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Four Ways Juicy Haze

Four Ways Juicy Haze

Adding a Four Ways Collective Arts can to my extensive art collection*. Cultured and classy I know, but that’s just how we roll here at COMDB. The art on the can is by Bhavatosh Dhavale from India If you thought that Mosaic Four Ways referred to an intersection in...

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Great Scott?

Great Scott?

Will this brew render a “Great Scott!* (an expression of wonder and impressiveness) or Great Scott? (an expression of shock and disgust). Old Dog brewers are hoping that this Scottie will be my new best friend. Hmmm. We shall see. A nice hazy caramel toffee like pour...

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A Hazy IPA on the Horizon

A Hazy IPA on the Horizon

How about a fireside hazy IPA for expanding my horizons. Truth be told (as it always is in these reviews) I like to have a stout or porter by the fire because it makes for a nice picture. And I do like to have a hazy laissez faire* IPA on a dog day afternoon by the...

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