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The Daily Double

The Daily Double

After sampling a double IPA yesterday, one might ask if this is the daily double. It just so happens that although I had a good experience with a pumpkin based brew previously despite my hatred of that round orange useless distasteful fruit, I didn’t want to push my...

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Good Monster

Good Monster

This Good Monster brew seemed like a Halloween natural and, teamed up with an unseasonably warm day, it was an IPA destined to support me flippin’ the bird on the old backyard BBQ.  The name reminded me of Lady Gaga and all her “little monster” fans. I am a Lady Gaga...

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The Flavour Express

The Flavour Express

First off, I am not a pumpkin fan. A vegetable* that is a huge waste of space, good for decorations and killing an hour with the grand kids carving jack-o-lanterns. Roasted seeds the size of your pinkie nail from a great orange bloated sphere of mush. Why would anyone...

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Pass the Pepper Please

Pass the Pepper Please

On my way back from my East Coast armchair visit to Nova Scotia after being told to Frig Off, but I always know there is a warm welcome waiting in Bathurst, New Brunswick. Robert recommended a Mulligan from our friends at Four Rivers and there is nothing I need more...

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Frig Off?

Frig Off?

East coasting again, out to Dartmouth Nova Scotia this time, despite being told by Nine Locks to Frig Off. Not the East Coast welcome and hospitality I have grown accustomed to, but this brew has big flavour and big attitude so they tells us. In case this term is...

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Still Oktoberfesting

Still Oktoberfesting

To be honest I am stretching out Oktoberfest* as long as possible because the next theme is Halloween and I hate the taste of pumpkin. The COMDB translation department are of the opposite view, having worked (and booked) substantial overtime, and they have also been...

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Endless Summer

Endless Summer

It seems like an endless summer * and here I am on the BBQ deck with a Sawdust City Juicin’. It’s 4:30 somewhere. Love me a fall BBQ. Cooking for myself so no one is complaining about this charred beyond recognition burger, another sacrifice to the BBQ deities. I...

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We are Oktoberfesting Now

We are Oktoberfesting Now

First things first, as is so often the case, shout out and thanks to Elaine, the much better half of James, for the great handmade Oktoberfesting bag. Now second thing first, as is rarely the case. I am required (at the risk of another grievance and work to rule) to...

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A Bitter Good Witch

A Bitter Good Witch

The COM contingent are at the Clear Lake Brewery during Muskoka Oktoberfest for a bite and a brew and it’s as busy as the opposing goalie on a Leaf’s powerplay*. The CL team are doing a great job.  How can you tell when you have a dedicated employee? A visible and...

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Tripel Bypass?

Tripel Bypass?

Farmer Steve is so cheap he’s free, so when I told him the price tag on this special edition I thought he would need a tripel bypass. He settled down considerably when I let him know he wasn’t on the hook for his share, since Lake of the Woods had donated this brew to...

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