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My Cup of Tea?

My Cup of Tea?

A cup of tea really isn’t my cup of tea, but JT has been known to tip a cup. A cup of joe or two is more my go to. Farmer Steve is a caf-fiend, an early morning pot is just the beginning of his typical café day. And Fonger indulges in a roll of  “sweet leaf” every now...

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Double Trouble for Sure

Double Trouble for Sure

Two cranky old men quaffing and commenting on the same brew the same evening, double trouble for sure. I reached out to my old buddy Rick and let him know that I was going to partake in a Double Trouble Pecan Pie Porter, knowing that he had one on ice as well. This is...

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Big on Bitters

Big on Bitters

You may not know this but I am quite the art lover. Of course, there are the dogs playing poker and the velvet Elvis looking kingly, and the antique scratch map of the world, all classics. But I also enjoy the modern art these brewers adorn their beers with. Beaus...

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East Coast Hazing Session

East Coast Hazing Session

My tour of the East Coast wouldn’t be complete without visiting my favourite East Coast town, Bathurst New Brunswick, the home of Four Rivers Brewery. I have fond memories of Bathurst, meeting great people there. Shout out to Robert and Tracy, and those morning...

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Roll Out the Barrel

Roll Out the Barrel

Mark from Brock Street: Thanks for the great review on our Pilsner. If you wanna try something really unique check out our bourbon barrel sours. These were barrel aged for two years in bourbon barrels. If you like a natural (not kettle soured) sour beer, this might be...

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Oktoberfester

Oktoberfester

Ever have one of those days that feels like three of those days? Well after one of those days it’s time to park myself in the lazy boy and enjoy some Sunday night football (doesn’t really matter who is playing) with an Oktoberfest Lager, it being the season, that is...

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An IPA by the Lake

An IPA by the Lake

October 1st and stoking up the BBQ and pouring an IPA by the lake, by Clear Lake to be precise. You know, Clear Lake Brewing, home of the largest beer spa in the world, that’s the one. When JT brought to my attention an article about the largest beer spa in the world...

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East Coast Toast

East Coast Toast

My armchair tourist’s journey through the East Coast continues, this time to the home of Breton Brewing, Sydney Nova Scotia, unofficial capital of Cape Breton and home of the world’s largest fiddle. You might be playing the Hernia Jig if your instrument was that big....

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Punchbowl

Punchbowl

The Devil’s Punchbowl? * What ever “possessed” Clifford to name this beer after the devil? It sounds more like a Duke** college football game than a beer. And what the devil is an India Session Lager anyway? I have had the good and the bad when it comes to mixing...

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Grapefruit, It’s not Just for Breakfast Anymore

Grapefruit, It’s not Just for Breakfast Anymore

Illiterate Librarians* are bad enough, but innumerate mathematicians, I mean they don’t even count.** To confuse the issue even more, those refined fools tell us “Trying to find a copy of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code with the "help" of an illiterate librarian is a...

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