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30,000 Islands* sounds like someone visited Gananoque and said “1,000 islands, that’s chump change”, and in the ultimate display of one-upmanship claimed to have 30,000 of the things. I guess these days anything with a shrub and a seagull is an island, but back in my...
I do love me a nice firm peach, and a peach pie a la mode is to live for. By the way, I never quite got that saying, when something is so good it's to die for? I figure if you die for it you won’t have the chance to enjoy it? Stupid saying. Where was I? Oh yea, and I...
The Stanley Cup playoffs, first game. Mid June. Maybe hockey should be a sport at the summer Olympics now? “Hockey Night in Canada”. Or perhaps a more accurate name would be “Hockey Early Evening MST (So As to Attract the Largest TV Audience Who Reside is Eastern Time...
Trying out Katalyst’s (their spelling, not mine) Passion Project. Even though it is their passion, it appears to me that the ABV, the aroma and the flavour are all moderate in the traditional IPA world. It reminds me of the ancient saying “all things in moderation.”*...
At the cottage with no adult supervision. Burning burgers, boiling corn and pouring a pint. Note to self, don't try to gauge BBQ cooking time for a burger based on finishing a 6.9% IPA. Thirsty after being out on the lake so this brew was going down at a rapid rate....
The folks at Sawdust got their inspiration for this beer from a visit to Alsace. Where the hell is that I said to myself, my words exactly. There's lots of places I haven't been to and that's one of them. Apparently it is a Eastern region of France, bordering...
500 mil of Holsten pil to swill while I chill and grill. Thank goodness for the BBQ, man's excuse (opportunity) to quaff a cold one before dinner. According to The COMDB Guide to the Fine Art of BBQing, well done is well done. So if I want this chicken to be crispy,...
I think it was my old buddy Rick who once said never trust a beer with no head. I might be paraphrasing here but you get the picture. Subtle segue! By the way I think I did a great job on this picture, don't you? Lakeside by the lake side. Unfortunately the picture...
The art work on the can depicts a lone wolf howling at a moon almost as big as the whole night sky. Well not exactly. Wolf howling may be heard at night, but it is not a behavior directed at the moon. Instead, it is a hail to hunt. Which is a smooth syntax segue into...
Hard to know what to expect from a beer named Loch Ness Lager … well, that is except for the Lager part. There is some mystery here as this lager has some definitely smokey overtones. Tastes like a dark beer, but pours with an amber/red tone and finishes with a dry...