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Oktoberfest in November, and the headliner is Bananarama.* It’s the fest that never ends, or we wish it didn’t anyway. One group that wishes it was done and dusted is the COMDB Translation Department. They have neatly folded and packed their lederhosen away until next...
The Department of Cleanliness has deemed me Lord of the coffee table rings, but as far as Tolkien’s tome goes, I’m no expert. I did visit Bilbo, Newfoundland once. Or wait, no, that was Dildo, Newfoundland. I may not have an eye for Mordor but the fine folks at...
There’s a fog covering Thunder Bay like an uncreative two-tone quilt of grey and the sleeping giant has hit the snooze button and isn’t getting up today. But if Arthur thinks his port is foggy, he should check out The Grand Banks. Almost as foggy as the morning after...
With a name like Death Wave I expected a West Coast double digit triple hanging 10% on board with the four surfers of the apocalypse. But what I got instead is a 4% land locked light and lively lager from Edmonton, Alberta, the land of cattle and oil, a city not...
COMDB have been selected as a treatment group in a single blind study to pick Nickel Brook’s next beer. This is the type of assignment that us COM take very seriously, and let us just say, we are happy we’re not in the control group. * Mystery Beer A is only...
You know when you expect something to be something but it turns out being something else? That something can be a good thing or a bad thing, but here’s the thing. I expected a lean mean Philippine horse kick ass brew and I got a creamy malty slow going Belgian...
Me: Hey COMDB Translation Department, what does “Les Quatre Surfeurs de L’Apocalypso” translate to. COMDB Translation Department: Cool, it’s “The four surfers of the apocalypse”. Me: I don’t think that’s right. Surfers? Don’t you mean the four horsemen of the...
Consumer activism in action! We had previously reviewed this Mascot pilsner * and had torn them a second one for them succumbing to the Americanized spellcheck. They described their beer as “flavorful” rather than the Canadian spelling of “flavourful”. This new and we...
Silversmith’s tribute to our veterans is this Red Ale, Hill 145. The can is adorned with a rendering of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial which stands in northern France, commemorating the sacrifice of Canadians in World War 1. Hill 145 was the highest piece of land...
My choice was clear, as in Clear Lake, for a clear beer and a big ol’ pretzel. What’s new at the home of the largest beer spa in the world? Monogrammed terrycloth towels perhaps, a slipstream dump bucket perchance, solar powered saunas parcheesi? I don’t know about...