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A Poor Pour of a Poor Pale

A Poor Pour of a Poor Pale

Our craft connoisseur RA is on the case with a Haven German style pale lager. RA does not make a decision to not finish a beer lightly. When he is done before it is done, that is almost never done, so you know that a pour poor quaffing is in the offing. Normally I...

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Does Pizza Pils Deliver?

Does Pizza Pils Deliver?

The wheelie pulling delivery guy on the can is in orbit and hauling ass (and pizza) around some unrecognizable pre- continental shift of a planet I assume is Earth. Although these days you never know what we’ll be calling the planet next. Enough political commentary,...

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Haliburton Highlands Honey

Haliburton Highlands Honey

One honey brown goin’ down, straight from the Haliburton Highlands into my glass. As Jackie Gleason would say “how sweet it is”, * and of course the “it” he was referring to was life. It’s another thirsty Thursday and COMDB are on the Crownsmen Show to add some 5%...

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The Right Lager?

The Right Lager?

Skiing in Ontario brings you right to the Barrie area where they had tons of snow this year. While enjoying the winter sports in the area we also managed to get in a visit to Quayle's Brewery. This place is a little out of the way, * but well worth the effort to...

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Venturing into the Unknown

Venturing into the Unknown

According to Donald Rumsfeld * “as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we...

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A Peanut Butter Porter, That’s Nuts

A Peanut Butter Porter, That’s Nuts

This is one beer you can’t pack in the grandkids school lunch! Peanut butter is a definite no go when it comes to school these days.* Back in the 60’s I had a PB & J sandwich in my lunch every day and I don’t remember anyone getting a swelled head or any other...

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De Luge

De Luge

I remember way back in the day, a few of us kids on the old cedar-strip toboggan*, aiming for that bump for a jump, flying off that thing and laughing our asses off. No sense and no feeling, at that age. But the luge! 140 kms per hour sounds kinda dangerous.** There...

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West Coast Island Imbibing

West Coast Island Imbibing

We started our cross country coast to coast toast to Canada at Port Rexton on the East Coast island of Newfoundland. Our tour concludes about as far West as we can get, on Vancouver Island at British Columbia's capital, Victoria. 4979 kilometers for one very tired...

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Big Rock Rocks the Bock

Big Rock Rocks the Bock

Our cross Canada cost to coast toast to the Country with the most continues. We're now in the western most prairie province, Alberta. Although it is one of the prairie provinces, it's probably best known for the Rockies, Banff, the Calgary Stampede, and oil. It is the...

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Hey Regina, Show Us Your Grey Cup!

Hey Regina, Show Us Your Grey Cup!

Last night the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Montreal Alouettes to win the 112th Grey Cup classic, the penultimate prize in the Canadian Football League.   When thinking about where to go for a little R&R, Regina is neither R and most likely not the first...

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