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Checking Into the Willibald Astoria

Checking Into the Willibald Astoria

I’m downtown and out on the town in little apple. At a fancy pants restaurant and the menu has some of the same old same old, with me always looking for a new brew to review. Lo and behold, an Astoria mahogany lager. What’s new? That’s new, and not the Waldorf Astoria...

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What’s So Funny About Popeye?

What’s So Funny About Popeye?

Ok, here’s the thing, I don’t find Popeye funny. In the comics since the 1920’s and I just don’t get it. Love triangle with Bluto and Olive Oyl, and I think Olive could do better than both of them to be honest. “I yam what I yam”, what’s so funny about that?  And what...

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This Sniper Aims to Please

This Sniper Aims to Please

Cross Country Sniper seemed like a good brew to go with a Canada USA hockey game. However the sniping I was expecting was of the puck shooting variety, not the fight baiting kind. The gloves dropped before the puck did and we all waited for a hockey game to break out....

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Ready or Knot

Ready or Knot

The night before our wedding I tied one on. The next day, in tux and tie, I tied the knot while my father-in-law looked on, fit to be tied, I think he referred to me as a knot head. Advice to soon to be weds, don’t go out with future cranky old men after the rehearsal...

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To Love and Beer Loved *

To Love and Beer Loved *

Perry loved Mary. Yes, Perry wanted to marry Mary, but Mary didn’t want to marry Perry. And where did this tragic tale of unrequited love play out? In a play** at the corner of Perry and Mary Streets, which not coincidentally is the location of Old Flame Brewers and...

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A Chill Swill on Clifton Hill

A Chill Swill on Clifton Hill

The Niagara Brewing Company, at the base of Clifton Hill, is Niagara Falls’ number 1 attraction! Ok, their number 2 attraction. Lactose intolerant visitors beware because Clifton Hill is the cheesiest street in Canada. Ripley’s believe it or don’t, 2 haunted mansions...

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Drinking In the Moon Light

Drinking In the Moon Light

It was certainly a moon lit night last night, in more ways than one. A wolf howlin’ tom cat prowlin’ kind of moon that makes you wonder if you left the outside lights on. But I wasn’t just drinking in the moon light, I was drinking one too. As in a Whitewater...

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No Leash, No Problem

No Leash, No Problem

Unleashed, hounds released, and High Park is off to the dog races with their award winning Off the Leash.* Who let the dogs out? George and I cannot tell a lie, it was me. ** English IPAs are a little more malt forward, while West Coast hops are fruitful. With a high...

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The Bird is the Word

The Bird is the Word

Tippin’ the bird to the Eagles, flippin’ the bird to the Chiefs. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Taylor Swift fan, but I am also a Bills fan. Being a Bills fan I think they got done wrong in their game against Taylor’s boyfriend and his Head & Shoulders quarterback....

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