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The Something is Caramel

The Something is Caramel

It’s the first of September and we know what that means don’t we. It means October is only 30 days away and we know what that means, don’t we. Ommpahpah ear worms, lederhosen rashes, and festbier festering. Yes, Oktoberfest looms large.  Our friends at Something in...

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A Stroll Down Lock Street Promenade

A Stroll Down Lock Street Promenade

Brit: I took a stroll down the promeh-gnawed and there was an add-vert-ess-ment for a herb scon with a choice of eye-thur bah-sil or toe-mat-oh. Yank: I took a stroll down the prome-nayed and there was an adver-ties-ment for a erb skown with a choice of ee-thur...

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Comrade Red

Comrade Red

Back in the early 50’s if someone called you Comrade or a Red and old Joe McCarthy heard about it, your ass was grass.* Frank’s Old Comrade is a red ale, but that doesn’t make it a communist beer, does it? Me, maybe I’m a columnist, but I was never accused of being a...

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Vanilla Decadence Fails the Rorschach Test

Vanilla Decadence Fails the Rorschach Test

Here’s the thing. I have had an ongoing struggle with vanilla in beers, and most of the time I wish they would just extract it. When it comes to brewing with the fickle beans, subtle is the approach that wins the day. Enter Rorschach’s Decadence series. The word...

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North Street Savvy

North Street Savvy

Decew Falls is at it again. Trying to educate me to local history. It just so happens that my Granddaughter did a project on Harriet Tubman* so I wasn’t caught in my unawares, so to speak. I knew about North Street, I guess that makes me street savvy.* Just as Laura...

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What’s Goin’ Down at Town

What’s Goin’ Down at Town

In town, and out on the town at Town, checkin’ out what's goin’ down. At Town Brewery what is most likely goin’ down is a frosty cool adult beverage. We have sampled a few fine Town brews but I had never visited their brewery before, I guess that makes me the new kid...

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A Daft Flight Plan

A Daft Flight Plan

The COM got together for a quaff and a laugh and some draft at Daft.* RA played it Coolcoolcool with a Daft pils while Farmer Steve practiced the Timeless Art of Seduction with a jam stand sour. Me, I decided to sample a bid adieu brew named Jon Voyage. Our server was...

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Brock Street, A Most Refreshing Street

Brock Street, A Most Refreshing Street

I found a parking space on what some claim to be the most refreshing street in Canada, that some being Brock Street Brewery and that street being Brock Street. We have sampled some BS beers before. That didn’t sound right, did it? Let’s try that again. We have sampled...

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A Back to Basics by the Bay Blonde

A Back to Basics by the Bay Blonde

Another trip to the far east. No, I’m not talking about the one with the Great Wall, I’m talking about the one with the great times. The far east of Canada that is, Port Rexton Newfoundland.* Back by the bay for a back to basics Baycation Blonde.  Robinhood Bay, by...

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Mediocre Bowler Strikes Again

Mediocre Bowler Strikes Again

I couldn’t bowl my way out of a wet paper bag, but Fonger could make those pins beg for mercy. flirting with 300 with strikes to spare. Meanwhile I was doing the speed limit at 100, with a lane violation or two. In between the two of us is what you would call a...

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