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Special? Yes, Extra Special? We’ll See.

Special? Yes, Extra Special? We’ll See.

Yes, Nitro is not just for stouts anymore as more and more brewers are using the technique to make their special brews extra special. Guinness led the nitro charge so to speak, but C’est What & Durham have taken the fine art of Nitro brewing to a whole new level...

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Quantum Physics Meets Fluid Dynamics

Quantum Physics Meets Fluid Dynamics

Maintaining the space shuttle may not be rocket science but I think they use quantum mechanics. And I did see the movie “Quantum of Solace” but I didn’t care for it in the least.*  But this is no space craft were dealing with here, but Silversmith’s Quantum Coast...

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The Classic German Malt Smoothie

The Classic German Malt Smoothie

Fun fact, did you know the legal drinking age in Germany is 16,* but you have to be 18 to get your driver’s license! If you are under 18 in Germany you are auto banned! I guess that gives you two years to learn how to drink responsibly before you get behind the wheel?...

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Liking This Light Lake Lager Alot

Liking This Light Lake Lager Alot

As per our Labour Agreement (“The Agreement”) with the COMDB Translation Department (represented by the USTA)* we are required to have them translate all languages on this website that are not English with the exception of Latin, which apparently they take exception...

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Sun Caught and Going Down

Sun Caught and Going Down

From the sometimes sunny shores of the East coast of Newfoundland, our friends from Port Rexton are at it again. Me I’m either chasing my tail or some wild geese, but they’re out chasing the sun. Actively seeking out moments of joy, happiness and positivity, a much...

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School’s Out Stout

School’s Out Stout

42 years ago, just like Alice Cooper, I was singing school’s out forever,* but here I am back again with a visit to Niagara College for what they so fittingly refer to as  “a beer lesson in a can”. Back in the day I was studying fluid dynamics, these days I’m studying...

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Mozzle Have Another

Mozzle Have Another

Site visit report! And it’s a Kame & Kettle Canada Day weekend draft craft quaff. They tell us the name of this pilsner can be best defined by using it in a sentence. “While you are here, you mozzle have a beer.” * The correct response is “Don’t mind if I do.” So,...

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Vice Lite

Vice Lite

The Cold Break crew are doing their own version of the iconic 80’s show Miami Vice.* Flashback to the fashion forward show with pastel coloured T-shirts under  Armani jackets, slip-ons no socks, with some designer stubble on the chin. I assume the boat on the can is...

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El Valle Salado con Limones

El Valle Salado con Limones

From the whale watching cove of Dildo Newfoundland to the cosmopolitan coast of Vancouver, this is a Canada day weekend coast to coast toast. And the two beers in question are not only at opposite ends of our great country, but worlds apart as well. A Newfoundland...

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Flower Power

Flower Power

Assuming that the word “Fiore” is Italian, this is an Italian Style Pilsner after all, I called in the COMDB translation department. They love Italian, the language of love they call it. Probably the only love they get around here. Me, I'm not that familiar with the...

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