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I’m not a brewer, that’s for sure. I know a few on a casual basis and they are an interesting breed, and that’s a bit of an understatement. But I think there comes a point where a brewer makes a decision on whether to brew what they like or go for what the public...
This Minivan is going like a bat out of hell. Tires squealin’ and peelin’, corners two wheelin’. Is it the terrorists’ Minivan from “Back to the Future” at the Twin Pines Mall, or was it the Lone Pine Mall?* Maybe it’s a brazen daylight armed bank robbery getaway van...
Not sure what the trouble is in the fields. Scarecrow down? A swarm of locusts of biblical proportions? Beau’s super charged tractor tearing up the crops? Or worst of all, the fields as parched as JT after a dry February? So far this year Boston is having trouble in...
Way back in the day, almost half a century ago, when the missus and I first got hitched we did reside in a doublewide, up on blocks behind the Red Dog Inn. Newlyweds rockin’ the doublewide. Those were our salad days* and we thought we were living pretty high on the...
Picture a southern seaside Cyprus sunset with the waves lapping at the Island shore and a gentle Mediterranean breeze washing away the stresses of the day. A waiter in white, the model of service and efficiency, asks “Is there anything you would like, Sir” and when he...
Here at COMDB were are an equal opportunity drinker when it comes to beer, we try them all, at least once. The Gose genre* is not completely unfamiliar to us. We have told a few Gose stories around the old campfire, some of them pretty scary I must admit. In some ways...
What the hell is a thunderhead?* Maybe the latest James Bond movie? Perhaps the latrine at a special camp for the lactose intolerant? Or a common condition experienced the morning after the Cranky Old Men AGM? Whatever a thunderhead is, it sounds like Canvas is...
According to Hemingway “In every port in the world, at least two Estonians can be found.”* Sure enough, according to the most recent census information, Port Colborne has 10 Estonians. This has next to nothing to do with this beer review, but who doesn’t love quoting...
Back in la belle province, at least in spirit, and spirits. St. Ambroise, the patron Saint of …. you guessed it… beekeepers, is the namesake of Montreal based brewer McAuslan’s award winning lineup of brews. So, what do beers, bees, and beatitudes have in common you...
I had a chance to visit Powerhouse Brewery in London, Ontario on the weekend and it was terrific. The brewery is in a former Kellogg plant and the transformation from Corn Flakes to beer is enough to bring a tear to a cranky old eye. From a distance it still has the...