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Town Going Down

Town Going Down

Downtown and out on the town and downing a Town. Out for dinner with the missus and I decided that a Quick One and done would be an ideal accompaniment with fine company, engaging conversation, a vegetarian nightmare of a meal, and the Leafs game on the big screen...

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Cranky Old Zen Drinking Beer

Cranky Old Zen Drinking Beer

A Norwegian pale ale, named after a region of the Indian subcontinent, brewed in Canada and immortalized by a British band who wrote the song while in a Zen state inspired by the Sahara desert. This brew is a tribute to Led Zepplin’s song “Kashmir”, according to...

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Tunnel of Love?

Tunnel of Love?

I’ve seen a tunnel or two in my day, back when I used to work for a living. When they are 3000m below surface we don’t call them tunnels, we call them drifts. As for the screaming, it could have been the vent fan or it could have been my supervisor providing some...

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Mortal Sin in a Glass

Mortal Sin in a Glass

Continuing on our coast to coast toast to Canada from my big screen facing Laz-boy. We have been to the sunny shores of PEI, the rain forests of BC, stampede (and Oiler) crazy Alberta, and good ol’ Ontar-ari-ario. Our next adventure takes us to la belle province. Vous...

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Nutty Buddy

Nutty Buddy

That nutty buddy of mine, Bud the Elf on the beer shelf, shows up on Christmas day and makes his preference clear. Looks like a Chestnut brown is going down.  Chestnuts r’oasting in a brewhouse kettle, Jack Frost nowhere to be seen, It doesn’t much matter what you’re...

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A Two Pad Polkaroo Pint

A Two Pad Polkaroo Pint

What the hell is a two pad stack you may be wondering. Maybe a breakfast double helping at IHOP? Or your favourite Thai dish? Perhaps it’s the cosmetic surgeon’s “Dolly Parton” special.* If you’re contemplating these and other possible explanations you’re wrong and...

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Smoky Sweet

Smoky Sweet

These days camping out for me is a faux fire “blazing” with me parked in my Lazy-boy with some chips and dip and an adult beverage while the big screen takes the place of the big sky. But back in the day we would go cross-border to A-Bay and enroll in K-State for a...

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Amber Fusion

Amber Fusion

We have established that Henderson’s best is Henderson’s Best, or to put it another way, Henderson’s Best is Henderson’s best. But what happens when you have a fusion of Henderson’s Best amber ale with Palm’s best Belgian amber? You get what Henderson calls a double...

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Partaking in a Pleasant Pint

Partaking in a Pleasant Pint

Wellington is inviting us to join them on Pleasant Island. Wouldn’t that be a nice respite on a cold night. But you might want to think twice before booking your flights to the island country of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island.  Nauru, population 12,500 is...

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Oatmeal Odyssey

Oatmeal Odyssey

  Riverhead tell us that this brew is adventurously brewed so it seems fitting that name and artwork regale the adventures of brave Odysseus. If you have read The Odyssey you will know better than to piss off Odysseus, and that Poseidon holds a grudge for as long...

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