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Greek mythology describes the Chimera as a fire breathing creature composed of various animals. The classic Chimera* has a lion body and head with a second head of a goat, and a tail of a snake. The mighty Bellethron killed the beast while riding the winged horse...
For those of you like myself* who are unfamiliar with Haw, I went straight to the world wide web to do my research on the Hawthorn berry. What the web tells me is this little red fruit can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, reduce inflammation, improve skin health,...
In case you were wondering, apparently Beerios is what you get when you substitute beer for milk in your Cheerios for breakfast. Now I’m not much of a day drinker, but if the occasional noon or afternoon quaff is in the cards, I’ll deal with it. But beer in my...
Out for a romantic dinner with the missus at a quaint little bistro by the bay with a limited draft selection but lo and behold, they have an Ol’ Woody on tap. I had one in the ol’ beer fridge but I hadn’t sampled it yet. So I thought to myself if this one is tasty...
I am not much of a puzzler but I did one a few weeks ago and I was quite proud of myself. It said 2 to 3 years on the box and it only took me a day to finish!* This puzzle of a pint took me a little longer to finish than most brews. Possibly because it is 8 million...
Out for a big night in the little apple. At the Walrus and time to wet the ol’ whiskers (mine not the Walrus's). It’s draft day but we aren’t interested in a rookie. Calling in a good old Guinness on tap. Hard to go wrong with the classic. A pro pour, wish I could...
When I saw the name of this brew I sent up the ol’ bat signal for the COMDB translation department. They took on this assignment with their usual indifference. Apparently 主命 means “master’s orders” in Japanese, which just so happens to be the name of the Department of...
Maybe Okoberfest and baseball season are both over, but that doesn’t stop us from sampling a Left Field Festbier, now does it. And so, the festing continues. As for baseball, anyone around in the 70’s knows that Mr. October is none other than Reggie Jackson, who was...
Dark Lager? Sounds like COMDB to the rescue with some entertaining names for this aptly but unimaginatively named brew. How about “Drinking with Springsteen on the Edge of Town” or maybe “Dancing with a Dark”. * Or a classic reference, “A Beer After Conrad’s Own...
Way back in the day, driving South from a 4 month tour of duty at the mines, I headed into Toronto to catch up with my old buddy Smitty. I can still remember the bar had a complex bamboo fan arrangement on the ceiling all connected by chains and sprockets. We sat down...