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Whites in Night Satin

Whites in Night Satin

JT asked me “what the hell is a White IPA?”. Fair question. I’ve sampled a few in my day, but just like you, I had to look it up. It seems that a white IPA is a mix and match of wheat beer with IPA, each in some shape or form.  We have sampled a few whites to date....

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It’s Not Pete’s, It’s Petes

It’s Not Pete’s, It’s Petes

On the lake again this evening, feeding the fishes. No fat bass-tards landed, but a couple of little bass-turds that got thrown back as quickly as an icy IPA after mowing the lawn on a walk-on-the-sun scorcher of an afternoon. Successful or not, every fishing...

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Summer Solace

Summer Solace

Out on the lake, casting my line into a late summer sunset that had me reeling. But the fish were on to me. A couple of bites but the hook never took so the net was never wet. No fat bass-tards tonight. So, it was time to dock the boat and head to the beer fridge for...

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Hockley Night in Canada…. in August

Hockley Night in Canada…. in August

Hockley night in Canada …. in August. And in more hockey news Auston Matthews scores a $13.25 Million USD a year contract, the highest paid player in the league. Ka-ching! Of course that ka-ching will get the big ding from the taxman or taxwoman or the other various...

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Hazy Years Beers, Cheers

Hazy Years Beers, Cheers

I’ve got more hazy years under my hat than I would care to admit, but twenty hazy years sounds like a fairly accurate description of my formal education. Not so, in this case it’s a hazy day IPA. I took a bike ride of the V-twin variety down to the church for a vigil...

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Kintsugi with a Kick

Kintsugi with a Kick

It seems to me that Godspeed is pretty serious about what they do and nothing from this brewery is an average day at the races. Case in point, take this super serious stern strong and stately stout. No imaginary friends or electric unicorns gracing this bottle. An...

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Loco for Franco

Loco for Franco

Cassel Brewery* is nestled in the small town of Casselman in Ontario between Ottawa and Montreal. A bastion of French speaking in Ontario, 79.3% of the population of 3,960 have French as their first language.** The Via rail train station is a focal point of the small...

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A Brew with a View

A Brew with a View

When it comes to Niagara Falls, main street has all kinds of cheesy shops and touristy things to do, but when all is said and done the main attraction is still the main attraction, The Falls. Always impressive. It also happens to be a point of National pride that the...

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Island Double Time

Island Double Time

I never had any imaginary friends growing up, I guess I was a bit of a loner. But our friends at Flying Monkeys have a whole island full. Imagine that! It reminded me of Tom Hanks and his four year-long one-sided conversation with his old buddy “Wilson”. Poor old...

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Long Drive Done, Time for a Cold One

Long Drive Done, Time for a Cold One

After a long drive nothing is better than a chilly cold brewski. Before a long drive…not recommended. During a long drive, illegal and also not recommended. Transporting donkeys* from downtown Montreal to uptown K-town, bending that speed limit to the breaking point....

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