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I remember as a kid seeing that super scary movie The Birds.* Only Alfred Hitchcock could make birds on a wire suspenseful and scary. I mean really, how can you be scared of something that has its pecker on its face? But I remember after seeing that movie when I...
Cranberries and wild rose hips? From the friendly folks at Frontibus way out in the Far East, of Québec that is, the Gaspesié. Which just happens to be where the cranberry capital of Canada is located.* I love me some fresh cranberry sauce with a turkey dinner and...
My first thought was tortured tastebuds from sampling not just as sipper but a paint stripper, resulting in a broken down palate.* Or maybe a paint splattered in pieces palette on the floor of a frustrated artist’s studio? But finally, not without some hesitation and...
Hello darkness my old friend, I’m here for an elbow bend, Because this beer I'm slowly pouring, is the brew I’ll be scoring, A stout is the topic of this refrain, and what remains. Is a round of The Darkness.* What lies beyond the pale? ** If you guessed The Darkness...
A French beer with a German name seems odd to me.* Why? Just in case you skipped history class that day, in the previous century the two countries had some relationship issues. I think they saw a counselor, or maybe that was a Chancellor? "De l'eau a coulé sous les...
In the forensic lab, breaking beakers, filling flasks and prepping the pipettes. Doing some cranky old calibrating and calculating of this cryptic craft quaff. Yes it’s another Nickel Brook Mystery Pack pint and after A and B it’s no mystery that this brew is Mystery...
An Irish ale with a Scottish name. Houndstooth? I see a pattern developing here. The Scots and Irish were not always the best of neighbours. * Even today a dispute is brewing, that being Brew Dog challenging Guiness to a stout froth off. ** Heady times. The Eastbound...
Fresh Prince (Willard Smith) age 57. Doug E Fresh (Douglas Davis) age 59, Mannie Fresh (Byron Otto Thomas) age 56, Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams for some Canadian content) age 57. * All these Freshes aren’t so fresh anymore, maybe in need of a refresh? Still...
There was the Tulip mania of 1634.* And Beatlemania of 1963. And the present-day megalomaniac that is our Editor. ** Some may even say that IPA’s are a mania in the brewing industry.*** Enter Willibald’s Mania, a triple IPA 10 percenter that will not only whet your...
The craft beer industry for most brewers is largely a community endeavour. They cherish their mug club members, their local partners, and the communities they live and work in. Case in point are the fine folks at Fine Balance. One of their stated values is, and I...