The warm weather is back with a vengeance and that means crushing some picnic table pints, that's right, it's outdoor drinking season. I saw this new offering from Beau's Brewing and the Hazy IPA tag caught my eye. New England style IPAs are almost always delicious...
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Chute and Score
If you thought that “the big chute” is a hunting safari for poor spellers, or Orr’s score for the Stanley Cup winner,* you would be incorrect on both counts. The big chute marine railway is actually a rail lift** at lock 44 at Port Severn that transports boats on a ...
Nightfall Makes My Day
In Asimov’s “Nightfall”* the planet of Lagash has six suns and since they never experience night, every Lagashian has an intense fear of perpetual darkness. With an eclipse imminent, their scientists postulate that the coming darkness will drive everyone to madness...
Cruisin’ and Crushin’
Back by popular demand, Father’s Day. I tried to get the Grandkids in on the gift giving but they were quick to point out that I didn’t know what I was talking about, that it’s Father’s Day, not Grandfather’s Day.* “You’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’” is what my old man...
Citrusy Pale Ails
A citrusy pale eh. I remember way back in the day when Creemore Springs was a craft beer brewer.* Their beer, they only made a lager, would show up very now and then and would be a welcome respite from the Canadians and Blues that were standard fare. But in 2005...
Ship Shape Stout
The big lake breeze transforms a warm day into a cool evening. Perfect for a faux fire and a ship shape stout. Time to sip on a ship to shore Shipman’s for sure. Decew Falls* brewers remind me of Gateway City, both are brewers in love with their local history. Every...
Can You Keep a Secret? Me Neither.
When Joan Jett was questioned about her sexuality she said “If you want to know who I am, listen to my music”. I don’t think Joan Jett has any secrets. I’ll tell you something else that's no secret, C’est What Durham are no nonsense nitro shaken not stirred beer...
Allday Breakfast
I am accustomed to having my breakfast wheat shredded, not fermented. But if Kris Kristofferson, Jim Morrison and Sheryl Crow all recommend a breakfast barley sandwich then it must be a thing, just not my thing.* Or you could have beerios, which is substituting beer...
Grapefruit Brut
Not our first Siren call, we have sampled this UK brewer’s Broken Dreams and expressed our super suds appreciation. But this brew is a whole different kettle of fish. Named after an Italian liqueur*, this one is a strange and compelling combination of grapefruit sour...
A Dry Thirst Unction from the Junction
A dry thirst unction, a pilsner from the Junction. I think that’s the first time I’ve ever used the word unction in a sentence, let alone rhymed it.* A Reader’s Digest “Increase Your Word Power” moment. Another Oilers loss last night, they look like the better team...