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Working Title: Any Time is a Good Time for a Zod Time

Working Title: Any Time is a Good Time for a Zod Time

I’m a Flying Monkeys fan. No not those mangy minions of the Wicked Witch of the West that swooped down to abscond Dorothy and Toto. I’m talking about the Platos of the pints, the Aristoles of the ales, the Socrates of the suds, the Kants of the can. Those heavy...

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Codswallop Old Men Drinking Beer

Codswallop Old Men Drinking Beer

Codswallop? What kind of a name is that for a beer, sounds like nonsense to me.* I remember going fishing with the old man in the cedar strip boat. After we found our spot the mercury outboard got pulled up and the oars got put into the water. For the uninitiated, one...

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A Hazy Review

A Hazy Review

Those refined fools are at it again. That’s right, another thirsty Thursday of prime time video tasting on the Crownsmen Show. I don’t recall what we talked about (some would say it's all a bit hazy) although I’m sure it was an incredibly interesting and important...

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Gunsmoke, Maverick and a Handcrafted Lager

Gunsmoke, Maverick and a Handcrafted Lager

Way back in the day when I was a kid the only shows on TV that I remember were Saturday morning cartoons, Hockey Night in Canada, the Ed Sullivan Show (loved that Topo Gigio) and Gunsmoke. The old man loved Gunsmoke almost as much as he loved to smoke. Let’s put it...

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This is Really Something

This is Really Something

Something in the Water is once again inviting us to drink curiously with Painted Lake, which they tell us is a tribute to the great Canadian artist Tom Thomson, the artistry, the tragedy and the mystery. * Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park was the subject of many of his...

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Too Much Coffee Man meets Just Right Coffee Man

Too Much Coffee Man meets Just Right Coffee Man

When I first saw the comic strip “Too Much Coffee Man” * I thought it was the unauthorized biography of Farmer Steve. You see, while you’re on your second cup, he is on his second pot. His morning quaff is a carafe. A real caf-fiend. Our COMDB coffee man. I must...

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Space Craft

Space Craft

Jupiter, Roman God of the sky, a lofty position to be sure. Overseeing the Romans, literally.  Of course, Paniza’s first love isn’t Roman history, it’s good beer. But their second love isn’t Roman history either, it’s outer space. Beer Trek. The final frontier. To...

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A Triple Master Mind Melt

A Triple Master Mind Melt

An Alien Master Mind triple IPA sounds out of this world, especially at 10.3%. I’m usually one and done, but when that one is a triple with an ABV that’s double, that’s trouble.  Me and Farmer Steve look to stretch our drinking dollar whenever we can, so when it comes...

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Psychic Pineapple Powers*

Psychic Pineapple Powers*

The prickly old pineapple is a symbol of good luck, wealth, luxury, welcome and hospitality, fertility, abundance, protection and gift giving. ** It is said to be able to increase confidence and strengthen intuition  and psychic experiences. And an upside-down...

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Dog Dazed and Confused

Dog Dazed and Confused

Every day is a dog daze around here when I have to walk the snaggle toothed, butt draggin’ ,leg humpin’, buffalo breathed, canine member of the family. I use the term “walk” loosely because our four-legged freeloader does more sniffin’ then walkin’. If a dog is a...

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