1772 Reviews
Another throw-one-back Thursday and some straight talk with the BC based Crownsmen crew. Quaffing and quipping with the ever-jovial Jerrod and the roguish Rory, with undaunted Devon at the helm making sure the ship doesn’t encounter any icebergs. We are tackling some...
“Old school”. Bench must mean a traditional brew, done with the care and attention to quality that was the hallmark of a by gone era. Craftmanship, the art not the science, a steady learned hand on the tiller as opposed to a greedy young hand in the till. Pride in...
At the Port House (not to be confused with The Portsmouth House) for a brunch of sorts, as in beer and lunch. A little day drinking is good for your mental health and your digestion so they say.* I spied an Old Credit brew on the menu, which brought back fond memories...
My Editor warned me about reviewing this one, take it easy on the Mafia he said. He didn’t realize that Thin Man is based in Buffalo NY and Pills Mafia is a tailgate tip of the tankard to the Bills Mafia, the hardcore Buffalo Bills football fan base. I’ve been a...
My old concert going buddy Scotty C sent us a comment making a request for “more song and dance and more Lager reviews”. Some people sing like a bird, I sing like a frog. And dance for me is my left foot being introduced to my right foot. But one thing I can do is...
When it comes to wine I know it comes in a bottle, bag or box, but that’s the extent of my knowledge of the vintner and the vine. As far a vine theory goes, it sounds confusing, confounding and beyond comprehension, to me anyway. But it comes as no surprise that a...
Twas a late night cold and dreary, JT and I were getting beery, Over many a quaint and curious pints to score While I nodded nearly napping, at the window came a flapping And so did a midnight black Raven appear at my door. Where no bird had been before. The...
Pontificating once again with those two crazy Crownsmen, Jerrod and Rory, and I wanted to introduce them to an early influence of mine. They say you always remember your first and Juicy Ass was my first. Being an old school lager and pils guy I was somewhat reluctant...
I enjoy a Mӓrzen as much as the next guy, that is if the next guy is wearing lederhosen and drinking from a boot glass. That’s right. I love me a Mӓrzen. And who doesn’t love a story from Stephen Leacock about Mariposa.* Leacock’s summers were spent in Orillia, and...
Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” holds the Guinness World record for the longest running play.* The name of the play comes from another play by none other than Shakespeare himself. “The play is the thing” Hamlet states and presents a play to King Claudius that is...