Pulitzer prize reporting!
Kingston, Canada. The home of incarceration and education.** Some students may think the two are one in the same. However when claustrophobic classrooms, pedantic professors and repellant roommates start to become too much, Queen’s students have a welcome respite in the engineering student newspaper Golden Words. Steeped in tradition and an indispensable source of academic knowledge, this magazine offers sage wisdom and handy hints to help any student navigate their hectic life.
Captivating and enriching topics such as “How Much Does the New EngSoc Logo Look Like a Penis” and “Who’s Cumming Down Your Chimney This Holiday Season”, in addition to regular features like “WHORE-oscopes” grace the pages of this bastion of decorum and respectability. Golden Words, aptly named. And with this golden lager our favourite Flamingo flaunting brewer, Daft pays tribute.
As for the phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword” *** I believe the saying originated from the movie in which Jason Bourne, the amnesiac assassin, bests his would be killer with, you guessed it, a Bic pen.
To be honest, I’m a fan of both Daft and Golden Words, so I was really hoping for a great brew, although I was ready, willing and able to tear this beer a second one if it didn’t make the grade. Time to pour and score.
Crisp, clean, no caffeine.
Super clear light golden, no headlines on this edition. Classic malt lager aroma. The first taste is malt body with a touch of crisp and a bit of bitters. No real lager sweet, almost Pilsnerlike in its presentation. Lots of flavour, thankfully a craft lager rather than big brewer play it safe suds. At the same time easy drinking, a big swigger. A class act.
A fridge stocker, or in this case a locker stocker? This brew is a homecoming Clark Hall must. Beers are like chips at Clark Hall, you can never have just one.
*Editor’s Comment: But it helps.
*Reviewer’s Comment: My engineering jacket still fits!
* Editor’s Comment: Around the shoulders maybe.
**Editor’s Comment: In addition to Queen’s University, the Royal Military College of Canada, and St. Lawrence College, Kingston Ontario and area has been the traditional home of a number of Federal correctional facilities. Kingston Penitentiary operated for many years but is now closed and offers tours and is right across the street from what was the Federal Prison for Women which is now closed as well. The words penitentiary and prison are outdated, these facilities are now known as institutions, coincidentally just like our colleges and universities. Still in operation in the Kingston area are Collins Bay Institution (medium to maximum security), Millhaven Institution (maximum security), Bath Institution (medium security) , and Joyceville Institution (minimum security).
***Editor’s Comment: Although our reviewer is correct in that the character in The Bourne Identity (2002) does defeat his adversary with a pen, the origins of the saying go back to 1839 when English author Edward Bulwer- Lytton used the phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword” in his play Richilieu.
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