182 Reviews
Copper Beech is not a waterfront penny arcade or a holiday destination for your local constable. It is an actual tree and once again the Decew Falls team are giving us a local history lesson. The beech tree* at Drummond Hill Cemetery is a memorial to the soldiers that...
My first thought was that “shoulder season” was tank top weather. However from 40 years of intense training in the fine art of being corrected, it came as no surprise to me * that my first thought was indeed incorrect. It appears that “shoulder season” in tourism...
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...
I knew this US import was trouble from the moment I laid eyes on it. Golden Ale sounds innocent enough, but an ale that’s “spicy and peppery with a gentle hop bouquet” didn’t sound like your run of the mill easy drinking refreshing golden to me. An 8 percenter with...
When Daenerys walked out of her husband’s funeral pyre, the weeping widow had no burns of any degree and three baby dragons in tow. She named one of the little lizards after her late husband, Drogon.* That’s right, Drogon the dragon. That red and black flying flaming...
The Baie Verte peninsula is “au couer du petit nord” according to this beer can. What I do know is the town of Baie Verte is about a 6 hour drive North of St. John’s, 7 hours if it’s raining hard enough to float the ark, don’t you Noah. Up here you can watch whales or...
Time for a coast to coast toast. Just finished a Vancouver tour and what could be further from Stanley Park than St. John’s? * Our Newfoundland tour begins with a St.John’s stalwart, an 1892, and what is so significant about that year is the burning question. The...
This Trappist* Orval ale ordeal started out as a foam fest and only got worse. As foamy as it gets and then some. A head so thick it could hold up a bank, and it took more time to settle than a Trump law suit (pick one, any one). Luckily, I was in no hurry, although...
I made a round trip to the bar to pick up three beers for our wrap and tap show. With drink tickets in hand it's equivalent to a free beer round going down, which just so happens to be my favourite kind of round. And when it comes to the show, those in the know know...
There was Uncle Al, the Kiddie’s Pal, always suffering a bit from the 40-ounce flu. The McCartney’s Uncle Al was hands across the water. Weird Al might be a fun uncle, and of course a bedtime story from Uncle Alice may invoke nightmares.* Or our favourite history...