286 Reviews
Flight delayed, time on my hands, looks like a good excuse to sample another Newfoundland brewski. I’m bidding a fond farewell to the Rock and hoisting a hope to see you again soon toast with a preflight pint. Enter the Fighting Irish. Am I advancing my education at...
Last time I was in St. John’s I walked the Rock for 30 minutes to Bannerman’s on a cold rainy night, passing a number of lively pubs on the way, only to realize that I had missed last call. Talk about cranky. But just like a wasted away Jimmy in Margaritaville,* I...
The old fella on the can is engaged in a heated Pickleball* volley. A Shake and Bake with a spin and a smash, no holds barred and no prisoners taken. A Chainsaw serve followed up with a Nasty Nelson that leaves you in a Chicken Wing and next thing you know you the...
Back in the early 50’s if someone called you Comrade or a Red and old Joe McCarthy heard about it, your ass was grass.* Frank’s Old Comrade is a red ale, but that doesn’t make it a communist beer, does it? Me, maybe I’m a columnist, but I was never accused of being a...
I found a parking space on what some claim to be the most refreshing street in Canada, that some being Brock Street Brewery and that street being Brock Street. We have sampled some BS beers before. That didn’t sound right, did it? Let’s try that again. We have sampled...
Another trip to the far east. No, I’m not talking about the one with the Great Wall, I’m talking about the one with the great times. The far east of Canada that is, Port Rexton Newfoundland.* Back by the bay for a back to basics Baycation Blonde. Robinhood Bay, by...
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. Making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging. I checked my record collection and found a couple of interesting...
You’ve got your Doobie Brothers, and the Allman Brothers, there’s the BeeGees and Dire Straits, and the Police. How about the Kinks or the Beach Boys, ACDC and INXS too.* Time to add another brother supergroup to that list, the Brothers MacKinnon. Yep, there’s some...
This Watertown NY brew caught my eye. I wondered why a US brewery would name a beer after a war they lost. Turns out the US thinks they won the war of 1812. So does Canada. Historians call it a draw, a stalemate with no concessions by either side. Of course, we all...
Deep Purple and Bruno Mars both agreed that if you’re lazy you just stay in bed.* Farmer Steve is on his third cup of joe before most of us hit the snooze button the first time, “them ol’ Bessies ain’t goin’ to milk themselves “ he tells us. But when it comes to bears...