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English Lesson

English Lesson

Another Shillow beer of the month club offering, will we have another mystery brew on our hands today or is this brew in fact an English Ale? A Gloucester based brewery, another Ontario community with a decidedly British name. Gloucester UK * is about 2.5 hours due...

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Everyone Wins in a Beer War

Everyone Wins in a Beer War

Draft Anderson Cream Ale vs Anderson Cream Ale, which will prevail? Beer war! Which one will "tap" out? Usually I quaff and take notes, last night’s brew, today’s review. But I am typing while tasting tonight since tomorrow is none other than the third annual COMDB...

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Long Drive Done, Time for a Cold One

Long Drive Done, Time for a Cold One

After a long drive nothing is better than a chilly cold brewski. Before a long drive…not recommended. During a long drive, illegal and also not recommended. Transporting donkeys* from downtown Montreal to uptown K-town, bending that speed limit to the breaking point....

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It’s About Bloody Time

It’s About Bloody Time

Grinding but not shining through one of those days that feels like a week of daze. But as the day winds up and I wind down it’s time for a stroll down Saulter Street for a beer, and it’s about bloody time. The folks at Saulter are as clear as can be on the can about...

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Bitters with a Touch of Twisted

Bitters with a Touch of Twisted

Is this brew as twisted and bitter as Queen Grimhilde? Or Cruella de Ville? Or Scar? Enough Disney references.* Harry and Megan may be a modern day real-life example of twisted and bitter but as they say in the army, no sympathy for self-inflicted wounds. One of the...

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A Windswept Wolf at the Door

A Windswept Wolf at the Door

A windswept day on the lake for sure, a storm brewin’ and stewin’. Here comes a downpour that would make old Noah nervous. Complete with audio and visual, the thunder and lightning means the fish will have to wait. Let’s see what the cottage library has on the shelf....

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Bear on the Run

Bear on the Run

The latest small batch beers are great at New Ontario, but I'd recommend sticking with the classics. The Bear Runner Blonde is one of their best beers and I'd definitely recommend it over any other beer.

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A Grisette?

A Grisette?

If you thought that a Grisette was a Memphis Grizzly’s cheerleader* you would be incorrect. FYI the Memphis Grizzlies cheerleaders are actually called Grizz Girls. What kind of a name is that? Sounds like a geriatric cheer squad to me. Why not the Memphis Belles, or...

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Loaded on Home Grown

Loaded on Home Grown

Moving day and I’m not talking about Saturday at a PGA tournament,* I’m talking about packing up kit and kaboodle and heading on down the road. Well, once that big ass moving truck was loaded I thought it was my turn. Alas, permission to get loaded was not granted by...

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Twenty-Two Tigers and a Hot Dog

Twenty-Two Tigers and a Hot Dog

Check out the artwork on the can. Looks like a nice tiger pattern but look closer. Twenty-two tigers and a hot dog? What’s that all about? That got me wondering how old Noah made sure that those two tigers didn’t end up making a few other species extinct on their 40...

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