286 Reviews
My old buddy RA donated this brew to the cause, so it seemed like a fitting quaff to pipe in a Monday night. Second Wedge tell us that this Scottish style brew is inspired by “the sounds of bag pipes practiced at the Uxbridge legion”. I have a bit of the Scotch in my...
Belgian brews garner mixed reviews on COMDB. Rye is best served with ginger ale or cola in our presence, rye infused, casked or in any other way influenced brews have also at times been subject to a harsh reception. And nobody likes a snob. One unique thing about a...
COMDB are in the maison. The CIM convention in la belle Province to be precise, and quaffing a brew or deux with the Crownsmen dynamic duo.* Shout out to Jerrod and Rory and the whole MiningNow team. Montreal is doing it’s very best Vancouver impression. As the old...
Another visit to Fenelon Falls, home to Fenelon Falls and ….. and… let me think. Oh yea Fenelon Falls Brewing too. FFB says they are committed to “delivering one-of-a-kind experiences”. I remember going deep sea fishing once and we were all greener around the gills...
5 o’clock is a recent memory, time to tie one on. As in tie on the feedbag of course. Perhaps a pint as well. You know it. A tisket, a tasket,* a brisket in a basket. I brace myself for a Bracebridge Lake of Bays Barrelhouse beef brisket in a basket on a bun. Beefy...
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do, Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue, And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl, Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl.* Ah yes, old Steve Earle was quite taken with a Galway girl. I was 8 or 9 years old...
This is a Boar of the Month Club selection from our friends at Four Rivers. The can shows a boar’s head being ceremoniously served up on a platter for the famished few who aren’t turn off by a snout full of snout. Apparently this ancient English tradition* is making a...
It is supposedly Springtime, and when I saw this brew on the shelf I thought to myself, “that seems like a nice Springtime brew” with Marigolds* in bloom. However, Mother nature can be a cruel taskmaster and there has been nothing spring like about this spring so far....
Out to dinner with my favourite son and my favourite daughter-in-law who are in fact married to each other. Coincidence? I think not. The Grist brew kitchen in NOTL* is our toast host. They tell us that the word “grist” (the noun) means malt crushed to make mash for...
On the road again, figuratively speaking, while sitting in my comfy Lazy Boy watching the Leafs. This beer is taking me back to my favourite East Coast town, Bathurst NB.* I have fond memories of my visits to Bathurst. The great people at Brunswick Mine. The missus...