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Sláinte mhath! Time for a Tartan Day toast to all you would be, wanna be, and wish you were Bravehearts. * Here’s to the Cranky Old Men and friends, may your whisky be as cheap as Farmer Steve, your problems as trivial as our Editor, and your beer as plentiful as...
Lunchtime libations at Rust Bistrobar. * They say rust never sleeps but they aren’t open on Mondays and Tuesdays. ** Their house craft quaff, Rust Red Ale, from sources unknown, led to an investigation by our server who returned with a clue. St. Thomas was emblazoned...
London has graced us with another organic offering for quaffering. They’re serving up an Amber au naturel. If that phrase provided you with an enjoyable mental visual, your welcome. Local organic malts and hops they tell us. Canada Certified organic they tell us. Just...
Maybe you’re a little green around the gills after a few too many St. Patty’s Day Sláintes. Time for a little hair of the dog that bit you. That’s right, it’s beer me time again, but this dog is no light lager Lassie, what we have here is a 10% leave us reeling...
Just to be clear, you don’t have to steer clear of this beer if you’re lactose intolerant. No dairy products were used in the making of this or any other cream ale.* However, many ingredients that those of the bovine persuasion enjoy in their daily diet were. Barley,...
When I make flapjacks I use Pearl Milling Co syrup * for the grandkids and save the maple syrup for me. Does that make me a bad Grandad? I already won the coveted best dad in the world award, so what do I care? But when it comes to most maple syrup beers the grand...
I recently saw the ad campaign for Coors Banquet Lager “Start Your Legacy”. * Time for another COMDB defining moment. “A person’s legacy is the lasting impact, memory, or impression they leave on the world”. I thought that starting your legacy by quaffing a case of...
When it comes to a collab between Sawdust City and Muddy York, that’s a big deal. Well, actually it’s a Bigger Deal. This bourbon barrel 9 month aged wee heavy weighs in at a hefty 9% and is a 4 year later follow up to our review of SC’s Big Deal Wee Heavy (Strong...
These days when I hit the hill it’s Pray Ski before, and Après Ski after. Typically, my après ski of choice these days is a tube of A535. After the aches subside a bit, I head to the beer fridge for an après ski brews-ski. And after a downhill day more taxing than the...
Good ol’ Stephen Leacock writes a couple of books making fun of Orillia and they erect a museum in his honour!* But poor ol’ Charlie Farquharson does a three-sentence bit on Parry Sound and gets banned from appearing in town? ** What’s that all about? Trestle Brewing...