182 Reviews
Cream Ale takes me back to my youth. Not that I drank beer as a youngster - but I can distinctly remember watching Saturday morning cartoons on an American TV channel from Syracuse or possibly Rochester and seeing ads for Genesse Cream Ale. I'm not sure they got the...
If the Silversmith squirrels are looking for nuts, they sure came to the right beer. The squirrels around here are as large as NYC sewer rats and just as deferential, as in not. They remind me of those rascally rodents raiding the most spectacular bird feeder in the...
That nutty buddy of mine, Bud the Elf on the beer shelf, shows up on Christmas day and makes his preference clear. Looks like a Chestnut brown is going down. Chestnuts r’oasting in a brewhouse kettle, Jack Frost nowhere to be seen, It doesn’t much matter what you’re...
We have established that Henderson’s best is Henderson’s Best, or to put it another way, Henderson’s Best is Henderson’s best. But what happens when you have a fusion of Henderson’s Best amber ale with Palm’s best Belgian amber? You get what Henderson calls a double...
In case you were wondering, apparently Beerios is what you get when you substitute beer for milk in your Cheerios for breakfast. Now I’m not much of a day drinker, but if the occasional noon or afternoon quaff is in the cards, I’ll deal with it. But beer in my...
Out for a romantic dinner with the missus at a quaint little bistro by the bay with a limited draft selection but lo and behold, they have an Ol’ Woody on tap. I had one in the ol’ beer fridge but I hadn’t sampled it yet. So I thought to myself if this one is tasty...
In the Nashville of the North back in the day The Mattagami was the city’s cultural center, although the Maple Leaf could be a contender for the crown as well. The more sophisticated residents and visitors to Timmins would venture to the Mattagami for a libation or...
Holman’s description sounded great. “Golden toffee aroma, grainy malt flavours, and a dark chocolatey finish.” In fact it sounded almost too good to be true, like those ads on TV. And me, a self-confessed amber lover, well I wasn’t over the moon in anticipation of...
This hair of the dog looks dark, dank and dangerous. The Kame & Kettle crew make it clear that this is no run of the mill dark lager, but is in fact a black ale. They tell us “one sip and you’ll be wagging your tail”. I don’t know about all that tail wagging...
I saw Grace Potter and the Nocturnals in concert in Orlando many years ago. It was in a small venue where you bought a beer and stood in the pit. It held maybe 400 people tops. Great band, high energy, and Potter has the “Voice”. Why am I rambling on about Grace...