122 Reviews
The legend of the Blarney Stone is that those who kiss it are bestowed “the gift of gab”. * I can think of a few politicians who probably not only kissed it but may have sucked on it for a while. Come to think of it, there are a few that may have swallowed it and...
At the Lake of Bays Bracebridge Barrlehouse for a brew and it turned out to be a serendipitous suds sampling. Serendipitous, how so you say, because you enjoy an alliteration as much as I do. * Well, I hand my business card to the bar tender, because when I’m...
Last night the Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Montreal Alouettes to win the 112th Grey Cup classic, the penultimate prize in the Canadian Football League. When thinking about where to go for a little R&R, Regina is neither R and most likely not the first...
As we continue our coast-to-coast toast to Canada, we leave the great lakes of Ontario for the land of 10,000 lakes, Manitoba, the start of the prairie provinces. We roll on down the highway with a great Manitoba band, BTO.* When Fonger first heard that song he...
We all know the world could use a little more Canada, so we have deemed this week Canadian classics week, with a Coast to Coast toast to the country with the most, Eh. First the Rock, now we're heading West and in the sand with a short but sweet guest review from PEI...
In the Muskokas and I was feeling a tad thirsty, a bit peckish. I was looking for something tasty, so a home cooked meal by Chef Roy-Ar-Dee was not on the table, figuratively or literally. The choice was clear, as in Clear Lake Brewery. A regular COM Oktoberfest stop,...
It was 1977 and the only music you could buy back then was vinyl. I used to love “discovering’ a new artist and usually looked for a cool sounding name, hoping for some cool sounding tunes. I couldn’t resist a new album by a group called George Thorogood and the...
At the big Mining4Beer event at Scotland Yard in downtown Hogtown and the Sunday night socialites drank up $20,000 in the first 90 minutes. And then the wheels came off and the fun began. The big mining convention in Toronto * is a thirsty affair, with pitchers and...
I’m downtown and out on the town in little apple. At a fancy pants restaurant and the menu has some of the same old same old, with me always looking for a new brew to review. Lo and behold, an Astoria mahogany lager. What’s new? That’s new, and not the Waldorf Astoria...
The Niagara Brewing Company, at the base of Clifton Hill, is Niagara Falls’ number 1 attraction! Ok, their number 2 attraction. Lactose intolerant visitors beware because Clifton Hill is the cheesiest street in Canada. Ripley’s believe it or don’t, 2 haunted mansions...