493 Reviews
Those river rafter crafters from Elora have hopped up their wagon train and headed West to do some coast toasting to the original craft IPAs.* For those of you picturing scantily clad sunbathers and surfer dudes and dudettes catching waves and eyes, with a Beach Boys...
A white tiger. Exotic, dangerous, unique, rare, poorly camouflaged, but nonetheless intriguing. White IPAS are typically hopped up Wit bieres. A combination that seems counterintuitive to this old quaffer, however I was surprised to see that the majority of White...
After before the dawn, now I am reflecting and refracting on a Sun Dog. * Coincidentally another Muskoka based brewer, Canvas has me seeing and drinking double. Although not uncommon, ** sun dogs are a rare and impressive display of multiple suns that no degree of...
When I first saw an IV IPA I thought to myself that I’d rather drink it than take it intravenously. Ah, but it’s a Four Father’s IV so it appears some translation from Roman is required. They say three times the charm, although I wouldn’t count on that. Led Zeppelin’s...
I’ve been around the lake once or twice and did my fair share of gunnel bobbing as a kid. I hauled some of those fat bass-tards on a ten pound test into the old canoe. But I’m no white water warrior and never portaged, I’m just a catch and release canoeist, but I do...
When it comes to beer reviews, I’ve been known to take the long way home on occasion, the scenic route if you will. A fanciful digression, a bittersweet reminiscence, a tangential departure from the task at hand. I must admit, I have done some pint opining at times...
Those refined fools are at it again. That’s right, another thirsty Thursday of prime time video tasting on the Crownsmen Show. I don’t recall what we talked about (some would say it's all a bit hazy) although I’m sure it was an incredibly interesting and important...
An Alien Master Mind triple IPA sounds out of this world, especially at 10.3%. I’m usually one and done, but when that one is a triple with an ABV that’s double, that’s trouble. Me and Farmer Steve look to stretch our drinking dollar whenever we can, so when it comes...
The boys of summer are back, in spring training.* I remember a hockey player after watching his first baseball game saying “They shower after this?” I’m not sure about post game batting clean up, but baseball players make some major coin these days, maybe that's why...
According to Donald Rumsfeld * “as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we...