493 Reviews
In the Niagara region the farming is fruit trees and vines. We aren’t talking about hauling up carrots and toting taters. More like picking peaches and grapes and then sampling a Pinot Noir or a Cabernet Franc after a day in the field. And citrus is so FLA, not at...
Once upon a time green was the colour of envy (Invidia), one of the seven deadly sins. These days green is a virtue, saving the planet is of course a good thing for all who live in it or on it. We are in a world where the saved need savin’ too and what were once vices...
It was around 1990 that my parents started wintering in Florida, a Sebring seniors sanctuary, trailers with no wheels. I don’t remember getting a ransom note in those block cut out letters from Florida demanding a substantial payment for the return of my parents. But...
You have your friendliest ghost, that would be Casper. Then there is the studly apparition Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze). Or how about Slimer, a gross ghost, a ghrost? Bettlejuice (Michael Keaton) is certainly in the running for grossest and most spirited spirit. A...
Slingshot? For those of you biblically inclined you may be thinking of young David’s weapon of choice.* However in this case slingshot does not refer to Goliath’s demise but is in fact another Gateway tribute to a local landmark, a run at the Laurentian Ski Hill. Some...
Dylan warned us about a hard rain. Gene Kelly was singing and dancing in it. Prince coloured it purple. And old Noah he navigated through it for days on end. But what this Rainhard is bringing us is a torrential downpour of juice on the loose, a crazy hazy IPA From...
Attending a wedding reception and I have been designated the designated driver, perhaps due to past performances at similar events? So, it’s one and done for me. Meanwhile the Department of Morality is into the rum and colas like Hunter S Thompson on a visit to San...
Cranking up the old BBQ, and poppin’ the top on a Hail Mary from Brimstone Brewing. Naming a beer Hail Mary, is that sacrilege? The last BB brew review was their Sinister Minister, I think these guys at Brimstone are playing with fire. Hold up in an old church, they...
This beer should be ejected from the space ship. You would think a new brew from Refined Fool Brewing would be a decent quaff as I've had some very good beers from there in the past. I looked past the cat in a space suit on the can and focused on "Hazy IPA". I was in...
Pulling a Chilly Tins out of the chilly bin* for a nighttime armchair trip to New Zealand via Burlington. Following a growing brewer love affair with New Zealand hops, Nickel Brook has three different ones stuffed into this crafty kiwi crusher. Will this be a South...