493 Reviews
This New Ontario brew was introduced to me at a friends. I was pleasantly surprised at the drinkability of this Big Bold & Beautiful (says so right on the can) IPA. I've bought a few more cases and it continues to impress. After I've had a couple I wonder if...
The Black Bellows Big Buck, the antlered entrepreneur on the can, is grinding and shining, aiming to rake in copious cash, as in mucho dinero, as in not just rich but wealthy. A Big Buck dreaming of big bucks. “Get Rick Qwik” it says on the can. They won’t be making...
The title is a tip of the hat and a raise of the glass to rock’s Nobel Laureate* Bob Dylan and his album “Highway 61 Revisited”. * It is also reference to the two highways that intersect at North Bay, home of Gateway City Brewery. It is also thus named because this...
Looks like a cranky old man on the can, but is he mad enough to start the craft brewing revolution? With the word “lover” below him, although he doesn’t look too cuddly in this pic. In fact I would say he looks more than cranky, how about disagreeable, unpleasant,...
For some reason the first thing that came to mind when I thought of neon was the 70’s 80’s TV show Happy Days with the title of the show lit up at the start of each episode in neon lights, that lame theme song ironically unlike any of the rock and roll that those...
Batten down the hatch, there’s a nor’easter on the horizon. Forget the batten* whatever that is, it’s just down the hatch with this nor’easter. There certainly seems to be a sailing theme with Stonehooker’s “flagship” brew. Not being familiar with all these nautical...
No glass required*, going straight out of the can on this one. With every sip it’s a little bit bitter and a little bit hoppy, and effervescent. I find it smooth and quite tasty. Lots of bubbles, little bubbles, tiny bubbles. “Tiny bubbles, make me happy, tiny...
I’m on the BBQ brew deck and these chops aren’t going to cook themselves. Hot day today, it may end up being the BBQ brew or two deck. And today we have another brew vying to join the Top 5 BBQ Brew list. I recently had a quantum hug, now it’s a bear hug. Feeling the...
At the cottage with no adult supervision, hot afternoon, and its 5 o’clock somewhere. You can fact check all of that if you want. Hot and muggy, seems like an IPA afternoon picnic on the boathouse for one is the ticket to ride*. Just Like Collective Arts Brewery, some...
The other day the missus did a pilgrimage to the mecca of all shoppers everywhere, of course I am talking about Costco. What would this have to do with a beer review, you may ask. Although it was a shopping spree that may result in a second mortgage, she did bring me...