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West Coast Island Imbibing

West Coast Island Imbibing

We started our cross country coast to coast toast to Canada at Port Rexton on the East Coast island of Newfoundland. Our tour concludes about as far West as we can get, on Vancouver Island at British Columbia's capital, Victoria. 4979 kilometers for one very tired...

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Laughing About It

Laughing About It

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...

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A Long Trek on a Short Pier

A Long Trek on a Short Pier

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. Following the sun, and the best from East to West, you can't get more East than the Rock.  It sure...

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The Choice Was Clear …. Lake

The Choice Was Clear …. Lake

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,...

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Sunday Night Sociables

Sunday Night Sociables

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...

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Another St Jacobs Miracle?

Another St Jacobs Miracle?

Stockyard Brewers make their home in the St. Jacobs market district. I remember visiting St Jacobs Farmer’s Market * a few times back in the day. Mennonite horses and buggies, rows upon rows of fresh fruit and veggies, and the farm fresh aroma of cows in the field...

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A Toast to Harriet Tubman

A Toast to Harriet Tubman

A few years ago, one of my granddaughters was working on a project for school. The topic, Harriet Tubman.  A February project, part of the Black History month curriculum at the school. I had heard about Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad before but didn’t...

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Checking Into the Willibald Astoria

Checking Into the Willibald Astoria

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...

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Greek Mythos and Unicorns

Greek Mythos and Unicorns

Greece, the land of myths and Mythos. The missus and I went there for our honeymoon, but that was so long ago that back then Zeus and Hera were only dating. I’ve heard a lot of Greek myths over the years.  We even reviewed The Odyssey, the beer of course, the book is...

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You Don’t Have to Be Daft to Read Golden Words*

You Don’t Have to Be Daft to Read Golden Words*

Kingston, Canada. The home of incarceration and education.** Some students may think the two are one in the same. However when claustrophobic classrooms, pedantic professors and repellant roommates start to become too much, Queen’s students have a welcome respite in...

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