422 Reviews
Dry? Yes I am, thanks for asking. But are you super dry, like Blackburn’s Special Dry? As dry as a Sahara sunbather, as dry as a Gobi iguana. As dry as JT last February. Now we’re talking dry. And you can never say we ever (or never) leave a request unattended. * What...
“Old school”. Bench must mean a traditional brew, done with the care and attention to quality that was the hallmark of a by gone era. Craftmanship, the art not the science, a steady learned hand on the tiller as opposed to a greedy young hand in the till. Pride in...
My old concert going buddy Scotty C sent us a comment making a request for “more song and dance and more Lager reviews”. Some people sing like a bird, I sing like a frog. And dance for me is my left foot being introduced to my right foot. But one thing I can do is...
I enjoy a Mӓrzen as much as the next guy, that is if the next guy is wearing lederhosen and drinking from a boot glass. That’s right. I love me a Mӓrzen. And who doesn’t love a story from Stephen Leacock about Mariposa.* Leacock’s summers were spent in Orillia, and...
A visit to Clear Lake but this is no spa day, it’s a howl at the full moon Saturday night and the place is hopping. It’s a full house tonight and I’m straight to the bar, flush with cash, and with a credit card that should be dealt with. A wings special, a messy...
Off the beaten track on the road less travelled and with a wandering mind, but not lost or at a loss for words. I’m on a search and find expedition for the Haliburton Highlands. Not exactly Denver high or Kilimanjaro high,* but I guess high is a relative term. I...
Guv, guy, guzzle. Nope, Guza wasn’t in its preordained spot in my Pocket Oxford. Time to call in the COM Translation department. They puzzled and pondered on the word a bit and then came back to me with a few options. COMTD: Lots of options here. In Polish it means...
The COM played a little round ball back in the day and let me tell you from personal experience that the statement “white men can’t jump” is incorrect. White men can’t jump very high is probably a much more accurate statement, although maybe David Lee Roth* is the...
Modelo and Corona. Both similar Mexican lagers, they must be fierce competitors? As adversarial as the matador and the bull? Ali and Frazier? Depp and Heard? Nope. Corona is a Modelo brand. To complicate matters, Grupo Modelo was purchased in 2013 by Anheuser-Busch...
There seems to be a whole lot of shaking going on. Bond wanted it shaken, not stirred. Taylor Swift just shook it off and Suzi Quattro was shakin’ all over. Live Johnny Winter And,* arguably one of the best live rock albums out there, includes Johnny’s cover of “Whole...