422 Reviews
As far as gardening goes, don’t call on me to buff the begonias or pot the petunias, my thumbs are a boring and typical flesh colour, no green opposable digits here. But when it comes to Oktoberfest I have no problem planting myself in a beer garden for an evening. I...
Kicking off Muskoka Oktoberfest weekend with the Cranky Old Men in the house and I always like to start the festivities with a unique and memorable sampling. How about a special edition 750ml local series from the near North brewer formerly known as New Ontario, now...
Is year is the year? And is this beer the beer? The answer to both questions is probably no but let me explain. My first thought was a beer that boost my beloved Buds from our favourite baseball brewer, bravo! But as my pedantic pain in the ass Editor tells me so...
The cure for Sober October? Just replace the “c” with a “k” and start festing. It’s Oktoberfest of course and a Festbier from Wellington no less. With Muskoka Oktoberfest just a few short days away I thought a bit of a warmup with a cold one was a good way to cool off...
I remember meeting Daryl Sittler in the mid-90’s. His business card simply said “Daryl Sittler; Businessman”. We had just taken our company public and he was a board member. When we met he said “So you’re the cashflow part of the business” because my part of the...
Our Editor throws more shade than a streetlamp at midnight.* Me, I’m a live and let live kinda guy, a mellow fellow. The old duck once told me that if I didn’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. That philosophy is sometimes a bit of a challenge when...
A Mining4Beer event, you had me at free beer.** The only beer at the bar I hadn’t tried was a Sol. Sol here goes. The COMDB translation department were hard at work on this one, doing some Sol searching. The ever belligerent but occasionally efficient translation team...
A recent trip to the U.S. gave me the opportunity to explore some new beers that I haven't seen before. That can be good and bad - unfortunately in this case it landed mainly on the bad side. It seemed promising enough, a pale lager brewed by Von Trapp Brewing out of...
Ah yes, tiny cars with friends. Fond memories of the COMDB AGM with RA as the designated driver, an expression you sure don’t hear too often. Driving that tiny car in search of my last drive. This is another Refined Fool’s Summer Beer League special, brewed...
It’s not so sober October and the dark brews have hit the shelves. Dark days are here again! After sampling (and enjoying) a Newfoundland German Light Lager, how about a Muskoka Czech Dark Lager. Both lagers, but as different as day and night. It’s one of my favourite...