423 Reviews
Just before the onset of Dry February* I decided I needed to sample my final beer from Whiprsnapr Brewing. This one is called Black Sunshine, a bourbon oak black lager . A lot of good words in that beer heading. The folks at Whiprsnapr are quite creative - both their...
A night out on the town with my much better half and a shout out to Richard and Sarah who joined us from across the pond. They are braving snow, ice and freezing temperatures to enjoy all the great white North has to offer this time of year, that being snow, ice and...
Kingsville, Kingston, King City, King’s Town, the Lion King, a King with an axe beats one-eyed jacks. Hey, we have a new King now don’t we, our first in over 70 years. It’s the man formerly known as Prince! I wonder if his reign will be purple? He certainly has big...
At the cottage last night and I had all my ducks in a row. A chilled glass and a Fenelon Vienna Lager to go with my chips. A fire sparking and sputtering, as opposed to roaring, I was never much of a boy scout**, although when it comes to my evening brew I like to be...
I don’t think anyone would mistake me for someone who is carb or calorie conscious and I wouldn’t know an electro-light from a red light, but that didn’t stop me from trying this Rally session lager with electrolytes. To be honest, my first thought was that an...
Some breweries put a lot of effort into their label design. Wild colours, inspiring images and snappy phrases are everywhere when you check out the craft beer aisle at your local retailer. So there is something refreshing about this brew titled "Crappy Beer" with a...
In one of the odder Hollywood castings Charlton Heston plays the Mexican lead in the 1958 Orson Welles movie “Touch of Evil”. * Perhaps I was thinking of this while opening a Mexican lager from a North Bay brewer, an odd pairing as well? Much closer to their home,...
We have reviewed a Sinister Minister but I am not much of an expert on Saints although we have met a few of them during our reviews. There was good old Saint Ambroise, and then St. Augustine and St. Arnulf, who are patron Saints of Beer and Brewers. And St. Patrick of...
You don’t call it a grand canyon, you call it The grand canyon. You don’t call it an Eiffel Tower, it’s The Eiffel tower. And you don’t call Niagara Falls just another Falls, it’s The Falls. Where is this awkward and overbearing segue heading? Well, Niagara based...
Recovering from the extreme Christmas day gift giving associated with grandchildren by a boxing day outing. The kids are already bored with their Pokémons and Squishables and Teckdecks and Hatchimals and crafts and all the other toys from the mountain of gifts under...