418 Reviews
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...
Looks like The Crusher* is all fired up and ready to dominate the ring, doing sweaty holds and flips while decked out in his stretchy pants, in a choreographed ballet of blood. Clifford’s Crusher looks more like a thirst crusher than a bone crusher. Maybe a summer...
For you hockey fans of a certain vintage you may be thinking of Bobby Clarke when it comes to a solid hack, but it appears that Gateway is continuing their curling theme following their “On the Button” Amber Lager. For those unacquainted with the art and science of...
I heard about this hotel that hands you a beer with your room key, so of course I had to check in to it. And sure enough I was handed a nice chilly bottle of Dos Equis Especial Lager por favor and mucho gracias. Brewed since 1897 from the Montezuma Brewery*. They even...
Not the pallet cleansing green Carlsberg I am used to. This brew is a little malty, with maybe a hint of Mcintosh taffy. A good fall beer after pulling down a tree*. A little bitter with some caramel hints. On the can it has Rush 9 and the fans chanting to the Beatles...
Black tie with a Red Stripe. No, not a dry cleaning challenge from an Italian wedding. Instead, it’s a Jamaican* lager and a fancy pants dinner. The secret to a successful event, two words. Open bar. So I’m at the bar and it’s the usual fare. Looks like I am the only...