110 Reviews
When it comes to beer reviews, I’ve been known to take the long way home on occasion, the scenic route if you will. A fanciful digression, a bittersweet reminiscence, a tangential departure from the task at hand. I must admit, I have done some pint opining at times...
Something in the Water is once again inviting us to drink curiously with Painted Lake, which they tell us is a tribute to the great Canadian artist Tom Thomson, the artistry, the tragedy and the mystery. * Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park was the subject of many of his...
After eating a steak with 5 roofies in it, the tiger in the movie The Hangover was definitely lazy.* The tiger was nicknamed “Tyson” and the story line is art imitating life. Mike Tyson actually owned three tigers cubs at one time and kept one until adulthood. He had...
The Italian lights are certainly a highlight of my past trips. The beautifully lit canals of the Venetian, so romantic at night. Then there is the impressive stature of Ceasars Colosseum, even more impressive in the evening. And of course, those famous Italian...
English mild, sounds like an Ed Sheeran concert. Mild not wild, lets hope tame is not lame. English milds, or English browns, are typically low on ABV and malty, but apart from that they exhibit a wide range of characteristics. According to my beer bible (Mirella...
“Bright lights, big city, gone to my beer’s head. I tried a Rainhard lite, should’ve had a Guinness instead.”* Navigating the bright lights of the big city, at a fancy pants gala in suit and tie. What on earth would motivate me to put on a tie you’re wondering. Two...
I have no regrets. Sure, there are a few things I’ve done that I wish I hadn’t. And of course, there are some things I didn’t do that I wish I had. Then there are the things I did that I wish I had done differently (usually better). But no regrets.* And I certainly...
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...
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...