141 Reviews
I had a chance to visit Powerhouse Brewery in London, Ontario on the weekend and it was terrific. The brewery is in a former Kellogg plant and the transformation from Corn Flakes to beer is enough to bring a tear to a cranky old eye. From a distance it still has the...
If Todd is an absolute beauty the picture on the can doesn’t do him justice. He looks to me more like a Yellow Submarine stowaway than a movie star. Those Refined Fools have whipped up this brew to pay tribute to Todd’s dashing and debonair disposition. Now I find...
I remember as a kid the sci-fi story that got me hooked on the genre was “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury. The ending blew me away!* It was our first introduction as a society to the butterfly effect.** Bench has named this beer the Ripple Effect, not referring to...
It must suck to be Goliath. Getting a slingshot to the noggin and then getting your head cut off with your own sword is bad enough, but for time immemorial you are known as a loser, getting your ass kicked by a kid. And documented in the most read book of all time.*...
Sweet Water is actually Sweetwater and refers to a tributary of the Chattahoochee River just west of Atlanta Georgia and near where the SweetWater brewery is located. Their motto, “don’t float the mainstream” means to take Sweetwater creek rather than the main river,...
What evil lurks in the hearts of men, the Shadow knows.* The mind reader that slapped David Wilcox knows too. ** And they both know beyond a shadow of a doubt. But how about this light, what kind of a shadow will it throw? Another 5 o’clock shadow perhaps? Enough...
A Norwegian pale ale, named after a region of the Indian subcontinent, brewed in Canada and immortalized by a British band who wrote the song while in a Zen state inspired by the Sahara desert. This brew is a tribute to Led Zepplin’s song “Kashmir”, according to...
Wellington is inviting us to join them on Pleasant Island. Wouldn’t that be a nice respite on a cold night. But you might want to think twice before booking your flights to the island country of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island. Nauru, population 12,500 is...
This week’s international cross-country quaffing has taken us to PEI, Ontario, New York state, British Columbia and now a binge in Calgary. From Hogtown to Cowtown for some Kiwi Enigma hops. The Village brewers tell us this is a 4.5% crushable, the Ontario Liquor...
Greek mythology describes the Chimera as a fire breathing creature composed of various animals. The classic Chimera* has a lion body and head with a second head of a goat, and a tail of a snake. The mighty Bellethron killed the beast while riding the winged horse...