73 Reviews
Although I have a lot of miles in the skies I don’t know a beaver from an otter when it comes to aircraft. I do know its an otter that shits on my dock. Filthy oversized rodent. This brew has nothing to do with otters or beavers or dock crapping, it is a tribute to...
After a long flight from Toronto and a layover in Manilla, I sat down and ate a tuna sandwich with a local beer from the Philippines. This San Miguel* beer looked good and it said “Expertly Brewed since 1890" so why not try it. I have to admit after the long rather...
Out to lunch* with my much better half (as I am regularly reminded) and procuring a pint of Portside Pilsner portside seemed to make all kinds of sense. Portside as in Port Dalhousie. Of course, I pronounced it “Dal – how-sie” as in the Halifax University but the...
Dysfunctional Mall? You’re saying to yourself “What the hell kind of name is that for a beer, or anything for that matter”. Well let me clear that up for you. If you had ever driven through North Bay (home of Gateway) on the Trans-Canada highway back in the day it was...
Brock Street brewers, you know, the brewery with the audacious claim of being the most refreshing street in Canada. One can only hope. And another Premium Pilsner, it seems like there are more premium brews than Dodds has pills. Makes you wonder which pilsner is the...
The Department of Morality (the missus) hands me a couple packages of steak for the BBQ. I look at the price and ask her if she really wants me to sear these suckers, she usually doesn’t trust me with such a prime cut. She tells me she is busy and I have to. How would...
Due to my keen deductive reasoning (spidey sense), and since this is an Italian style pilsner, I surmised that the word Figo is Italian and it turns out I am correct. Apparently Figo is Italian for “cool”.* My Figo poured clear and light golden with wisps of white...
Calgary, home of big rigs and big hats and big rodeos and of course Big Rock Brewery and their Plzen Pilsner. Many years ago I tried a Big Rock Honey Brown Amber which may have been the start of my love affair with Amber. You always remember your first. So how does...
The folks at Sawdust got their inspiration for this beer from a visit to Alsace. Where the hell is that I said to myself, my words exactly. There's lots of places I haven't been to and that's one of them. Apparently it is a Eastern region of France, bordering...
500 mil of Holsten pil to swill while I chill and grill. Thank goodness for the BBQ, man's excuse (opportunity) to quaff a cold one before dinner. According to The COMDB Guide to the Fine Art of BBQing, well done is well done. So if I want this chicken to be crispy,...