125 Reviews
Sarah MacLachlan thought that love was better than ice cream. Tom Waits is an ice cream man you probably don’t want selling to the kids. And Van Halen’s David Lee Roth was an ice cream man who made house calls.* Lost Craft (where did I put that boat) Brewery is...
People wonder why I have grown a beard. I am a Leafs fan so it certainly isn’t a playoff beard, although maybe this is the year? Some people ask if I am a hunter. Nope, the only hunting I do is for tonight’s review brew in the ol’ beer fridge. Someone said if I had a...
Full disclosure, I have never milked, rode, tipped or kissed a cow*. I don’t know if Farmer Steve ever got to first base with a cow, but there is a good chance he has kissed his Kubota. He loves that tractor. Over in Europe they have been dealing with a cow kissing...
“Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again.” So said Rhymin’ Simon in his song Sounds of Silence* and it seemed like an apt introduction to the season of stouts. Leaves falling, hockey season started, cooler weather. I still have some IPAs in the...
Tennessee Ernie Ford told us that he loaded 16 tons* of number nine coal and the straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul". Tonight I am loading up 16 oz of Black Coal, and I’m another day older and deeper in debt. This stout pours black on black, coal black, black...
Straight from Carlow County Ireland to my glass. O’Hara’s even gives me quaffing instructions on the can. Chill, Pull, Pour, Pause, Enjoy. The pause is an important part of the experience because these nitro “draft” stouts use what they call widget technology so we...
Skinny and Stout. I get it. So here's what it says on the can, ”The night is quiet. You're sitting on the deck with your friends enjoying the warm night air as it blows gently in off the lake. Everything is calm. And someone yells, let's go skinny-dipping “. the story...
Another faux internationale beer. “Dark, rich and complex.” Sounds like a character from a romance novel, not that I read those kind of things. So another trip to the dark side. This beer is very dark. How dark? Blackhole dark, like the whole universe is residing in...
I am no Willy Wonka but I like me some chocolate every now and then. But would a double chocolate stout be above and beyond? I like trying all kinds of different beers. If they aren’t that good I can do a cranky review which suits my disposition. If they are good,...
Red Stripe’s namesake beer is an iconic pale amber and a staple diet of Canadians holidaying in Jamaica. I must admit I was wondering what a Jamaican brewer is doing brewing a stout. I didn’t picture myself quaffing a strong stout on the beach or on a “chilly” 75⁰ F*...