42 Reviews
The last time I ordered a beer at Tom’s Place was 51 years ago, and this time I didn't get carded. * A cozy quaffing cafe that looks like a taxidermist showroom, more stuffed animals than a hotdog eating contest. But not exactly a craft conisseur's oasis. All the...
Winding up our armchair brew tour of Europe and looking forward to getting home to celebrate Canada Day. But before we do, we have one more Euro brew to do. And it’s no surprise to anyone that we would end up in Munich Germany, Oktoberfest central, with a brewer who...
As the World Cup “kicks” off today, we thought the COM would join Nickel Brook in a toast to soccer moms all over the world. Here’s a typical soccer Mom conversation at an early morning practice 20 years ago. Translation courtesy of the COMDB Translation Department:...
It’s been 4 years since my last visit to Bench! Too long gone I say. But there’s no time like the present to rectify that situation, especially when it comes to quaffing a cold one. But I’m no casual drop by see what’s brewing kinda customer, no sirree. I’m a...
For some reason beyond reason I thought that this Beyond the Pale ale, Pink Fuzz, sounded like a good fit for a Mother’s Day beer sampling. And even though the old man used to say “Mother’s day is every day but Father’s Day is only once a year”, it’s not every day...
When it comes to my favourite beers, the list is as Wit-less as our egghead Editor. ** I’m in the mood for a wheat beer once in a blue moon, but last night was the end of one of those days. I perused the cottage beer fridge of fable and fame and lo and behold, a...
No, not a typo, it’s Tap Nummer 07, from the Weisse guys at Schneider. They tell us it’s the original recipe, brewed the same way since 1872. I say maybe it’s time to change things up a bit, guys. If I was still drinking the old man’s beer I’d be drinking a 50...
Cranberries and wild rose hips? From the friendly folks at Frontibus way out in the Far East, of Québec that is, the Gaspesié. Which just happens to be where the cranberry capital of Canada is located.* I love me some fresh cranberry sauce with a turkey dinner and...
Oktoberfest in November, and the headliner is Bananarama.* It’s the fest that never ends, or we wish it didn’t anyway. One group that wishes it was done and dusted is the COMDB Translation Department. They have neatly folded and packed their lederhosen away until next...
End of summer, bummer. As Joni used to say “summertime is falling down and winter is closing in”. Maybe the Beach Boys envisaged an endless summer but the Guess Who had Winter all year long. * The boys of summer are done and the other day I was in fits with the...