I must, once again, begin this review with some apologies. The good folks at Rickard’s are very consistent in sending me their new products to review, and while I’m generally not bad at getting the reviewed in a timely manner, I totally dropped the ball on this one. So I’m sorry; better late than never, […]
Fact: there is a lot of blustering going on right now in the craft beer scene in Toronto, about what is, exactly, “craft beer”. I won’t enter that debate here (though I promise I will elsewhere soon). There are sort of two sides to this story (there’s actually hundreds, but I’ve got to draw a […]
25 years in business — any business — is cause for celebration. True, there are breweries in Europe that date back more than a century, but only Europeans pull that “thing X is better in Europe” nonsense. In craft brewing in Ontario, 25 is a big deal. Rightly so, Creemore Springs celebrated in style. How, […]
Well, it really comes as no surprise, to those following along, but we’re about to see a lot more gluten free beers in Ontario. Snowman Brewing has announced it will be brewing on contract at Black Oak in the very near future, the old guard of Nickel Brook, New Grist and La Messnegere have been […]
“The Court’s Brewery”, sounds somewhat regal and important, doesn’t it? Indeed, that is roughly the translation of the German word “hofbräu”. That being said, throughout the brewing history of Germany, numerous breweries have been the royal brewer, or the “Court’s Brewery”. But for most people, in Germany and abroad, Hofbräu means one thing: Hofbräuhaus, the […]
While most people see beers from places like Hacker-Pschorr and Paulaner, and think “Oktoberfest”, Munich Gold is actually more of a summer time beer. It’s a helles lager, which translates to “Pale” lager. Outside of Bavaria, this could easily just mean a pils, but in Bavaria, it means a very specific style. A golden lager, […]
Oh my oh dear. Is there anything Bellwoods makes that doesn’t turn to solid gold? Yes, those things that turn to platinum. If you like beer, and you haven’t experienced a beer from Bellwoods, stop reading this very instant, and go get some. Seriously. Consistently phenomenal beers, creative, exciting, stellar. While Bellwoods’ main production is […]
Quick, think of a beer that has really small bubbles. Like, micro-bubbles. With me? Yeah, I thought so. I knew you would know about DeuS (Brut des Flanders) from the epic Bosteels Brewery in Belgium. Indeed, long before Microcarbonationtm came along, those wacky Belgians already had a corner on the market. You see, whenever people […]
First off, I must apologize to you, dear reader, as well as the myriad breweries that sent me Oktoberfest beers to review. The week I planned on doing all Oktoberfest actually turned into all hard work week, and I’m only getting caught back up now. That being said, many of these beers are still available, […]
Perhaps this will come as news to you, but aging beers in oak barrels is kind of a big deal. True, you probably won’t see a Maker’s Mark aged Lite Lime Lager in this lifetime (thank God), but more and more breweries are experimenting with barrels of various types, and the impact they have on […]
