Stuff You Need To Know Today, September 12, 2012
Oh my golly, it's been a busy few weeks, and there's more than a few coming down the pipe. I've been doing heaps of non-beer-related stuff, which is wonderful, but not necessarily great writing on the old blog (though, I …
LCBO Fall Release/Shipyard Feature/Halloween Specialty Line-up
It's one of the harder parts of running a beer blog: heading down to sensory evaluation room B at the LCBO offices, to sample the specialty beer releases. All those beers, in pristine glassware, with sinks for rinsing …
Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It — Church-Key Brewing
While I review their beers far too infrequently, I am a long-time big-fan of Church-Key Brewing. An early micro-brewery favourite of mine, Church-Key is located right along the "back roads" route to my wife's family …
No Pants With Miranda — Great Lakes Brewery
After reviewing Great Lakes Brewery's excellent 25th Anniversary Belgian Saison, which included lots of references to their No Chance With Miranda Saison, I thought it was the right time to dig into my pile of beers …
Friday Beer Break on Edge 102.1 — August 17, 2012
So Fred was back from holiday, but off next Friday at Fan Expo, so we decided to not do the Beer Pageant today. Instead, we hung up, drank Great Lakes 25th Anniversary Belgian Saison, and cured my grumpy pants. Watch …
25th Anniversary Belgian Saison — Great Lakes Brewery
Many of you will already know that Great Lakes Brewery is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. If you didn't, Great Lakes Brewery is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. Now we all know. With that in …
White House Beer
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="296"] President Obama with a bottle of Goose Island 312 Wheat, which he gave to British PM David Cameron.[/caption] If you haven't heard already, it's time you know: President …
Deviator Doppelbock Bourbon Barrel Aged — Cameron's Brewing Co.
So, if you know me, you know I love it when breweries try new stuff. And if you know about the craftbeer "scene", you know oak-aging beers is kind of a big deal. Amsterdam has a mountain of oak casks with a variety of …
Stuff You Need To Know Today — August 2nd 2012
It's been a while since I did one of these, but as is always the case when I do, I've got a back-log of stuff to tell you all about. Special days, festivals, contests; this post has got it all. #IPAday Today is IPA day, …
Augusta Ale — Kensington Brewing Co.
I had a startling realization ta few days ago, as I grabbed a couple of beers for the weekend: one of my new standard beers, which I've been drinking on draught for what feels like ages, is a beer I've never actually …
Smashed Blueberry — Shipyard Brewing Co.
So, I don't know if it's Ontario brain-washing, overly romantic memories of cottaging in Muskoka as a child, or a geniune love of the little blue berries known (cleverly) as Blueberries. In pancakes, as jam on toast, in …
Widemouth Bottles from Molson-Coors
Remember that band Wide Mouth Mason? Yeah, me too. Remember when you realised that they were named after something your granny kept cases of in her root cellar? Yeah, me too. What does all this have to do with anything? …
Toronto Festival of Beer — Thursday Pass Give-Away
Well how about that. We only had two entrants, and therefore they are the Grand Winners! Cheers to @aplusadvantage! Nice seats! [caption id="attachment_2368" align="aligncenter" width="596"] You probably needed more than …
Toronto Festival of Beer — Wednesday Pass Give-Away
Okay, I realize it's still Tuesday night, but just in case you need some time to work on this, I thought I'd post it as soon as the Tuesday give-away was done. You're going to need to be a Twitter user for this one. If …
Toronto Festival of Beer — Tuesday Pass Give-Away
Hey there campers! Did you know Toronto Festival of Beer (http://www.beerfestival.ca/) is fast approaching? Like, Queer Beer Fest is in two short days! And I've got some passes to give away! And I know you want passes. …
Wellington Brewing Russian Imperial Stout Sorbet
When you think summer, a few tasty treats pop to mind. For me, the hot weather definitely increases my desire for ice cream and beer, among other things. So why not combine these wonderful fancies? Well, no shortage of …
Chris and Fred's Beer Pageant — Round Three
For round three, we were joined by J.Love, who does interactive media for Corus (these videos are part of interactive, you see). He is a newly minted GTA resident, via Chicago, and is stoked to see such a vibrant brewing …
Chris and Fred’s Beer Pageant — Round Two
Round two, and we were super happy to be joined by Maya and Becky from The Pack A.D., who were our first real guests on the beer break. Today was an Imperial Stout by Jeremy Sokorchid vs an Imperial IPA by the Brew …
St Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale — McAuslan Brewing Inc.
Continuing along with my "stuff in beer" reviews, is St Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale. I've said it in past posts, but I'll say it again: I don't go in for this seasonal beer stuff. True, I think there are beers for …
St Ambroise Framboise — McAuslan Brewing Inc.
Another day another beer review. If you recall from my review of Great Lakes Green Tea Ale, I'm focusing for a while on those "summer-time" brews (though I prefer to not pigeon-hole beers seasonally, most people do) that …