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Summer Ale - Samuel Adams
Here's what I know about this beer: The label looks good and says it's a wheat beer made with lemon zest and grains of paradise. I also know Jim Koch makes damn good beer. If you're wondering what grains of paradise are, …
Dead Elephant Ale - Railway City Brewing
So a lot of people are familiar with the name "Jumbo" the Elephant, but a lot of people (myself included), couldn't have told you where the name comes from. Jumbo was one of PT Barnum's circus elephants, and he was made …
Rosee d'Hibiscus - Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!
If you haven't come across Dieu du Ciel!, don't feel bad. They're only one of the coolest breweries in Quebec at the moment, so it's no surprise it's almost impossible to find them in Ontario. I've had bottles at a few …
Lemon Tea Beer - Mill St. Brewery
So, as big and corporate as Mill St has gotten, they still do make some pretty unique beers. They seem to be pushing these beers this summer, releasing them as singles and in a mixed pack available at the LCBO. Lemon Tea …
Canada Hat-trick
What is more Canadian then scoring a hat-trick? Well, blueberry pancakes with maple syrup. And canoes. And a variety of other things, but you get the point. So to celebrate Canada last week, I took it upon myself to …
Sigh of relief
Just updated from WordPress 2.9.2 to 3.0. Scary, I hate messing with stuff, but it was as easy as any wordpress install. Dead simple easy. If you have a website, and it's not built on WordPress, consider migrating it. …
Iron Spike Blonde Ale - Railway City Brewing Company
So, this is another one of those semi-cheat reviews. I've consumed a fair few bottles of Railway City Dead Elephant Ale, I've even had it on tap at C'est What?. So I'm familiar with the brewer. Iron Spike, though, I've …
Toronto Beer Week
A few months ago, while at the cask social at Volo (or maybe it was a Beau's event, I can't recall), I had been in a discussion about Toronto Beer Week. I had happily confirmed that Castro's would do an event, and looked …
Organic Raspberry - Samuel Smith
Here's the thing: I don't generally really like fruit beers. Too often they taste of fake fruit flavouring, other times, the just don't taste particularly good. There are exceptions to this rule, of course, like the …
Happy Birthday Ceili!
A very warm Happy Birthday to Ceili Cottage who turned one yesterday. Here's to years of happiness, success, and more Oyster-related world-records.
Hopfen Weisse - Schneider Weisse
So this is an exciting brew, to say the least! The brewers from Brooklyn Brewery and Schneider Weisse decided to hook-up, and produce a love child. And here it is: A dry-hopped, boozy wheat beer. Considering I have good …
Cherry Ale - Trafalgar Ales and Meads
So, despite a few less then ideal experiences on my own account, and a bad-hat-trick over at http://www.onebeeratatime.wordpress.com by Matt, I went ahead and bought this seasonal offering from Trafalgar (they do make …
London Porter - Fuller's
If you aren't familiar with the Fuller's brand, you owe it to yourself to get to know them a bit better. I've had three Fuller's beers on my Cellar List for over a month now, not because I was taking my time reviewing …
Estrella Damm
So I just randomly grabbed one of these tallboys because the tin was so darn good-looking. I assumed it would be in line with the Heinekens and Becks' and Boris' of the world. Eurolager. Not bad, but not awesome. How …
Coors Light
Why oh why oh why do I do this? All for you, friends, all for you. I know a lot of people who drink Coors Light. Most of them wouldn't touch most of the beers I've reviewed on this blog. But statistics, right? Can …
Galt Knife Old Style Lager - Grand River Brewing
Hmmmm, it seems to me that I need to read labels better. I pulled this brew out of the fridge on the grounds that it is a cold grey rainy day, and a nice Scottish Old Ale would do the trick nicely. Hmmmmm, except it's an …
Dragon Stout - Desnoes & Geddes
I'm actually at a bit of a loss on this one. It seems that Dragon might be what was known as a "milk-stout", which is to say, a stout that has lactose in it (which yeast cannot consume), which adds a rich smooth taste, …
Skjálfti - Ölvisholt Brugghús
So we had prohibition, remember? No probably not. It was pretty awful, especially for all the hard working soldiers who actually lived through WWI and made it home. Watching most of your friends die in the European muck …
Kellerbier - Creemore Springs
So here's the thing. Creemore, what to say? The venerable Nick Pashely admits in "Notes on a Beermat" that he often drinks Creemore Springs Lager as a safe alternative to the Buds and Lites of the world. And I must say, …
Lug-Tread Ale - Beau's All-Natural Brewing Co.
First off, some background reading: if you haven't been following this blog long, you might not know it, but I have what is approaching an unhealthy adoration for Beau's. Need proof? "Why I love" Beau's #1 and Beau's #2. …