Lager
West Coast Session Lager — Local 7
For the uninitiated, every year for Session Toronto a group of bar owners (The Local 7) produce a limited release beer for the festival in partnership with Sweetgrass Brewing and Sawdust City. Each of the bars serve the …
Springbock — Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Despite the fact that we are again in the throes of a polar vortex (which I suppose is better than a Peruvian Sharknado), spring is just around the corner. Hiding like a sadistic child wearing a planet of the apes mask, …
Coors Banquet — Molson Coors
Another foray into the world of what we sometimes call macrobrewing, today I'm checking out Coors Banquet. My understanding is that the original Coors beer brewed way back when was known as "The Banquet Beer". This is a …
Rickard's Oakhouse Winter Lager — Molson-Coors
Well, I'm getting closer to caught up on the review front (so so close!). This one is actually timely! Rickard's is obviously committed to doing a rotating seasonal beer; Cardigan was the fall seasonal, and now we have …
Rickard's Blonde
So in a little package from my friends at Molson, I received this alongside Sublime 67, for me to see if I wanted to review. Rickard's has obviously been on my radar for some time. Red was one of the early "craft" beers …
Canadian 67 Sublime - Molson Coors Canada
Okay, I know what a lot of you are saying. I definitely focus on craftbeer on my blog, but here's the thing: I'm completely able to review anything, and remain fairly objective. I appreciate that there is a variety of …
Molson M - Molson Coors Brewing Co.
MMMMMMMmolson M. If I had a TV, I think I would have gotten really sick of seeing the Molson M ads. As it was, I only saw a lot of them, while in bars, etc, and generally without audio. Here's what I know about Molson M: …
Vintage Lager - Hogsback Brewing Co.
Here's something the average person probably doesn't encounter in their day-to-day life. Getting handed beer in unlabelled bottles, from upcoming breweries. Happily, this is a part of my life. A few weeks back (yeah, …
Boris Bio - Brasserie Licorne SAS
So I have walked past this brew at a variety of LCBOs for a few months now. I finally decided to pick one up and give it a try. Why was I reluctant? Well, to be honest, I don't really like Boris (regular style). It's not …
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 …
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, …
Bikini Blonde Lager - Maui Brewing Co.
So my bro Andrew stopped off in Hawaii for a week on his way to Toronto from New Zealand. Jealous as I was at his good fortune, he did have the decency to bring me a pair of beers called Bikini Blonde Lager, from the …
Classic - Baltika Breweries
I've spent time traveling in Russia (St. Petersburgh specifically), and drank a lot, but I don't have any real memory what I was drinking. Chances were, a lot of it was Baltika. [caption id="attachment_385" …
Nobel - Christoffel
Christoffel is a cool Dutch brewery, producing a couple of very interesting regular and seasonal brews. I saw Nobel and bought it on principle, I hadn't had it, and trusted the brewer's reputation. The description is …
Brooklyn Lager - The Brooklyn Brewery
The Brooklyn Brewery is trying to re-introduce our New York neighbours to beers the way they were pre-prohibition. Brooklyn Lager is their flag-ship brand, and is a wonderful amber lager (think Creemore, Big Wheel, etc). …
Tsingtao
Tsingtao is the most popular beer in China. When you consider the population of China, this is saying something. Big. Sales. So how does it drink? Poured from a green bottle with no freshness date. Beer is golden, with …
Tusker - Kenya Breweries Ltd
Tusker is an African classic. Like that song by Toto. Epic, comforting, and makes you want to roll the windows down and sing at the top of your voice. Poured from that classic 500ml bottle with "Beer Only" embossed on …