Ontario
Fracture Double IPA — Amsterdam Brewing Co.
I love hops, and I hope you do too. In fact, I have three hop plants on order from Toronto Brewing as we speak. I also have a hop vine at my mother's house. So, you would assume that I was a pretty big hop head. Give me …
Lady Stavoren Wheat Wine — Amsterdam Brewing Co.
It's always nice when I'm handed a beer, that is a style I'm not familiar with. I admit, it happens less these days then, say, three years ago. But when it does, it reminds me how awesome the beer world is. I felt this a …
6-4-3 Double IPA — Left Field Brewery
Wow. Just Wow. How about Left Field Brewery? I don't know if you remember when, a few weeks ago (March 4th, to be specific) I mentioned Left Field Brewery launching. I remember, because it was the single biggest day of …
Canny Man Wee Heavy — Radical Road Brewing Co.
Last year, I walked into Black Oak Brewery in Etobicoke, and was greeted by a mountain of whiskey barrels. Seriously, like, 80, I think. I knew that many breweries were jumping onto the barrel-aging wagon, but this …
25th Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout — Great Lakes Brewery
I like celebrating my birthday for like, at least a week. Between dinners with family, drinks with friends, drinking crazy and rare bottles of beer, and indulging myself, I find I need at least 5 days, though 9 is …
Winter Beard Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout — Muskoka Brewery
I remember drinking Muskoka Cream Ale at my family's old cottage outside Bala, in probably 1999-2000. The beer was nice, and I found it so cool that it was made in Bracebridge. Then Muskoka kind of went of my radar. When …
Bog Water — Beau's All Natural Brewing
I'm actually very shocked I don't have a review of this one. Beau's has been making their winter-seasonal, Bog Water, for at least a few years. It's a beer I look forward to each year, and yet, no review. So let's start …
BNL Strong Beer — Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
*** Update*** On release, this beer was called "BNL Imperial Stout". I've left the name in the title for continuity, but it's the same beer. I grew up in Scarborough, which probably isn't as bad as you think if you're …
Rickard's Cardigan Premium Spiced Lager — Molson-Coors
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 …
Hops and Bolts IPL — Mad and Noisy Brewing (Creemore Springs)
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 …
3 Minutes To Midnight (Hellwoods on Sour Cherries) — Bellwoods Brewery
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 …
Tempest Imperial Stout 2011/2012 — Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Today was Amsterdam day, in Amsterdam week. I was able to check out the space that the new brewpub will be in, visit the new brewery in Leaside and hang around with some of my favourite brewers. More on all that tomorrow …
Calm Before The Storm — Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Amsterdam week continues, and today was a noteworthy day: I walked in to 21 Bathurst St for what is likely to be the last time. Just stopped by to borrow a couple of shives, and was in and out, but couldn't help but …
Sleeping Giant — Amsterdam Brewing Co.
I'm celebrating all this week with Amsterdam Brewing Co, who have now officially moved in to their new premises, in Leaside. If you had ever been to their brewery at 21 Bathurst, you knew it was simply a matter of time …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Green Tea Ale — Great Lakes Brewery
Sometimes you have to revisit things; you don't always "get it" on the first time around, you know? And sometimes, things change, and deserve another go. I'm not sure which of those factors might play into today's review …
Pan-Ontario Whiskey Barrel Aged — Beau's, Flying Monkeys, Grand River, Great Lakes and Wellington
Phew, long enough title? So Pan-Ontario is actually a bottle from OCB Week, and I beer I drank at Session, but I got a bottle of it last time I was by Great Lakes. A blended beer organized and aged by Beau's, to …