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Canny Man Wee Heavy — Radical Road Brewing Co.

April 24, 2013 · 2 comments

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 …

Smashed Blueberry — Shipyard Brewing Co.

July 31, 2012 · 2 comments

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 …

Tartan Ale - Alexander Keith's

March 3, 2011 · 8 comments

Time to kick the hornet's nest: The last time I got a bottle of special-release Keith's beer (their Harvest Ale), I got my wrists slapped and stired some controversy, in my support of it. You see, I'm not a huge fan of …

Holy Smoke - Church-Key Brewing

July 19, 2010 · 10 comments

So this is another one of those reveiws of a beer I already know and love. Church-Key Brewing is on the way to Erika's family cottage, and also not far from her cousin's cottage, which we visit often. Just outside the …