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My Summer Beer List — Week One — Wheat Beer

May 27, 2013

[caption id="attachment_2142" align="alignright" width="336"] Robson Street Hefeweizen - Granville Island Brewery[/caption] As the weather warms up, every beer blogger and their cousins are compiling lists of their …

Robson Street Hefeweizen - Granville Island Brewing

May 7, 2012

So, you can be forgiven if you're a Torontonian but you have never heard of Granville Island Brewing. Granville is actually known as Canada's first micro-brewery (and of course, we're talking one started after …

Miami Weiss - Great Lakes Brewery

September 9, 2011

Ah Great Lakes, you and your crazy names. Robohop, Does the Muumuu make me look hefe?, and the classic, Miami Weiss (say it. Remember, that "W" is pronounced like a "V" in German). Miami Weiss, up until now, has only …

Summer Orange Honey Ale - Rogue Ales

June 5, 2011

Another one of the Rogue featured beers the LCBO brought in is Rogue's Summer Orange Honey Ale (I reviewed their Chipotle Ale a few days ago). I felt a nice "summer" ale was just the thing for this lovely hot summer day …

Oranje Weisse - Amsterdam Brewery

May 19, 2011

Okay, we all know I've got a huge crush on Amsterdam. Disclaimer stated. That being said, I've got a bit of a "thing" about this beer. Ummmm, it's not a weisse. That's a German style of beer, and the sausage-munchers are …

INEDIT - Estrella Damm

December 2, 2010 · 2 comments

Here's what I know about this beer: It's made by Estrella Damm, therefore it's Spanish. The bottle is lovely looking. That is all. While I don't dislike Estrella Damm, the two beers of theirs I've consumed failed to wow …

Hefe-Weissbier Muskoka Cottage Brewery

October 7, 2010

I can remember being 19 (so, in 1999) and seeing beer from a company called Muskoka, in the LCBO in Port Carling while up at the family cottage. If I recall, I mainly got the Cream Ale from them. I have no recollection, …

Summer Ale - Samuel Adams

July 6, 2010 · 1 comments

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, …