Posts Tagged: Ontario
What The Heck! I'm Posting This Craft Beer Video, Too.
Posted by on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in - 1 comment
Just in case you do not read Lew or Troy (which is inexplicable if you are reading this blog) I, too, post this for your consideration: • That is the two-term Premier of the Province of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty. He's released this video statement along with a number of proposals on how our … read more »
Sign Of The End Times: A Call For Higher Beer Prices
Posted by on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in - 3 comments
I like Troy and Cass as much as anyone and consider them a two-headed monster that has pushed and pulled and tugged Ontario into the good beer revolution as much as anyone else in recent years. But I can't go along with Troy's approval of Cass's post entitled "Bring On the Expensive Beer": • Not …
Canadian Conservatives Are My Kind Of Conservative
Posted by on Monday, February 7, 2011 in - 2 comments
Political culture is a weird thing. It doesn't translate well from nation to nation and leaving the words associated with themselves rather meaningless. Conservative or liberal? Anarchist or patriot? Who know what any of this stuff means? Yet, there are moments when you know that being a Canadian …
Session 48: How Do We Drink Thee? Let Us Count.
Posted by on Friday, February 4, 2011 in - 3 comments
I park well. Well, I park well in Toronto at least. I have found a way to get right into the heart of the city and out by car without spending all that much time in, you know, the city. And, as it turns out, my trick now comes with a brew pub, Duggan's Brewery. I won't tell you which building it … read more »
What To Do With This Here Beer Blog In 2011?
Posted by on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in - 8 comments
What to do? What to do? Every half-year or so I wonder what the heck it is I am doing writing on this thing every day in one way or another. Greg Clow got me thinking this morning as he posts about going to a whisk(e)y session at what he describes as "a cocktail consulting firm here in Toronto …
Considering The Delights Of The Growler
Posted by on Friday, January 14, 2011 in - 7 comments
I got the news on Facebook: • Growlers are ordered, kegs are coming in, 3 tap system is almost finished. Should be filling 32 and 64 oz growlers by next week. A few of our first drafts will be Dogfish Chicory Stout, Grimbergen Double, and Great Divide Fresh Hop. • That is the news from the Big …
Ontario: Black IPA, Church-Key, Campbellford
Posted by on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 in - 1 comment
"...Whoa-oh black bitter... bam-a-lam.... • I gave my opinion of the matter of the name last September so I don't want to revisit that whole kettle of fish - unless you do - so let's just leave it that I was mightily happy to find dinner bottles of Church-Key's Black IPA at the brewery, my local …
Ontario: Fryfogel's Tavern, Near New Hamburg, Perth Co.
Posted by on Monday, January 3, 2011 in - 5 comments
Ever since I opened my copy of Julia Robert's In Mixed Company, a history of the taverns of Upper Canada from the 1780s to the 1850s, I have wondered how many of our Upper Canadian pioneer taverns there might be left out there. Well, I passed one today - the Fryfogel Tavern - and thought I would …
Two Food And Beer Revelations At Christmas
Posted by on Sunday, December 26, 2010 in - 3 comments
Look, I really do not like the whole idea of pairing beer and food. You know that. It comes off as a wee bit snooty and, worse, it smacks a bit of exclusivity... but that has nothing to do with the fact that beer and food go so well together (or whether I am riddled with inconsistencies.) And … read more »
Ontario: Mocha Porter, Lake of Bays Brewing, Muskoka
Posted by on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 in - 4 comments
Ahhh, it's like the moment when Santa stuffs the last stocking and hangs it by the final fireplace with care. All the emails have been sent connecting contest gift givers with contest winners. Now, it's Miller time - or, in my case, mocha porter time. • I am being especially lazy about my … read more »
