Posts Tagged: Ontario
As Pleasant A Snow Day Lunch As Ever I've Had
Posted by on Friday, February 8, 2013 in - 10 comments
Ron as Švejk caught in a beam of angelic light. • My favorite place to have a beer is a block from work and two from my folk's place. Today, during today's Snowmageddon, I looked outside at noon, then looked at my workload and realized an impromptu declaration of a half day vacation was in order …
Wednesday's Beery Thoughts From The Sick Bed
Posted by on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in - 3 comments
Kidney stones, a CT scan of my innards, visits to the ER as well as my GP not to mention a bunch of blood tests with a whack of other acronyms have literally put me off my beer. And not just because I have been reminded to be careful as we all should with the effects of malty goodness on our …
Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, Devil's Wishbone, PEC
Posted by on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 in - leave a comment
Picked this up at the winery a few weeks before Christmas on a cloudy Monday off work. The Riesling and Cab Franc I bought the same day are gone already. The Devil's Wishbone winery is a thirty minute drive west followed by a wait for the ferry followed by a five minute ferry and another five …
What Do You Call It When A Beer Style Bullies?
Posted by on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in - 18 comments
An interesting flurry of ideas on Twitter this afternoon triggered originally by this statement by Halifax, Nova Scotia's Propeller Brewing Co.: • It was a tough decision. We can only sustain 1 brand (full time) at the @lcbo-Our IPA is our best selling brew... • It was part of a conversation …
Considering The Value Of Good Wine V. Good Beer
Posted by on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in - 4 comments
While the LCBO, this province's monopoly, may be still a bit of a head scratcher when it comes to good beer there is no question that it is certainly getting better. There is no doubt about that. Even so, popping in a main outlet just now on a Saturday night an hour before close I was a bit … read more »
Ontario: Headstock IPA, Nickel Brook, Burlington
Posted by on Saturday, January 12, 2013 in - leave a comment
I suppose I should write from time to time about what is actually in my fridge. I suppose I should also check out what is in that brown paper bag back there. • Nickel Brook's Headstock IPA has become my "go to" beer which, to be fair, is because that can of Narragansett Porter back there is the …
Attribution, Copyright Infringement And Plagiarism!!!
Posted by on Friday, December 28, 2012 in - 2 comments
Yike-ee doodles. Hot stuff going on in the wine world. Long knives, too. And it is all centered around the otherwise dull and a little frowsy province of Ontario... where I live. What is it all about? Here is the original salvo from the website Palate Press from 15 December 2012: • The core of …
Photo Review: Ontario's Beer Store's Queue
Posted by on Sunday, December 23, 2012 in - 11 comments
What is there not to be learned about the oligopolistic institution that sells macrogak, literally and utterly unimaginatively The Beer Store, that governs most beer sales here in Ontario from this gorgeous photo published in yesterday's Toronto Star. It was taken by Lucas Olenuik and is posted …
Can You Make Wild Beer In A Vineous Mono-culture?
Posted by on Friday, November 2, 2012 in - 8 comments
Like most things, Canadians are about half a decade behind so it is no surprise that a group of Ontario brewers have decided to take a kick at wild beer or that some in the Canadian media reacted to the invitation as if they had no idea what was going on in the wider world of good beer. Which is …
More International Insurance Map Brewery Fun
Posted by on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 in - 8 comments
It was the best of times and insurance maps. It was the worst of times, you know, and... insurance maps. Errr. a tale of two cities of sorts, I suppose. From the left we have the Kingston Brewery as well as Portsmouth Brewing of my town from 1908 plus, onward to the right, the Albany Brewing …
