Posts Tagged: Ontario
Wicked Beer Fan Related Finger Pointy Gossip Action!
Posted by on Sunday, April 24, 2011 in - 3 comments
I have to say I have no idea these sorts of things went on but, even though it is Easter and I should be nicer especially having attended an excellent morning service, I just can't stop reading the comments after the post that contains this: • ...I have had to explain, and apologize, for certain …
Ontario: Summer Weiss, Muskoka Cottage Brewery
Posted by on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in - 6 comments
Picked this up at the LCBO after work. $5.95 for 750 ml, it's taking a brave stand in a world where $2.45 gets you 500 ml of Schneider Weisse. Yet, Muskoka Cottage Brewery's take claims a worthy place amongst our monopolistic statist overlord's selection of south German wheats. • The aroma is …
Great News Out Of A Michigan Court House
Posted by on Monday, March 28, 2011 in - 6 comments
Good to see. For too long we have had to pretend that craft brewers are some weedy set of rotten businessmen who aren't really making a buck at their chosen profession obsession. As Andy notes, big craft beer selling out is great news. And so is this: • Flying Dog Brewery has filed a federal …
Ontario: Working Man's Stout, Barley Days, Picton
Posted by on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in - 1 comment
I went to the brewery the other Sunday as I hauled the kids out of the house to give the place a sense of sanity for an afternoon. Handy (if you are on the east side of Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario) - Barley Days Brewery deserves respect for making tasty lower strength solid beers. This …
What Did The Chicken Drink Across That Road?
Posted by on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 in - 8 comments
Bock. Bock. Bock. • And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why blogs were created. To share stupid jokes. And reviews. People generally crap on reviews these days. It's trendy. But, really, blogs without at least occassional beer reviews are shatteringly dull, aren't they? And some, like Ireland's …
Book Review: Punched Drunk by Thompson and Genosko
Posted by on Saturday, February 26, 2011 in - 2 comments
Again, with the exhibits for your consideration: • Russia: "Normalising the beer production market and classifying it as alcohol is totally the right thing to do and will boost the health of our population," Yevgeny Bryun, the ministry of health's chief specialist on alcohol and drug abuse, said …
Ontario: Two Winter Specials From Beau's Brewing
Posted by on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in - 2 comments
Snowman: I am evil. • Sea Devil: Me, too. • Sea based Silurians and or over caffeinated snowmen? Which is more evil? Which will be our future overlords? Masters of the winter or the secret lizard army of the deep? These beers from Beau's beg these questions. Soon, you will have to choose. Soon …
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 …
