Posts Tagged: Ontario
Ontario: Festivale Altbier, Beau's All Natural, VKH
Posted by on Thursday, August 16, 2012 in - 3 comments
I like this stuff. This take on altbier pours a light chestnut under a cream foam and frothy rim. Very nutty aroma. In the mouth, steely green hops hover well above a mouthful of sweet nut and caramel apple butter malt. Meaty even. Black tea dry finish. Seeing as it is a summer seasonal, I have to …
Ontario: Hawaiian Style, Spearhead Brewing, Toronto
Posted by on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 in - leave a comment
Toronto beer. A good pick for the game between cellar dwellers Toronto against Portland. Funny how Toronto is sponsored by the Bank of Montreal while Oregon's team is sponsored by Alaskan Airways. Home town proud. • Which does beg the question why that town to the west that needed a Kingston …
Summer Vacation 2012: So Far This Is What I'm Doing
Posted by on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in - 2 comments
What an odd summer vacation. The first half keeps me at home and the second sees me on the road. What I have learned so far? • -> I really really like Manhattans. And I am comforted that Lew reminded us that Four Roses yellow label is perfectly respectable. I am working down the price points and …
Summer Vacation 2012: What To Do With Myself?
Posted by on Saturday, July 21, 2012 in - 3 comments
There is work. There is the rest of life that sometimes gets called life. And then there is vacation. I am on a 18 day stretch of no work with the hope that life gets a little put back into order. Don't get me wrong. I like my job. And life is good if rather real from time to time. But it is … read more »
Not Beer: A Short Drive Into Prince Edward County
Posted by on Monday, July 2, 2012 in - 2 comments
A holiday Monday. After all the frothing at the mouth madness of rabid Canadian nationalism stoked the day before, I found myself needing to clear out the house so that badly needed napping by others might occur. Given this was the weekend of our national holiday, the bridges to the USA were, by …
Like You, I Want To Live In A Beer Bike Neighbourhood
Posted by on Sunday, June 17, 2012 in - 3 comments
I really like the idea of this new method of dispense, the beer bike from Ottawa's Kichesippi Beer Co.: • As fun as riding the beer bike around the streets of Ottawa sounds, Meek says it will only be used at events and pubs with liquor licences. “Liquor permits are part of a geography,” say Meek …
Ontario: Finally A Beer Fan Video I Like
Posted by on Thursday, June 14, 2012 in - 6 comments
Remember a few years ago when there were all those needy videos about "I Am Craft Beer" on YouTube and everywhere else that went on and on as if all brewers were demi-gods, all good beer fans were long lost friends and lovers and craft beer was what would fuel that rocket ship that was going to … read more »
At Some Point It Is Actually Alright To Stop Complaining
Posted by on Saturday, June 9, 2012 in - 4 comments
It's been a busy week for beer. Masses of macro are being consumed as part of Euro 2012 - even in Warsaw where a 3.4% maximum strength order was decreed. An unfortunate product placement led to a more unfortunate reaction from one Canadian brewer. Worthy and attention getting beer fests are being …
Ontario: Pale Ale, MacLean's, Normanby, West Grey
Posted by on Monday, May 28, 2012 in - leave a comment
It seems a lot farther than just a bit over 400 km when you drive it. Kids... you know what they are like. And Toronto... you know what that is like, too. I found this bottle another 50 km on. Why did it take all the way from 9:15 am to 6:20 pm to travel that far? Snacks. • I picked up this at …
Ontario: Strong Beer Just Can't Compare To Very Strong Beer
Posted by on Saturday, May 26, 2012 in - 8 comments
In the 1820's, Ontario was in that space between the end of the War of 1812 and the unrest of the late 1830s that led to responsible government. In that quarter century, Ontario or what was then called Upper Canada was a bit of a test kitchen for conservative political forces within the British …
