Posts Tagged: Ontario
What Caused Steam Beer To Be Low End Then Not?
Posted by on Monday, March 19, 2012 in - 8 comments
A couple of reference to steam beer flitting around today. Anchor has a new web ad for a line of new beers leaning on its research of early California brewing. And it came up in the comments from Saturday's post about... what was Saturday's post about? I like the references cited at wikipedia from …
Ontario: The Red Lion Inn, Yonge Street, Toronto
Posted by on Sunday, March 4, 2012 in - 12 comments
Came across this image of the Red Lion Inn in Toronto at the Archives of Ontario. The photo is from 1886 and shows a building well into its eighth decade according to this blog post of just a few months ago. Built in what was then the country, it was the first stage coach destination on the … read more »
If Gov't Liquor Stores Are Better...Why A Monopoly?
Posted by on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in - 4 comments
This article in the Ottawa Citizen begs a certain question: • ...the recent Drummond report on the province’s fiscal woes reveals the LCBO only has about $400 million in assets. However Drummond shows that in 2010-’11, the LCBO had a net income of $1.6 billion. Obviously the profit at the board …
What Is Local Beer From A Southern Ontario View?
Posted by on Sunday, January 29, 2012 in - 12 comments
What is local when it comes to beer or anything else in southern Ontario? Today there is someone who need not be mentioned drearily tweeting a series of xenophobic exhortations for we Ontarians to drink "local" beer. It reminds me of how the naivety of my former co-residents of Prince Edward … read more »
When Do Good Beer And Public Money Mix?
Posted by on Friday, January 13, 2012 in - leave a comment
I like beer as much as the next guy. Probably more. But I am not sure why one of Ontario's, frankly, less interesting brewers deserved $1,000,000 in tax support annually: • ...until a few years ago, few Ontario consumers knew or understood the concept of craft beer. All that changed in part due …
Day 23+4: Ten Prizes Awarded And Four Innis + Gunn
Posted by on Thursday, December 15, 2011 in - 12 comments
Prizes. Better start picking some prizes. But there are samples building up, too. Better opens some samples. Good thing I have tomorrow off. • First the beer. I have reviewed at least three Innis + Gunn beers and I have a sense what to expect: rounded, juicy, well balanced and tasty malt without …
Toronto's York Brewery And Playter's Tavern 1801-05
Posted by on Sunday, November 6, 2011 in - 4 comments
I have been playing around with some passages on Toronto in the first years of the 19th century. Here is what I started with: • ⇒ "A recent Fact will corroborate what I have said; A Brewer from Kingston removed to York lately and, on application to the Governor, obtained one of the King's … read more »
Book Review: The Art And Mystery Of Brewing in Ontario
Posted by on Thursday, November 3, 2011 in - leave a comment
While I stand by my statement: • "...brewing history can be a tool or route to understanding for some but is ultimately unimportant if you do not need to tap into it..." • ... I have to admit that I do like dabbling in it - as long as I stay within the reach of my own capabilities. I … read more »
Black Sheep Brewery And The Two Fat Ladies
Posted by on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in - 3 comments
I have a soft spot for Yorkshire's Black Sheep Brewery as it is one of the brands imported from time to time by the LCBO for over a decade. It's dependable, tasty ale. Good to hear, then, that they are moving ahead with getting ahead: • The company is also trialling Black Sheep in a can in Tesco …
Stuff Delivered By Mail, By Email, By Courier And By Hand
Posted by on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 in - 3 comments
It's been mad. Mad as in nutty crazy, not angry. Well, a bit of anger. And saucy retorts. How did it come to be that mild mannered beer fans had all this pent up emotion. I had no idea. Me, I'm not so much like that. Evan has it right. I'm just all about the whimsy. But its been busy and, you know …
