Posts Tagged: Ontario
Why Did A Brewer In Kingston In 1815 Want Rye?
Posted by on Sunday, October 23, 2011 in - 13 comments
The ad is from page 4 of the Kingston Gazette, 6 January 1816. You can see at the bottom that it was placed on 15 December 1815. So many questions. What were Messrs Robinson and Gillespie up to? Why is rye placed between barley and hops in the large font while oats sit down there with the peas …
How Many Forms Of A Beer Leave It Still One Beer?
Posted by on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 in - 8 comments
Josh Rubin wrote a great review of Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique in the Toronto Star today. It's a beer I love, having had my first in May 2010 after a beer run to La Belle Province. But I noticed something on the bottle that accompanied Josh' article. The bottle said "Automne 2010" and …
When There Is Too Much Going On Even For A Beer...
Posted by on Sunday, October 16, 2011 in - 9 comments
Between have a cold, having five kids and helping out with the fledgling North American Beer Writers Guild reincarnation... in addition to thinking about next year's Oktoberfest speakers series... in addition to the bright idea to start a web based concordance to The Oxford Companion to Beer …
In Kingston In November 1815 There Was Beer!
Posted by on Monday, October 10, 2011 in - 24 comments
Beer for sale! Hallallujah!! BEER FOR SALE!!! • Remember what I suggested before? That where there is peace there is beer? Well, on 27 November 1815, my town of Kingston was just nine months past the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent and five past the Battle of Waterloo. The proposed terms of …
Your 1816 Albany Ale Update From My Home Town
Posted by on Friday, October 7, 2011 in - 8 comments
We have not found more Albany ale information for a while but this is your moment of zen. Just consider what it means. There is no Erie Canal. There are rapids on the St. Lawrence all the way to Montreal. There are about 4,000 people in this town. The War of 1812 ended one shipping season before …
Quebec: Aphrodisiaque, Dieu Du Ciel, Montréal
Posted by on Thursday, October 6, 2011 in - leave a comment
What better to drink for election night here in Ontario than a beer that the LCBO deemed too hot. Not the temperature or the level of alcohol but that label. Yes, the state owned beer monopoly is anti-cleavage. How the Quebecers who made the beer must have laughed. h/t markosaar. Ontario sometimes …
...Or How Beau's Restored My Faith In Beer Festivals
Posted by on Sunday, October 2, 2011 in - 5 comments
It happened in a field in eastern Ontario. Very eastern. So eastern, exit 27 to Vankleek Hill had a sign for one of the Montreal airports. The field is actually the fairgrounds. They've been there for a while, celebrating their 167th anniversary. • What was so great about it? Buses. Buses to get …
Off The Oktoberfest And Bringing Along My Empties
Posted by on Saturday, October 1, 2011 in - 1 comment
Like the laundry flooring? • That's eight growlers and 18 clay bottles that I am returning to Beau's today. Hoping that the deposit pays for the gas. It's about a three hour drive to the north-east where by all accounts fun is being had. This will be my first Oktoberfest and actually my second …
Serious Planning For The Weekend's Beer Fest
Posted by on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in - 15 comments
From the perspective of Tuesday, Saturday is not looking all that hot. Cold and damp, actually. Yet, for the first time in a number of years, I have shaken myself free and am heading to a beer fest - Beau's Oktoberfest. It is on. Really. "Unless there’s lightening or high winds the show will go …
Ontario: Lactese Flacon, Church-Key, Pethericks Corners
Posted by on Friday, September 16, 2011 in - 1 comment
When this beer came out three or four years ago, there was strong opposition. Reviews leaned towards the vom-esgue. They rejected it. Yet John Graham, the owner and brewer of Ontario's tiny Church-Key Brewing, held his ground. It was what he intended. A challenge. • Years pass. A bottle that I …
