I’ve always been a Rye fan but the logistics of making a legal Canadian Rye Whisky generally keeps the small producers from ever properly making one. When you need to barrel age your whisky for 3 years at a minimum just to get started, much of the time that is the entire lifespan of the… Read More
During this crazy time, many people may lean into standard beers that they love. Beers that have always been there for them. Me? I found some new ones. One of those new “standards” is for sure Faces, an IIPA from Wellington Brewery. A hop bomb brewed with Citra (a favourite of mine) and Mosaic hops.… Read More
I’ve got a long history with Spearhead Brewing. From sipping their beers for the first time at the Rhino pub in Parkdale, to driving by their brewery on a trip to Montreal and sadly not being able to come by because due to their restaurant on site and Ontario’s archaic food lays we couldn’t bring… Read More
With things being the way they are, it can sometimes help to go back to flavours you love and maybe relive some happier times. One of those flavours for me is smoked peat. So in short: thank you Godspeed for making Irori, a peated scotch lager. For those who don’t know, peat is kind of… Read More
You may be thinking: is that some sort of forced perspective magic with your photo, or is that really a huge bottle of whisky. The truth is the latter. It’s pandemic time and that calls for something large that can last a bit. Luck would have it that of the large format options out there,… Read More