Barge Craft Beer’s Suggested Change to the Ontario Liquor Laws? Change Three Words. Edit: It looks like Barge ‘reached out’ to Ontario craft brewers in the fall of 2014. At least, according to their Twitter. Barge Craft Beers, the company that put the Ontario government on notice to change their liquor laws, sent a letter (by fax) to the Attorney General of Ontario this morning. The letter included… Read More
Original Organic Lager by Mill St. Brewery, a Review The fine folks at Mill St. Brewery say that their Original Organic Lager is Ontario’s very first certified organic beer. I must admit this is a tad surprising, given how popular organic food is (basically half my local grocer is now organic) I sort of assumed there would be other certified organic beers. Guess not.… Read More
Best Bitter Special By Granite Brewery, a Review I want to tell you a bit of a secret. Lean in close, this is important. I… I well… I am only 4 years older than the Granite. The Granite is one of my all-time favourite places in the city to visit. I am sure we will do a spotlight on it (if so, I’ll… Read More
Why the Poll in This Morning’s Metro About the Beer Store is Misleading at Best This morning I did what I do almost every morning: I picked up a copy of Metro Toronto. Blazened on the front page was this: First of all, it’s possible that a lot of people out there will believe that this is a news piece written by the Metro when in fact it is a… Read More
Steam Whistle Pilsner by Steam Whistle Brewery, a Review Today we discuss one of the most well known beers in Toronto. You can find Steam Whistle at basically every bar in the city. Hell, they are the only beer available on Porter Flights. According to the legend (and the radio ads) Steam Whistle started because three guys from Upper Canada Brewing Company were all… Read More