The final beer of this year’s isolation-inspired 8 Beers of Chanukah is brought to you by clever packaging and a name that made me snag this beer by Refined Fool Brewing Co. from Sarnia, ON. A Brut IPA weighing in at a hefty 7.6% ABV, I nearly burned the apartment down after 2 sips when… Read More
Night 7 of the 8 Beers of Chanukah is actually a tip of the hat to a friend that didn’t make it through 2020, and a moment to reflect. This year was hard on me, just like everyone else out there. There was a job loss, and watching the travel industry subsequently unravel in real-time,… Read More
Night 6 of my 8 crazy nights of Chanukah beers, and I’ve discovered that Kole drank some of the beers I intended to write about for the final few days. I mostly forgive him, as our fridge is currently filled with unique beers that I won’t let him touch, and a few slipped through the… Read More
We’re officially past the halfway point today on this year’s 8 Beers of Chanukah, so it seemed like a logical choice to me to sample a beer from The Napanee Beer Company, as the Greater Napanee area is roughly halfway between Montreal and Toronto. It’s not the most logical argument, but this is a beer… Read More
We’re at the halfway mark for this year’s edition of the 8 Beers of Chanukah, and I’m feeling nostalgic for the warmer months of 2020, where we did a lot of hiking around southern Ontario since it was one of the few pandemic safe activities we could enjoy. A summer of intense hiking lead to… Read More