Home Sweet Home by 5 Paddles Brewing, a Review I’ve had my fair share of 5 Paddles Brewing Co at finer festivals and beer bars around the city. Home Sweet Home is the first option I’ve spotted in the LCBO, and I noticed that we have not reviewed them yet. Hailing from Whitby, ON, a 650 ml bottle of Home Sweet Home weighs in at… Read More
The 8 Beers of Chanukah 2016 Night 8: Bourbon Barrel-Aged Hearts Collide by Rainhard Brewing How fitting that the last night of Chanukah falls on New Year’s Eve this year. It’s been 8 crazy nights of beer, and tonight we bid adieu to a craptacular year. I’ve had a beautiful 500 ml bottle of Rainhard Brewing Company‘s gorgeous Bourbon Barrel-Aged Hearts Collide Imperial Stout hiding in my fridge for a… Read More
The 8 Beers of Chanukah 2016 Night 7: Thor’s Hammer Barley Wine 2015 Vintage by Central City Brewers & Distillers Thor’s Hammer is a pretty badass name for a beer. I think I would have been happier if they called it Mjölnir instead because I’ve got a bit of a fetish for umlauts. In any case, we’re in the home stretch of Chanukah and I’m pulling in the big guns here. We don’t write about… Read More
The 8 Beers of Chanukah 2016 Night 6: Frankenstout Session Stout by Block Three Brewing Nothing says Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas like… Frankenstein? Actually I’m sure Frankenstein may have spun a dreidl or two in his day. If you’re like me, you’ve got to work a few times this week – random days, in no particular order. And Kole has been puttering around the house in a bathrobe all week,… Read More
The 8 Beers of Chanukah 2016 Night 5: Avec les Bons Voeux de la Brasserie Dupont It’s my holiday, so I’m allowed to branch out and include non-Ontario beers on this one. There’s no rhyme or reason to my choices – I usually hit up the Summerhill LCBO and come away with more than 8 beers that I must narrow down as I go along. I buy things that look tasty,… Read More