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
A week or two before society collapsed into pandemic-created anarchy, Kole actually went on a company ski trip to Blue Mountains in early March, and I, of course, requested a care package of beer from Northwinds Brewery, their go-to après ski haunt. We had a dinner party that weekend, which now feels like a lavish… Read More
This month marks the 8th anniversary of Bellwoods Brewery‘s opening – an early pioneer in the explosion that craft beer enjoyed in Ontario in the 2010s. Since those early days on Ossington Ave, they’ve grown to serve licensees around the city and opened a larger production facility in the semi-industrial area on Hafis Rd, and… Read More
Day 27 in this new world of Social Distancing and quarantinis. Day 27 of not being able to gather with friends and laugh, to go to the pub, to take the subway, to go into the office. Rage and Love widely capture some of the emotions I’m feeling at this time – rage at the… Read More